We know who to ask for the best shopping advice – you! We’re all about capturing the voices of DapperQs, and this is the first of a regular feature where we reach out to our Twitter followers and publish your great tips. Following our recent post about Let’s B Brief, Zoya went on Twitter...

Here at DapperQ, we get a lot of emails from people looking for sexy, fun underwear that they can wear with confidence and pride. So we caught up with Lindsay from letsbbrief to discuss her growing emporium of boxers and briefs. When did you launch the company? The Official launch was May 6, 2011. We...

Avery Cassell dapperQ is pleased to welcome our newest contributor, Avery Cassell, who will regularly be offerinng transgressive DIY magic. Sometimes you need a little fashion pick-me-up, and clip-on bow ties are a quick way to add a suave retro touch to any butchly attire! Slip one in your back-pack,...

1992: International Space Year.  The leap year that gave us the give of Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” and Silence of the Lambs. The  year the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-American team to win the World Series. The year that skateboarding ruled the concrete. I’m...

This past weekend, I went on a recon mission with Candice Williamson of Dykes on BiCycles (DOBC), and boy was it shoeccessful. You see, DOBC, a rad group of cyclists who go on freemonthly trips around New York City, is hosting a Pride Kick-Off Party on June 10th which will include (among other cool...

FIT Menswear graduates Auston Bjorkman and Freddy Dico are the powerhouse designers behind the high fashion menswear label Sir New York, a sleek and modern line that The New Gay blog  hailed as “a great antidote to citified male attire that tends to drift toward banality.” Sir New York...

Skechers need to burn, and they need to burn now. If you don’t have acid, then fire will have to do. But for the sake of all that is right in this world, burn the suckers.  Better yet, let’s have a bonfire. A huge bonfire. (Don’t bring any tires- save those. We’ll need them for...

Last week, I attended a discussion on queer fashion hosted by Columbia University trans student group GendeRevolution. Also in attendance were Crystal González and Ivette Alé, the creative visionaries behind the newly launched masculine-of-center clothing line, Marimacho. I was honored to have a sneak...

For me, inextricably linked to my love of sneakers is a secret fear of/disdain for the rest of the shoe family.  I know I might be putting a target on my back by admitting this, but I just can’t get down with the dress shoe.  No matter how hard I try, I wind up looking like a 5th grade boy in...

I fucking love sneakers.  As my girlfriend noted the other day, “You don’t get excited for anything like you get excited about sneakers.” And it’s true. The power that envelops me once I behold a shiny new pair is almost spiritual. A force of nature, of fulfillment, and of higher...