'I’ve never felt as confident as this before, and I think I speak differently, I walk differently, and I’m not ashamed.' Following her run on dragraceukbbc, dakota_schiffer sits down with AnOther to share her personal recollections of the experience 🤍
contestants have declared themselves a fashion doll, but Schiffer is one of the few queens for whom the title fits like a chequerboard glove.can often hem in queens that have so much more to give, however, Schiffer transcended this by dint of being something totally unfamiliar to contemporary British reality TV – a humble, human and endearing young woman in full mastery of her art.
Schiffer’s drag aesthetic is soaked in the pastel tones, ruffles and tailored minimalism of the 1960s. She gave us consistently intelligent references – from Barbra Streisand’sValley of the Dolls Schiffer and her twin were “very nerdy” and she found her love for 60s glamour through Japanese subcultures. “I remember we were researching Japanese street style in Harajuku and seeing make-up that resembled Twiggy and then learning about Twiggy and Mary Quant,” she says. “But the more I’ve gotten older and the more mature I’ve become, the sultry make-up of Sophia Loren and Sharon Tate is where my aesthetic has gone.
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