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(…)
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. Welcome to our second installment: dapperQ He Said/We Said model Ryley Rubin Pogensky is one of Qwear’s favorite genderqueer role models. Ours too. Photo by Jun Crame.(…)
Welcome to our third 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. Here’s this week’s versatile pieces that you can mix and match to create a number of looks: Combine: 2+5+6; 2+6+8; 2+5+7; 2+7+8; 3+5+6; 3+6+8; 3+5+7;(…)
It’s been about three weeks since I’ve taken the infamous road trip from Denver to Orlando. I’ve had plenty of time to write up my adventures, but for some reason I’ve stayed quiet. There is a part of me that is wondering why I have stayed quiet, yet there is the other side to me(…)
For this installment of Eco-Friendly Fridays, we’re bringing you the dapper swag of the queer owned and operated Cotton Bow Tie Company. Paint Splatter 2 30-year-old Kirsten Coe (designer and style muse) and and 27-year-old Petra Deane (maker and web manager) are the creative visionaries behind these strapping bow-ties made from recycled fabrics. Petra (left)(…)
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. 19-year-old Ourivio submitted this to Masculine-of-Center. Rock chic(…)
If you dream of the right boot, you are in good company with dapperQ. Trendy may work in other areas of your wardrobe but boots, you know at a gut level, have to be classic. Unfortunately, you don’t often find the intersection of style and heft in women’s boots. Many of us make do with(…)