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

"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

CD: How do you think your roots in drag culture informs what you create today?

From Los Angeles Times

Such portraits create a surprisingly revealing context for Surrealist Man Ray’s “Rrose Sélavy,” the famous photographs of Dada artist Marcel Duchamp in drag, bundled up in a cloche hat and fur-collared coat, eyeliner carefully smudged and lip gloss crisp.

From Los Angeles Times