in drag

Idioms  

1. Wearing clothes normally worn by the opposite sex, as in All of the actors in the revue were in drag. This expression originally alluded to male actors wearing women's apparel on stage, especially for comic purposes, but also refers to cross-dressing by homosexuals. [Colloquial; c. 1870]

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Example Sentences

He dressed in drag and wrestled in the WWE.

From BBC

Mojica visits Arturo Calderón, a local rodeo clown known as “La Pirinola,” who performs in drag; Calderón lets the camera roll as he paints his eyelids electric blue.

From Los Angeles Times

"She has such a craft and such an art to what she does in drag," he said.

From BBC

“He does a very good impersonation of Marie Antoinette in drag,” said Rahm Emanuel, a former Chicago mayor who is eyeing his own 2028 presidential bid.

From The Wall Street Journal

In drag, you can do so much with such little material or proper experience.

From Los Angeles Times