Some guys know how to put on a dress, wig and make-up and look FABULOUS in drag! On the other hand, other guys DO NOT make pretty women! I think David and I fell into the later category when we dressed up as flight attendant crash victims! We weren’t out to get all glammed up as women in the first place, or win any awards – but we did end up winning second place at a Halloween contest at The Barn (our favourite gay-bar hang-out at the time). We lost first place to an actual woman dressed as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz who carried her little and alive dog Toto in a basket. I guess the cute-factor of the dog gave her the advantage.
She may have won because of all the friends of Dorothy there that night; but we still won a $100 prize for our costumes. I even taught David a flight attendant’s shout of commands to evacuate an aircraft with a bit flight attendant choreography (lots of pointing out of your exits…here…here…and here) thrown in for good measure.
The transition from hairy-legged gay men to smooth-legged flight attendant’s in ripped nylons began early. We were going for that just struck turbulence and crashed look with smeared lipstick (“lips for landing girls”) and torn uniforms. We ended up looking like two rat-headed hairstyled bags in uniform. It was fun, but our feet were killing us in those high-heeled shoes!!! How do women do this? The following pics are the Halloween transition. Enjoy!
