Jezebel: drag

It's A Cinch

Sadie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:40:00 EST

Check out this video on corset-wearers — specifically, one guy, who says, "If you're a couple and you're both wearing a corset, it's pretty amazing." For them, perhaps. [AOL]

The Old Man And The...Lacey Bonnet

Sadie — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:45:00 EST

If it's ever seemed like Ernest Hemingway was suspiciously eager to prove his masculinity, this may provide a clue as to why: as a child, his mother dressed him in drag.

It's long been known that Papa had threatened to cut his mom off if she ever revealed anything about his childhood, and his sister's revelations about their early years explain why: according to Marcelline, their mother Grace was desperate for twin daughters, and despite the 18-month age difference between the kids, carried out the fantasy, holding her daughter back a year so the siblings would be in the same grade, and dressing the children in matching girl's clothes. Oh yeah — she also addressed her son as "Ernestine." To Have and Have Not, indeed. [MentalFloss]

Fierce Creatures: Drag Industry Variety Awards Bring It

Sadie — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT

Welcome to the Drag Industry Variety Awards 2008 (that's right, the DIVAs) at Sydney's Paddington Town Hall. Othelia Sharft, Fagget Roaster, Freeda Corset, Prada Tlutch and a cast of thousands channeled all the arts of man and nature in their quest for drag fabulosity. The results? Magic. The Sublime, the Ridiculous, the Gravity-Defying - after the jump!

The Good:
White mice + fishing nets = "Do" for Courtney Act .
Mitsy Mackintosh channels Carolina Herrera, Daily Mail.
Othelia Sharft works Givenchy, Carmen Miranda, and Manga with elan.
Polly De Petrie and John Richards: Liberace, squash and regal dignity.
Blue Angel-era Marlene Dietrich crossed with the Artful Dodger is a 10 for Rhys Bobridge.

The Bad:
Veronica lake? Vinyl? Yawn, Fagget Roaster.
Frank N. Furter is a classic, but Freeda Corset's interpretation just doesn't feel fresh.
Vanity Faire's riff on Little Red Riding Hood is literal, a little '96.
Nice homage, Prada Tlutch, but 27 Dresses blew.

The Ugly:
Don't know what Maxy Shield is actually going for, but it's seriously reminding us of the Montauk Creature in a dickie.

Images via Getty