Sewing for Drag Queens
Season 1
An Interview with designer maker Lizzie Biscuits
by Laura Blackwell
This interview was recorded in May 2021, when the entertainment industry had been locked down for months. Lizzie was good enough to share how her working methods had changed and tell me what she had been keeping busy with. In this interview we mention a competition that Lizzie was holding to give a drag queen their dream costume. You can see the finished article here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSy191AsMba/ And there are some great photos of her other work here: https://www.lizziebiscuits.com Thumbnail image reference: Lizzie Biscuits . My other outfit is a Lizzie Biscuits [Photograph ]. lizziebiscuits.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/5fff6439bf327f2031205c54/1611600993385-DEM7RN8KKFV878GI5PQ5/my+outfit+is+a+lizzie+biscuits.jpg?format=1500w&content-type=image%2Fjpeg
This episode was filmed during lockdown in January 2021. Divina was kind enough to speak to me about their experiences with designing and making - both working solo and collaborating with other designers. During our chat I showed Divina some photographs of costumes I had questions about, and the links to those are as follows: The purple dress that took 3 weeks: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ms0mllR-A/ The dress with all the taffeta: https://www.instagram.com/p/BkPuq-IA8tn/ The red and gold dress: https://www.instagram.com/p/BrC5v-cl0pl/ The alien outfit c/o Selfridges https://www.instagram.com/p/B4O91g_lwze/ The challenge winning DIY outfit: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3_tKERFZf8/ Thumbnail image reference: BBC. (2019). Divina De Campo [Photograph ]. bbc.co.uk. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/rpdr-2019/divina-de-campo