Step #2: PLAN!!!

My first time doing full drag was for Halloween. I was dared by a coworker to be Snow White (pictured below) for a work party.  Once I’d fully committed to the idea of actually realising this character, I needed to come up with the required materials.  The first thing I noticed:

Snow White: Pin-Up interpretation.  Wore this all day training clients in those heels

DRAG IS EXPENSIVE

Think about it.

• -Makeup – you can’t do drag without it, unless you naturally look like a woman, or at least feminine
• -Wig – if you want a good one, you’re going to be shelling out the dollars
• -Outfit – the shoes, the tights, the dress, the lingerie, the accessories
• -The tools of the trade 

All of these things cost money, and unless you have a sugar daddy, you’re going to have to come up with it on your own.  Drag is a commitment, not a one-and-done fling you have after a drunken evening at the club (although you’ll probably end up with a few of those as well before you’re done).  In my first month of doing drag prep I spent almost $1,000 dollars.  No small commitment indeed. Now at the time I was prepping a second, half drag costume for Rocky Horror (pictured below), but I shared most of the materials.

Dr. Frank N Furter from Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The best way to reduce your cost is to plan out what you want to do, and what you’ll need, BEFORE you start shopping. Plan your outfit. Plan your face. Plan your hair.  There are basic necessities for doing drag, but you don’t necessarily need to go overboard.

Then, get in loser, we’re going shopping. Grab your girls, grab your mentor, and most importantly grab your shopping list cause you’re going to need a LOT of stuff before you’re done.