Charity Kase on ‘discrepancies’ between brief and runway titles on Drag Race UK
"Do a look inspired by your favorite Spice Girl, or something like this, and it turns out to be 'Night of 1,000 Spice Girls'," says Charity on new episode of Tea Time in association with Taimi
Words: Jamie Tabberer; pictures: BBC/World of Wonder/Guy Levy
Drag Race UK‘s Charity Case has said there are “discrepancies” between runway titles and the briefs queens get given beforehand on the show.
The star, who was eliminated last week, dressed as a Mel B-inspired leopard for Spice Girls-themed runway, but got criticised for her abstract idea.
Judge Michelle Visage told the star: “Tonight on the runway, this is pure art. This is beautiful, this is amazing. But being honest, I’m not getting Spice Girls.”
“I think there’s probably a Mel B curse”
Speaking to season two queen Tia Kofi on the latest episode of Attitude web series Tea Time in association with Taimi, Charity admitted she would have dressed differently had she known the theme was ‘Night of a thousand Spice Girls.’
Tia agreed, saying she was “read for my Alan Turing” in season two, adding: “Mama, no one said cosplay…”
Here is the convo on runway titles between Charity and Tia:
Tia: Is Mel B cursed? Because I went home dressed as Scary Spice, you and Scarlett were in the bottom…
Charity: I think there’s probably a Mel B curse. I think my poor decision was being a leopard!
T: This is the thing – the challenge is always ‘inspired by’. I got read for my Alan Turing. Everyone was like: ‘You don’t look like Alan Turing!’ Mama, no one said cosplay…
C: […] You are right. The briefs aren’t exact to the runways. So there are discrepancies – the exact runway titles to what we get given. I don’t know how much I’m allowed to say about it, really. ‘Do a look inspired by your favourite Spice Girl’, or something like this, and then it turns out to be ‘Night of 1,000 Spice Girls’. If I’d clocked it, I wouldn’t have been a leopard!
Attitude has approached the BBC for comment.
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