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Shore's damage reaches dressmaker to A.C. drag queens

When they catalog everything Hurricane Sandy washed away, Patti Smith may be the only victim to lose feather boas and fur microminis she never wore. So goes storm cleanup for the beloved seamstress and den mother to Atlantic City's legendary drag queens.

Patti Smith, the seamstress for Atlantic City’s drag queen community in the beard at left, created elaborate “Miss’d America” pageant frocks for her dear friend and muse, Mortimer Spreng. Photo courtesy of Mortimer Spreng.
Patti Smith, the seamstress for Atlantic City’s drag queen community in the beard at left, created elaborate “Miss’d America” pageant frocks for her dear friend and muse, Mortimer Spreng. Photo courtesy of Mortimer Spreng.Read more
    by Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist | Columnist
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