The Art of the Drag
It’s no secret that we’re big RuPaul fans. It Books is publishing Workin’ It! RuPaul’s Guide to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Style tomorrow. But before Workin’ It! was even a glimmer in RuPaul’s carefully made-up eye, Rupaul’s Drag Race was born on Logo. If you never got a chance to see it then I assure you you missed out. However, the hotly anticipated second season premieres tonight and it’s no doubt going to bring twice the amount of fabulosity.
To promote season two, the good people at Logo Online are giving us the chance to get into the drag spirit with the all new Dragulator. Feeling festive, I gave it a shot this morning. The results:
Confirmed! I would make an ugly-ass drag queen. But the martini glass accessory was a nice touch. Try the Dragulator out for yourself here. If drag persona is particularly fierce, email it to us at youritlist@harpercollins.com and we’ll post some of our favorites.
The new season of Drag Race starts tonight at 9:00 EST and Workin’ It is on sale tomorrow.
In related video news, check out Ru on the Today show this morning (spoiler, he basically calls Kathy Lee a drag queen to her face! Hilarity ensues.):
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Our Favor!te Things 2009: Alberto
Our latest Favor!te Things installment is courtesy of our publicity head honcho Alberto, who wondered if his faves were “too gay.” To that we say, “Have you been reading YIL, Alberto?” An Adam Lambert guest appearance on a Judy Garland-themed episode of Glee wouldn’t even be too gay for us!
Favor!te Film: We don’t go to movies much, but I heard 500 Days of Summer was good…we’ll rent it. We liked the Hannah Montana movie too!
Favor!te Album: I Dreamed a Dream by Susan Boyle. Super faggy, I know, but How Great Thou Art made me cry, Wild Horses made me smile, and her rendition of You’ll See is so much better that Madonna’s.
Favor!te Book: More is More Tony Duquette by Hutton Wilkinson, a truly superb account of Tony Duquette’s life and work
Favor!te Art Show: Bauhaus at the MoMA is pretty awesome
Favor!te Designer: Thom Browne is a god
Favor!te TV Show: Glee — brilliant, I can watch every episode forever and never get tired. Thinking of this also helps A LOT.
Favor!te Website: www.1stdibs.com
Favor!te Real Housewife: Michelle Obama
Favor!te Twitterer: Twitter is gay
Favor!te You Tube Video: the Fire Island Boys take the prize this year!
Bonus coverage:
What are you most excited about for 2010? RuPaul’s new book!
Who do you most want to smooch on New Year’s Eve? Brent
BREAKING NEWS!!!
Photos by Mathu Andersen
RuPaul, the world’s most famous drag queen of all-time and television host of Logo’s RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE, is writing the book we’ve all been waiting for…
WORKIN’ IT! RuPaul’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style!
The book, published by It Books, is part style guide, part confidence manifesto and just like Ru, entirely fabulous.
WORKIN’ IT will provide helpful and provocative tips on fashion, beauty, style and confidence for girls and boys, straight and gay – and everyone in between!
No one knows more about life, self-expression and style than RuPaul! With photos by Mathu Andersen from the new season of RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE and a fresh look at style and inner beauty, WORKIN’ IT will pick up where show leaves off… and you know you wanted more after the fierce first season! The book will be as colorful, fun, and intriguing as RuPaul, with insights into makeup, clothing choices and the illusion of drag. Fans of RuPaul will get piece of Ru’s philosophy on style and attitude – and how it’s more than the clothes that make the man, or woman!
“If you weren’t lucky enough to inherit a fabulous sense of style from your parents, you can certainly cultivate one using the tried, tested and found true tools in this book. ” RuPaul
Look for this in stores in Winter 2010, just in time for the second season of RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE on Logo produced by World of Wonder.
