Starworks Artists | Sorry, Girl! : The Oustanding Outfits Drag Queens (probably) Won't Find at Edith Head's PatternMaker's Estate Sale

written by Matty Pipes

If I've learned anything from eight seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race, it's that sewing and fashion construction are essential to a drag queen's life. Runway styles are too expensive and department store threads are too common. No, if you want Pageantry--with a capital P--you're going to have to make it yourself. So when I heard Edith Head's patternmaker's estate was going up for sale today, I could think of nothing but the throngs of queens battling over what's probably the most iconic silver-screen costume collection known to man!

For those of you who don't know Edith Head and have lost the will to Google, she was the premiere costume designer to Tinseltown for almost six decades. She's been nominated for 35 Academy Awards and taken home seven. Almost every major movie from the '30s to the '70s has her mark on it. In a word: BOSS.

Now if there's anything a drag queen loves more than a beat face, it's a spot-on diva reference. How chic, to not only be dressed like Marylin Monroe from "All About Eve," but to be able to say your dress is an exact replica. SLAY QUEEN! But unfortunately, most of Edith Head's patterns and designs are in museums, galleries and studio archives. I'm sorry to bust your bedazzled bubble, but here's a list of a few iconic Edith Head pieces you probably won't find for sale.

Sorry, girl!

Funny Face - 1957