Mabeline
Mabeline "Grinchester" Diorio is a story-teller, rapper, vocalist, recording and cabaret artist. She is a founding member and treasurer of the House of Diorio. She was born and grew up in a small, fabled mountain town, where her claim to fame is being the ex-wife of mining magnate Louis Grinchester III, better known as "Grinch".
If Mabeline had a magic mirror, what truth would
she ask it to reveal?
“Oh honey, give Mabeline a magic mirror and it won’t just reveal—it will gasp, clutch its pearls, and beg to be part of the fantasy - A green velvet chaise, lush enough to make Versailles weep, and there I am—reclined like a celestial empress mid-manifestation. Around me, a constellation of gorgeous men, each one more sculpted than the last, attending to my every whim: One’s feeding you champagne grapes, another’s fanning me with a money feathered fan, a third is massaging my feet like they’re holy relics.”
My Patina
Filmed by Christopher Ash
Coproduced by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret
If Mabeline ruled the world for a day, what’s the first law she’d pass?
“The very first law I’d pass—before breakfast, before the press conference, before the velvet throne was even fluffed—would be this:
“The official color of the realm is green, baby. Emerald, chartreuse, absinthe, envy—if it doesn’t scream opulence, it’s banned.”
This is for Me
Composed by Cookie Diorio
If drag is armor, what's the battle Mabeline shows up for every time?
“The battle Mabeline shows up for—every damn time—is the fight for radical self-expression and full-blown autonomy over my own fabulous existence. And I’mma try to say this without cursing, but let’s be real: this question gets me lit. I’m talking about the right to be who I want, say what I mean, and take up space like I was born to headline. I don’t take no stuff from nobody—especially not from anyone trying to dim my shine, police my joy, or tell me how to exist. Drag is my shield, my sword, and my megaphone. It’s how I say, “I’m here, I’m divine, and I make the rules now.”
