How Much Money Did Yvie Oddly Spend On Her RuPaul's Drag Race Looks?

A certain amount of creative ingenuity is required to compete on "RuPaul's Drag Race," since there's usually at least one sewing challenge to contend with, but as the show's popularity grows exponentially, so too does the need for queens to drop big bucks making their outfits runway ready. In an interview with Vice, Season 11 winner Yvie Oddly revealed that, despite being accused of wearing "trash" by her fellow contestants, Oddly actually spent an eye-watering $14,000 on her outfits.  

Oddly emptied her bank account of the $2,000 that was in there, got a credit card loan of $5,000 from her creative partner, and graciously accepted a $7,000 sponsorship from one of her regular haunts. Most of Oddly's outfits were self-made, with the help of talented friends, but even so Oddly's wardrobe was widely considered "cheap." By her own admission, the "Drag Race" alum admitted to knowing immediately she was out of her depth, at least when it came to her financial investment.

"I could tell that, even having spent more money than I had ever even had in my life, everybody else was clearly more expensive," she said. Winning the show didn't put any pressure on her to over-spend in future, however, with Oddly telling Hollywood Life, "There is nothing more dreadfully boring to me than seeing a drag performer in a luxuriously expensive look that has absolutely nothing to do with/say about themself or the way they view the world."