Sasha Colby was introduced on season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race as a certified drag legend.
She had already won the famed Miss Continental pageant, developed relationships with high-profile designers, and mothered several drag children — including season 14 star Kerri Colby. For Colby, her journey in the world of drag — and as a transgender woman — is stitched into her garments.
Beginning with her youth in Hawaii, Colby formed a lifelong relationship with clothes as a means of gender expression and freedom. And she had some unintentional helpers.
“The funny thing is how my parents would dress me,” Colby reflects. “In elementary school, I was already a blond kid in the middle of Hawaii. I had green eyes, pretty fair skin, and was femme-presenting. Then they’d put me in...