You know it. You love it. It’s Seven Days of Dapper, back this time with a special treat for you: the one, the only, the dashing Maine stylings of T Sweatt. Here are T’s stats: T. Sweatt, originally from Connecticut and now a Maine import, has been summering in Maine her entire life. After college,(…)
You might know this line from Leslie Feinberg’s book Transliberation: “Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught.” I’m not sure what sort of relationship you have with poetry. (You’re probably not sure what poetry has to do with clothes.) To me, poetry and gender share a meaning(…)
Every queer seems to have a Tumblr these days…including our team here at dapperQ (check us out here). Sigh. So many Tumblrs, so little time. Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered with a new feature, Tumblr Tuesdays, where we roundup the best of queer style on Tumblr. Vintage dapper via Bruise & Bang Chicago queer(…)
Welcome to our fourth installment of Mix & Match Mondays, where we teach you how to make several outfits out of eight classic pieces with a “dress by numbers” approach. This week, we’re focusing on colorful pieces that can transition from spring to summer: Combine the following: 2+6+5; 2+6+8; 3+6+5; 3+6+8; 4+6+5; 4+6+8; 2+7+5; 2+7+8;(…)
*Feature image via This Is The Dream Dear Robin, When I came out to my mother, at the age of 22, she cried for days, and then called me up to tell me, “Well, I always knew you were gay.” These words made me unbelievable angry. When I was growing up and struggling with my(…)
We’ve featured ties made from a variety of interesting materials, from ceramic to recycled cassette tape. So, why not ties made from recycled wood and fabric? Adam Teague and Tim Pasla, the creative visionaries behind the brand “Two Guys,”create these amazing wearable works of art locally in Oklahoma. You can even design your own with(…)
A few years ago, a reader (Claire) wrote to us asking: “Can you do a segment on sandals? Summer is coming around again, and like every year I resign myself to wearing lightweight sneakers all summer with the occasional flip flop. I just haven’t been able to find a nice stylish men’s sandal in my(…)
dapperQ is tipping our top-hats to all of the tomboy femmes out there. While our mission remains the same, we understand that gender identity and presentation falls along a large spectrum – not just binary “hyper masculine” and “high femme.” There are many interpretations of masculine style within our community. We would like to celebrate(…)
*Feature image via clararea.tumblr.com In St. Louis the temperature is boomeranging between the lower 80s and the mid 50s, and the hotter days have me dreading summer already. Summers in this city are sweltering in a way that makes people want to take off their skin entirely, and I am no exception. I feel it(…)
Inspired by “Black Dandies Fashion New Academic Identities,” our new series “Dress Smart” will be featuring masculine-of-center genderqueer and transmasculine dapperQ academics. “‘Stylin’ out.’ That’s how Monica L. Miller, an associate professor of English at Barnard College, describes the way black people have used dress to expand definitions of blackness, gender, and sexuality. Men in(…)