Diva Awards

Sydney drag queen, Freeda Corsett, approached Peter to produce her outfits for the Diva Awards, the drag industry’s equivalent of the Oscar Awards. Aside from an evening gown, she wanted a fitted fur coat with a long train. Peter designed the 2 outfits, with Freeda’s requirements in mind.

Peter had the black gown sewn by his sewer. Peter had to sew the fur coat himself though, and he only had one weekend to finish it. He and I worked on it on Friday from 8 pm to 3 am, and midday to 10 pm on Saturday and Sunday. As you can imagine, fur is a difficult material to sew. Fur flies everywhere when you cut the material. Sewing seams together is difficult because the fur is thick, and it gets harder to flip the coat around to sew as it grows and grows.

Freeda was very happy with the final product. She wanted to make an impact on the night, and as you can see, how can she not with this coat.

Paul Gambin was nice enough to invite Peter and me to join his table at the Diva Awards. He even hired a limousine to take the whole group there. The limousine was very "pimp daddy". At the ball, every drag queen in Sydney was out to outshine one another. We bumped into our friends, Legs Diamond (aka Grant) and Kelly. To our delight, Freeda won “Belle of the Ball”, the best dressed award. Peter and my hard work paid off. It was a fitting finish.