I’m so grateful to have all these girls.” Together we can all be there for each other, whether it’s to boost our morale and confidence, or offer sparks of inspiration, or even to just alleviate some of the uncertainty.
We’re all calling each other, and we have each other’s backs, which is so heartwarming and crucial during this time.
“Our group chat is blowing up every single day. “We’re all such good friends, and I know that isn’t always the case with every season,” she says. On the other hand, Goode is hoping that the sense of sisterhood between this season’s queens-as well as the support system they’ve built to rebuff the racist and transphobic hate that can be slung at the cast from more toxic fringes of the fandom-can be used as a force for good. That is the dictionary definition to me of where camp meets fashion, and that is so my drag.” My introduction to Jeremy Scott was his spring 2015 Barbie collection-I can remember playing with Barbie since I was two years old. My golden rule in life is to not take things too seriously, so in that respect I’m obsessed with Jeremy Scott and Moschino, that would be my number-one dream. “I’d like to bring a little humor and campiness. “It’s always been a dream of mine to walk a runway, ever since I was a kid tying a blanket around my waist and stealing my mum’s heels from Target, walking back and forth down the hallway all night long.” Citing Jean Paul Gaultier and Vivienne Westwood as longtime obsessions, and the flamboyant, inclusive attitude of Christopher John Rogers as a new favorite, she also has a clear idea of where she might fit in among the group of Drag Race alumni who are now front-row regulars at Fashion Weeks around the world. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Meanwhile, what exactly will happen in place of the season finale, typically conducted as a live event in a Los Angeles theater, is still anyone’s guess. Not only does the franchise’s flagship convention provide a significant source of income for the drag community, both for the queens themselves and the ecosystem of small businesses that now operate around it (its organizers estimate that last year’s Los Angeles and New York events drew $8.2 million in merchandise sales combined), the annual event is where this year’s new cohort of queens make their splashy public debut. Finally, the news came on March 10 that RuPaul’s DragCon L.A., scheduled for May, would be canceled due to coronavirus. Then, the season was plunged into controversy when a contestant’s history of sexual misconduct was exposed the day before the second episode aired, resulting in their disqualification and a frantic scramble by producers to, where possible, edit them out of the show. The global spread of COVID-19 was already posing an increasing threat to the drag community’s livelihood, as the bars and clubs it relies on to survive were slowly but surely beginning to shut down across the globe. Despite everything that’s going on in the world, we feel it’s our responsibility to continue doing what we do best.”Īll the same, Goode’s current daily routine is probably not what she envisioned when the 12th season of Drag Race first hit screens back on February 28. “I’m in drag almost every single day, and we’re constantly sewing and creating and making work together. “I’m very grateful to be with a group of amazing people right now-I’ve almost never been more creative than I have been in these past few weeks,” says Goode of the home she’s currently sharing with the House of Avalon, a Los Angeles–based troupe of queer creatives that counts Lizzo’s stylist, Marko Monroe, as a cofounder. The explanation for her cheery presentation is the gang she’s currently in lockdown with, all of whom she’s quick to thank. For a queen like Goode, there’s clearly no such thing as an off day. Not so: it’s the grande dame Goode herself, dressed to the nines in a 1950s-inspired polka-dot bandeau bikini top, a pair of white cat-eye sunglasses perched atop a Farrah Fawcett–style wig, and a beaming grin. When we connect over video chat from her home in California, I’m expecting to meet Samuel Geggie, the 22-year-old behind the drag persona, Gigi Goode, who is currently lighting up screens on this year’s lap around the circuit of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
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