![]() ![]() Skirt: We have a bit of a Virgin Mother/Courtney Love thing going on. Skirt Cocaine (he/they), 32, drag performer, Aquarius Skirt Cocaine.Įater: How did you decide what you would wear tonight? And I feel like when people look at me, they’re confused, but they’re also into it. Being trans and nonbinary is something I have a lot of fun with in how I present. There’s not like people that look like me, necessarily. I’m putting my looks together to make a statement. How has your style evolved over the years? It’s about serving that culo fantasy for sure. We got the baggy jeans, but they still fit very nice. We channeling the ’90s, 2000s, Usher style. I also got a couple other different chains depending on what we’re trying to give that night.Ĭould you give us a tour of the rest of what you’re wearing? What is something that you wear that makes you feel like you? Papi Culo (they/elle/Papi), 29, performer, Pisces Is there any particular item you’re wearing that you love and would want to call out? Well, I definitely overdressed because I’m trying to go home with somebody tonight. I’ve never been in a magazine.ĭo you feel underdressed, overdressed, or just right tonight? ![]() As long as it’s clean, you know? I feel like I’m getting interviewed for GQ. No, I’m just lucky I can afford to eat out. How has your style evolved over the years? Is dressing up to eat out important to you? Klitus Black (he/him), 38, “comedi enne ” and truck driver, TaurusĪnd then can you tell me about your hat and the - is it a bolo? Patrons ate it up - and were no less decked out. Performers made a meal of it, blurring mainstream assumptions about gender, and drag, into a jaw-dropping celebration of queerness itself. May’s focus was a Mother’s Day theme, Mommie Dearest. ![]() These are among several other queer organizers and independent drag artists who play with the masculine and the feminine the Being Queer in LA Instagram highlights even more upcoming events.Īt ¡REVANCHA!, run by artists Vik Floyd and Skirt Cocaine, themes change monthly. In addition to ¡REVANCHA!, there are events held by Them Fatale Drag Kings, Fox and Tim Productions, and Madamn brunches organized by Cherry Bomb and Dapper Puss Entertainment productions from Casa Cuchi and bingo nights from a king-queen duo. Several LA performers and shows highlight (and compensate) drag kings and nonbinary drag artists. Still, many of the ¡REVANCHA! kings mention how much harder it is for them to get booked than some of their queen counterparts, and how much less they will likely be paid. The result is a show that is exuberant, subversive, communal, and expansive - imparting that there is no right way to perform, to have a body, or to commune with a crowd. They often create their own outfits from scratch or thrift things, refashioning the products of a consumer society that doesn’t necessarily fit all or even most bodies into something that works for the maker. At ¡REVANCHA!, drag artists play with gender in a way that showcases masculinity, femininity, and the very queering of gender itself. On the national drag scene, the spotlight is often on queens performing a high-femme version - impeccable hair and makeup, high couture, and higher stilettos. The bar is also the basis for Dana’s bar on The L Word: Generation Q and a fitting home for other queer events, including monthly party Dana’s Night. Among dozens of regular shows is the monthly “¡REVANCHA! a MAD drag king show” at Semi-Tropic, a bar in Los Angeles’s Echo Park neighborhood. Menu Highlights: Roasted beet hummus with jalapeños, garlic, and tahini patatas bravas with a chipotle garlic aioli and Daddy’s Ruin, made with mezcal, rye, vermouth, Bénédictine, chocolate, and grapefruitĪs drag shows and brunches come under attack throughout the country, the LA scene thrives. Want to see what diners are wearing in London, Paris, Philly, and Brooklyn? See all of our Best Dressed series here. ![]() Installments answer the question, how do we dress to go out these days? Season eight of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is now streaming, with new episodes airing Fridays on Paramount+.Welcome to Best Dressed, an Eater series where diners show and tell what they’re wearing out to eat, from the small details to the splashy pieces - and how they approached getting dressed for each spot’s specific scene. Will pancake cereal have the queens divided? Take a look! The members of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 8 go down the TikTok rabbit hole to check out some popular trends! Watch as Heidi N Closet, Kahanna Montrese, Alexis Michelle, Jessica Wild, Jimbo and Jaymes Manfield try out fruit roll up ice cream, apply makeup with a massage gun, learn about the brow tattoo hack, attempt 10-dollar wig styling and so much more. ![]()
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