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RuPaul’s DragCon 2018 Report

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Trystan L. Bass

My motto for this website and all my dress-up endeavors has long been, “We’re born naked, everything else is a costume,” which is a paraphrase of RuPaul’s “We’re born naked, everything else is drag.” Because Mama Ru and I have the same philosophy that all the clothes / makeup / hairstyle / etc. we garb

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Posted in Drag, Events | Tags: bling, CorpGoth, cross-dressing, drag queen, Leonard, pro tip, shopping, travel, wigs, yaaaaaas queen | 3 Comments |

Just Keep Sewing…

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Trystan L. Bass
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Only a few days left until my 12th Night deadline to get all these commissions done! Eeep. Christmas tried to interfere, but at least I had finished my family’s handmade holiday gifts back during my Thanksgiving break. But still, I have SO much to do, no matter how well I schedule, plan, and to-do list

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Posted in 16th Century | Tags: costumes for others, pro tip, SCA garb, to-do list, Venetian courtesan |

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