Tip Your Local Drag Queens—They Need It

A drag look can easily cost over $500, but queens often go home having made less than $100.by Sam ChapmanThis shit is expensive.Paulo Amorim / GettyThere is perhaps no more repeated quotation in the annals of drag than the famous Dolly Parton declaration: “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.” There’s a good reason why: doing drag, like being Dolly Parton, costs a lot of money. But unlike being Dolly Parton, drag does not pay well.Once a fringe art form found primarily i