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before i say anything, i don't want people to get confused with the title of this blog as it's not meant to be offensive..
when i was first making it i had no idea what to call it and those two words kept cropping up in everything i was looking at so i just put them together as a temporary thing and it's just ended up staying..
luckily it works though as people aren't educated about transvestites/transexuals/drag queens/cross dressers/transgender people etc. at school we have to learn about different races and in this new day and age we should really be learning about the transgender community as well as it's growing due to surgery and people are becoming a lot more accepting of it - especially in the fashion world.
i think it's important to understand the difference between the trans society, although they are so close knit and you could easily catagorise them into the wrong 'labels' and this could offend people..

the reasoning now behind the 'drag fag' title:

this collection won't be my usual 'art type' garment (mainly as i have to include production in this fmp) but i also wanted to make really beautiful garments for the altered male body.
my intention is always to shock and provoke (thought), i want garments to carry meaning and speak for themselves.
as i won't be making the 'shock' through the garments the title seems to grab peoples attention and i usually get funny looks when i say what this fmp's called but then they have to ask why it's called that.. which is good as i always want people to question the motive behind my work to understand why i do/create what i do.

refering back to my earlier point about people not knowing the difference between the various terms for trans people i firstly wanted to send two models down the catwalk wearing black organza maxi dresses, one with 'DRAG' wrote on the front and one with 'FAG' wrote on the front - across the chest.
i chose organza as i wanted the model to look/feel exposed and the model wearing the 'drag dress' would have long hair and applied makeup - almost like how boys used to dress in the 80s - and were they drag?

then i want the person in the 'fag dress' to walk down the catwalk really uneasy - maybe putting his head in his hands..
i don't want people to feel guilty about not knowing what catagory to put them in per-say i just want them to question how the model feels being judged by the audience as how can you judge someone without knowing what they are?
as they say, ignorance is bliss.

i then want the next two garments to come down together also (as shown on the last post) again, black organza but this time i want leather pieces appliqued onto them.
i also want this to question the minds of the audience as the models will be very androgynous and to make them question their gender then question if they actually care.

these pieces will all be black to reflect the negative outlook on the trans community, the sadness they must feel and i guess the darkness everyones kept in as education about them goes.

the following four garments will be 'gender neutral colours' such as beige, pale yellow and all the colours (coincidently) for s/s 2011.
i want this to juxtapose with the negative outlook i'm presenting at the start.
i'm doing this on purpose as i want to make people question how much they actually know about the trans community and if it's right to form an opinion on that basis.
i want these 'gender neutral' pieces to reflect how gender also dosen't define who a person is. when your born the only difference between boys and girls are there genitals and society influences them to behave in a certain way.
i mean, if you had a girl you'd automatically wrap her up in a pink blanket and give her a doll wouldn't you?
i also want these pieces just to look beautiful and feminine and really enhance the 'altered male body' in a way they would feel comfortable in presenting themselves but also to create a positive and even pure outlook on them, asif a re-birth eliminating social convictions and pre-conseptions.