"Young and Beautiful" Transforming Drag Dress, Spring 2014
My amazing client Juanita Percent (the "Republican drag queen") wanted a dress for her performance of Lana Del Rey's "Young and Beautiful" that would go through a transformation similar to the one in the song: Old-Hollywood glamorous at first, then old and ugly, but still organic and elegant. With lots of thought and prototyping, and lots of quick-change video research, I put together a two-phase quick-change dress. It was roughly inspired by the Lady of the Lake's wedding dress in Spamalot. The secret lies in the furry red stole in Phase I. Once it's thrown over the shoulders, the sheer gray layers of the dress come tumbling out. It went over extremely well, as the video shows. Juanita says the rush of people with dollar bills was quite overwhelming! Video courtesy of Juanita's friends, and editing courtesy of Juanita herself.
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It's all pretty good, but the quick-change magic happens at ~3:00!