Special artist's event for an old cross-dresser (12)

I believe the answer is:

transvestite

'an old cross-dresser' is the definition.
(old-fashioned term for a cross-dresser)

'special artist's event' is the wordplay.
'special' indicates anagramming the letters.
'artists'+'event'='artistsevent'
'artistsevent' anagrammed gives 'TRANSVESTITE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for transvestite that I've seen is " Cross-dresser".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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