Pumped Up Kicks is my monthly roundup of seriously cool shoes. This month I’m focusing on high tops. The high top can turn an ordinary outfit into a rock n’ roll glam/hip hop chic ensemble. For example: Here are my high top picks that come in dapperQ sizes: BIBIAN, $28, Aldo VEENUS (Congac),...

Silki Harris is a 23-year-old-lesbian event promoter and fashion designer who founded Ambiance Couture Bowties. What got you started with designing? My mother is a designer and infused a love of fashion within me since I was a child, which I now express through my own company. I have been sewing and...

Our friends over at Marimacho, a lovely masculine clothing line for the female bodied and transmasculine crowd, are looking for heartbreakers! To kick-start their new tumblr, the clothing line is welcoming users to submit photos of themselves rocking masculine clothing. You can check out some of the...

Our friends over at Autostraddle sent us the following question from one of their readers: Little boys’ t-shirts with pictures of dragons riding on motorcycles: cute or trying too hard? First let me say that dapperQ does not participate in any shaming or fashion policing. We do offer suggestions...

dapperQ recently received the following question/comment from one of our femme fans: “Hi! I’ve been reading your site a bit, and I’ve been really inspired by your fashion and courage. I’m a fairly femme lesbian, but I semi-frequently like wearing menswear, or meanswear-inspired...

Apparently I’m about two months late on this story. But, if you’re like me, your busy schedule does not allow for much reality t.v. consumption. For the past six months I have been drowning in a sea of work: exams, papers, grant writing projects, planning activities for visitors who couch...

Need a holiday gift that kicks (or rather punches) butt? Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club has a tough and hot calendar for sale! Bring in the new year with tough female boxers (and, honestly, what’s sexier? If you aren’t convinced, a portion of the profits also benefit Shape Your Life which...

Three weeks before the wedding I attended this summer, I began shopping for clothes. My girlfriend had purchased her dress and I had an idea of the outfit I was looking for. I wanted to pick up the colours of her dress (pink and brown) in my tie and shirt and go neutral for the suit. The wedding had...

L.A, I’ve been told, is the land of the big femme/little femme couple. The masculine of center would be hard to find. I was told I would find few “queers” here and in fact that using the word queer wasn’t as common in L.A as it is in my home town, NYC. You can imagine my delight,...

Do you repeatedly wear the same outfit because you are completely out of ideas about how to dress for the myriad activities you have booked in your busy weekly schedule? Are you excited to accept invitations to gatherings, only to find your excitement crushed by the prospect of pulling together decent...