South Shields drag queen reveals dress in tribute to home town ahead of Great North Run
A drag queen from South Shields has created a dress made of runners bibs for the 45th Great North Run.
A drag queen from South Shields who appeared on Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK has revealed a dress that honours South Shields ahead of the Great North Run.
Sally Trademark spent hours stitching the hand-made dress made of recycled fabrics in homage to her hometown of South Shields - which marks the finish line for the world-famous half marathon.
The finished look shows over 60 black, orange and red numbers stitched across a corset and skirt, paired with a matching headpiece and gloves.
The 29-year-old said: "It was a bit of a race against time, the printed numbers were delayed in the post so I spent about eight solid hours stitching them together in one sitting which was crazy.
“In total, I probably spent about 24 hours from design to the finished concept.
“I had to take quite a lot of care to make sure it was actually quite structurally sound, it was quite a hard fabric to work with and I didn’t want the numbers to be falling away.”
Last year, while on the BBC show, Sally showcased a Metro-themed catwalk look to represent the North East’s local heritage.
Sally added: “I’m not an athlete, and so I admire everyone running on Sunday and huge credit to them, but it’s not something I could see myself doing - however the Great North Run is such a huge thing for South Shields and so I wanted to celebrate and commemorate it in my own special way.”
Sally has been keeping a video diary of her dress-making on social media at @sally.trademark.