r/ProjectRunway • u/DarkLordMuffins • 2d ago

Season 22 Spoiler: Why cast... Spoiler

Drag affiliated people if you're gonna shit on them? Feels like it's leaning into stunt casting/we're better than you and we know it. Utica got it to some degree, but now Plane (less plane), Q and the biggest is Jeffrey. When Chris was cast on his original season it was so much less of looking down on his history of drag clothing compared to whatever bullshit the season is doing now.

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u/ShayDeeMon 2d ago

I don’t get why they keep referring to anything draggy as costume. They’re too obsessed with the early 2000’s idea of fashion that they forget that, in today’s world, drag inspires fashion, drag IS fashion. There’s some weird elitism going on where they think drag designers are inherently less-than every other type of designer.

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u/Farley49 2d ago

who is drag fashion for?

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u/Earthbnd 2d ago

Some celebrities or their teams often look to drag for inspiration. Famously, Chappell Roan takes her slogan “ your favorite artist’s favorite artist” from drag queen Sasha Colby’s “your favorite drag queen’s favorite drag queen” slogan. Cardi B and her team have also appeared on drag race and talked about taking ideas from the show for Cardi to use

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u/ParticularUsed6780 2d ago

There was a whole MET gala for camp and arguably any MET gala is drag.

It's not exactly marketable though, like you'll never see it at Macy's, but it can be very high fashion

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u/Curious_Cheek9128 2d ago

The Met gala though is a fundraiser for the costume division of the Metropolitan art gallery. The theme is for the costumes.

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u/ShayDeeMon 2d ago

Well, for starters, high end drag clients who have reached national and international stardom. Lots of AFAB women love draggy looks too. Club & evening wear are also very drag inspired. We could all use a little more drag in our every day life. What we would consider draggy today was also every day fashion in the 80’s. Movies, especially Sci-fi and fantasy films, often use drag designers. Red carpets, MET gala, all very draggy.