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...

Our call for MapperQ posts has seen a powerful response. We already have enough D.C. recommendations to map out a shopping marathon. First, Calley got in touch and shared not one, but three great places to shop for dapper suits. Dapper, darling suits at Dash’s Upscale menswear shop with super-high...

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...

I admit it.  I’m wildly smitten by the courage and authenticity I see in the lives of genderbenders like the folk transgressing men’s fashion for this installment of He Said/We Said.  It’s not like I “want” them — not that kinda smitten.  But this attraction is notable because I spent...

Memorial Day weekend heralds the advent of summer and, with it, a slew of oh-so-superbly gay weddings. Inspiration for those planning an outdoor ceremony can be found in the example of Shavon Gaddy-Dalrymple, 30, who wed Jory Dalrymple, 34, last Memorial Day weekend at Incarnation Camp in Deep River,...

For those who are terribly lucky, love begins with a sense of awe and wonder. We might long for it, but never know for sure that it will arrive. When it does, words often fail to fully convey the magic of falling. For queers, marriage equality is kind of like that. We never knew it could happen. Frankly,...

My big fat gay wedding was the best day of my life. Going to Saks Fifth Avenue to find my outfit, however, not so much. That was four years ago and I while I was able to pull it off with a little luck, my stress about it was off the charts. Since launching dapperQ, I’ve learned that such anxiety...

I’m in Louisville, Kentucky jamming in a friend’s office attic on the first chapter of the dapperQ Style Guide which focuses on weddings and formal wear.  Today I approved a comment on Custom-Made Wedding Suits which suggested dapperQ’s take a look at Good Orient which offers silk...

When Kate Peterson – one half of the folk duo known as Nervous But Excited – decided to tie the knot on a gorgeous farm in rural Pennsylvania, she turned to Susie Giang for help finding the right outfit. (Kate is featured below with her bride, Leah Schew.) As a Vice President at Fleming...