Workin' It!
RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style
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RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style
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More than just a style guide, this is a navigation system through the bumpy road of life. Let RuPaul teach you the tried, tested and found true techniques that will propel you from background player to shining star!
No more playing small, your time is now!
"Workin' It!" will provide helpful and provocative tips on fashion, beauty, style and confidence for girls and boys, straight and gay - and everyone in between! No one knows more about life, self-expression and style than RuPaul! With photos by Mathu Andersen from the new season of RuPaul's Drag Race and a fresh look at style and inner beauty, "Workin' It!" will pick up where the show leaves off. The book will be as colourful, fun, and intriguing as RuPaul, with insights into makeup, clothing choices and the illusion of drag. Fans of RuPaul will get piece of Ru's philosophy on style and attitude - and how it's more than the clothes that make the man, or woman! With four colour photos throughout and a fresh, funky design "Workin' It!" will be the perfect guide to RuPaul - part style guide, part confidence manifesto, and entirely fabulous!
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In this short and indeed quick read, Mama Ru presents us with his life lessons learnt along his own way, how to embrace and love ourselves a little more as well as how to figure out what clothes look good on us. In theory this can be done without purchasing a Prada suit, as mentioned.
Lots of this book wasn't really relevant to me (how to transform into a drag queen) though but certainly I gained something from it, as there are lots of inspirational quotes or lines I made a note of for future reference, as recently life has been a bit tough!
Not really a self help guide as such, as a lot of ingredients have been added to the brew here so it comes off a little like candy floss - pretty to look at and it gives you a decent enough sugar rush but may not provide you sustenance for what you're looking for.
I got this on my Kindle, so perhaps if I had got a physical copy, the photographs would have entranced me for hours. The book is now nearly ten years old, and I swear RuPaul hasn't aged a day since then.
I used to flip through this at my friend Stacey's apartment and I finally sat down and read it all the way through. Like... obviously I love RuPaul. Obviously. I love his positive attitude and ~realness~ in and out of drag, and my favorite parts of this book revolved around that. (Sometimes it gets borderline The Secret-esque, which I hate, but... whatever.) There were also a ton of gorgeous photos of Ru in drag. I also enjoyed reading, in DETAIL, about all the work Ru puts into her drag. For someone who wanted to start doing drag, this might be a good how-to manual. For a fan, it's a cool behind the scenes look.
Also there is a lot of advice in here that I read and was immediately like, “I am NOT doing that.” Get up at 4:30am to work out? I am NOT doing that. Invest in cashmere sweaters as part of your basic travel wardrobe? I am NOT doing that. Never eat in public? Never eat after the sun goes down? I am NOT doing that. And that's why RuPaul is RuPaul and I am me.
~You're born naked and the rest is drag~
