Dragtastic
The legendary book of fun, facts and fabulosity
Published on 7. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-4482-1699-4 (ISBN)
Description
A fabulous book for fans of RuPaul's Drag Race, stuffed full of things to do, read and gasp at!
Drag culture has exploded into the mainstream, bringing with it a fabulous new world of sequins and stilettos, iconic looks and iconoclastic characters. It's now your turn to embrace your inner queen, so let global drag phenomenon Crystal Rasmussen be your fairy dragmother, and find your new persona in these colourful pages.
- Fashion is everything, and rules are made to be broken: explore your drag style using stickers to create sensational outfits for twelve fabulous queens
- Get out your colouring pens and bring to life fifteen stunning looks from artist Richard Williams
- Do you know your ki-ki from your kai-kai? Dip into the Drag Queen Dictionary to understand the subculture's ingenious colloquialisms
- Gia Eleganza or Aphrodite Calamity? Use the Drag Name Calculator to pick a name so you'll stand out from the already glittering crowd
- Finally, find out what type of queen you are with a scandalous personality test - are you Campy and Catty, Activist, or Pageant Queen?
Peppered with inspirational quotes from stars such as Dolly Parton, James St. James and RuPaul, and with a foreword from Ireland's foremost 'gender discombobulist' Panti Bliss, Dragtastic is your drag starter pack: an all-singing, all-dancing passport to a whole new you.
Drag culture has exploded into the mainstream, bringing with it a fabulous new world of sequins and stilettos, iconic looks and iconoclastic characters. It's now your turn to embrace your inner queen, so let global drag phenomenon Crystal Rasmussen be your fairy dragmother, and find your new persona in these colourful pages.
- Fashion is everything, and rules are made to be broken: explore your drag style using stickers to create sensational outfits for twelve fabulous queens
- Get out your colouring pens and bring to life fifteen stunning looks from artist Richard Williams
- Do you know your ki-ki from your kai-kai? Dip into the Drag Queen Dictionary to understand the subculture's ingenious colloquialisms
- Gia Eleganza or Aphrodite Calamity? Use the Drag Name Calculator to pick a name so you'll stand out from the already glittering crowd
- Finally, find out what type of queen you are with a scandalous personality test - are you Campy and Catty, Activist, or Pageant Queen?
Peppered with inspirational quotes from stars such as Dolly Parton, James St. James and RuPaul, and with a foreword from Ireland's foremost 'gender discombobulist' Panti Bliss, Dragtastic is your drag starter pack: an all-singing, all-dancing passport to a whole new you.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 255 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4482-1699-4 (9781448216994)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Crystal Rasmussen OBE forms one fifth of DENIM, the drag supergroup and is a regular contributor to the Independent, Dazed & Confused, i-D, LOVE Magazine and Refinery29. Some of their work has been featured in Vice, Broadly, Tank and The Gay Times. In 2018 they were named an LGBTQ+ trailblazer by The Dots.
Foreword by Panti Bliss. Panti is considered Ireland's foremost 'gender discombobulist' and 'accidental activist'. She is the subject of the 2015 film The Queen of Ireland.
Richard Williams is a freelance illustrator whose style is inspired by pop culture of all kinds, including cartoons, cinema, science fiction, comic books, superheroes, gothic horror, drag queens, dolls, puppets and world mythology.
Foreword by Panti Bliss. Panti is considered Ireland's foremost 'gender discombobulist' and 'accidental activist'. She is the subject of the 2015 film The Queen of Ireland.
Richard Williams is a freelance illustrator whose style is inspired by pop culture of all kinds, including cartoons, cinema, science fiction, comic books, superheroes, gothic horror, drag queens, dolls, puppets and world mythology.
Content
Foreword
Introduction
History
Dress Your Queens
Colour Your Queens
Design Your Drag
Drag Queen Dictionary
What's Your Drag Name?
What Type of Drag Queen Are You?
Acknowledgements
Introduction
History
Dress Your Queens
Colour Your Queens
Design Your Drag
Drag Queen Dictionary
What's Your Drag Name?
What Type of Drag Queen Are You?
Acknowledgements