(psssst . . . also, a freakin’ size 14 shoe? The entirety of my ancestry rowed across the pond from Scotland in a size 14 shoe!!!)

A hem. Yes. Rick. We need to talk about the particulars.

Should we make a production of it? I think yes, I’m willing to model.

Should we go with the dare as proposed, or shall we embellish on the original idea? (I have worn a dress in a show once, it was not a “drag show” per se, but more like a toned-down baptist junior college version of Hasty Pudding, in a little town in Northeast Arkansas.) (Hm, listening to the video on the link, the first guy talking sounds like my recorded voice, I think.)

Should it be, as Deron’s, where I assume, more/less, the stance of a mannequin or form displaying the dress? Or should we take it a step further, perhaps 50′s or 60′s kitsch or should it go “high camp”–full-on crazy drag? (This figures into who I’ll need to call upon for assistance in preparation.) This goes way back, but my drag queen name is Susie Talmadge. Perhaps more in ken with 50′s or 60′s kitch, I think. Might figure into the dress purchase.

Then there is my size. I’m 6’1″, nearly 200 lbs. at last reckoning. I wear a men’s shoe size 14 (which is problematic if we’re going whole hog). What size dress to get?

Deron, can you and Amy come up for a weekend sometime in April to photograph? I’m not sure I’d trust anyone else to capture it. Perhaps we could do “before, in transition and finished?”

I await your opinions.

Well….

Oh hell. Who cares what Rick wants?

Rick: You. $120 dress. Picture. On the date of your cflock anniversary. We will comment appropriately.

(should we call Danny and tell him?)

This is going to be great!!

Me, I’m not good at all with clothes.

Black velveteen. Fake jewels (teardrop cut). Scarcely worn. The footwear equivalent to audio exotica.