Final Touches

Dragology for Beginners

Chapter 5

Final Touches.

Welcome back my brothers! At this point in your journey you have learned all of the basics for being a King and hopefully you have at least had your first performance, but if you haven’t then no problem there is still much to learn. Today we are going to be talking about a few different topics that most people don’t think about before their first performance.

We are going to start with the head and work our way down. First is the hair. Most people really don’t think about their hair until the night of and just expect to put it up in a pony tail or they think that it’s short enough not to worry with, well guess again, it doesn’t matter how long, or short your hair is or if you plan on wearing a hat or not, you need to worry about your hair. The smallest thing can make you look like a girl or a man. A short boy cut is the best way to go, it makes you look more manly and it doesn’t take so much to worry with, this kind of cut you can wear with or without a hat, it all depends on the song and your look. However don’t go chopping all of your hair off for drag! If you like your hair a bit longer, then you can work with that as well. For hair too short to put in a pony tail, but too girly to leave out just wear a hat, it doesn’t matter what kind, a fitted, a fedora, whatever, wear a hat, but if the back of your hair touches your shirt collar you should tuck it into the hat. Also you can go all out and get a short cut boy wig to wear that way you really don’t have to worry about much of anything. Now for girls with long hair, a pony tail is really the best way to go, just pile it all on top of your head and put it under a hat, or you can use the wig method as well, which ever you think is best. Just a forewarning, by pulling your hair onto the top of your head you can tell by the way the back of your head looks, you can tell that you do have longer hair and you are just hiding it. It can make you lose points in a competition, and it does ruin the illusion for the audience.

Alright so still on the head; now we have hats. Hats are very important because they can make or break a look. Hats make you look more manly because fitted caps and fedoras are associated with men more so than women. It all depends on what look you are going for, however you don’t always have to wear a hat if you have short hair or wear a wig.

Working our way down to the face now. Sunglasses are always a ‘cool’ accessory to have. Especially if you are doing hip-hop or rap. Sunglasses also make you more manly because it does hide your face more and it gives the audience that mystery of what’s behind the glasses. Sunglasses can also help you as a performer to be more comfortable on stage because you don’t have to look people straight in the eye. However, you can’t wear girly sunglasses! They have to be men sunglasses, or they will make you look very femme.

Then we move on to jewelry. Jewelry is hard to do because most men don’t wear a lot of jewelry, so unless you are going for the crazy, punk-rock look the less jewelry you have the better. However, if you do want to wear pieces of jewelry like a watch, a necklace or a ring, make sure it is men’s jewelry. Again the smallest things can make you look like a girl or a man and one girly ring can sent off your entire look.

Next are jackets. Jackets can work very well for Kings because you can customize them by putting your name or rhinestone or other designs on them. Once again they need to be men jackets! Most men jackets have a square shoulder line to them, which is good! Women have rounded shoulders so wearing a man’s jacket can help square those shoulders a bit.

Shirts are really hard to go wrong with so I wouldn’t worry too much with those, just make them work with your outfit, again MEN’S SHIRTS! When you are dressing like a man, all of your clothes need to be from the men’s department!!!

Pants are again something that is really hard to go wrong with, but it does happen. You need pants that are a bit baggy on you so it doesn’t show the shape of your hips as much. Women have wider hips then men so to find pants that fit your waist you are going to have to go a few sizes over.

Shoes are once again hard to go wrong with, but they need to match your outfit and style and they need to be easy to move in. Always make sure your shoes are clean also.

Now the last thing I want to discuss is something that most Kings really don’t even do, but it is something that will give you that extra punch over other Kings. PADDING! Queens uses pads to make breasts, and tape to hide their groins, well as Kings we use tape to hide our breasts and pads to make groins! Sounds strange I know, but when you perform just stick a pair of rolled up socks in your groin and it makes a huge difference! Trust me the audience and the judges will notice and they will all comment on it. In a good way. ;)

Well you guys that is it for this chapter. If you have already had your first performance and didn’t win, try some of these out and let me know how they worked for you and as always send me your questions and I will answer them for you! Peace out!