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All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go: Sharpe Suiting Kickstarter Launch Party

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All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go: Sharpe Suiting Kickstarter Launch Party

“All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go” is dapperQ’s latest feature, which details fun and fashionable events relevant to your interests in your area. Last week, we featured BOWIEBALL 2014. This week, we recommend the Sharpe Suiting’s Kickstarter Launch Party. Here are the deets: Sharpe Suiting invites you to join them for a night of […]

Bow Ties for Marriage Equality

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Bow Ties for Marriage Equality

Do you actually need an excuse to buy yourself a new bow tie or two? If so, check out Tie The Knot, a non-profit bow-tie company launched by Jesse Tyler Ferguson who currently stars as “Mitchell Pritchett” on the Emmy Award-winning ABC comedy Modern Family.  A longstanding advocate for marriage equality, Ferguson co-founded Tie The […]

Eco-Friendly Fridays: Fashion, Vintage, and Etsy with Ville Vru

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Eco-Friendly Fridays: Fashion, Vintage, and Etsy with Ville Vru

You’ve waited patiently and we’ve delivered: Eco-Friendly Fridays is back. This Friday, we’re featuring Lana N’ Val, an Etsy boutique that offers wonderfully curated vintage attire inspired by the original 1979 punk movement, with nuances of military. Owner Ville Vru hand selects each item sold at the online boutique, and he would wear each and […]

All Dressed Up and Somwhere to Go: Women’s Event 17

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All Dressed Up and Somwhere to Go: Women’s Event 17

“All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go” is dapperQ’s latest feature, which details fun and fashionable events relevant to your interests in your area. Our next featured event is Women’s Event 17 brought to you by New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center on Saturday, November 15th. Women’s Event 17 will be […]

Crowning Glory: Afro-Textured Hair II

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Crowning Glory: Afro-Textured Hair II

*Feature image by Awol Erizku via Vogue Recently, a dapperQ contributor submitted a post about queer hair that was nearly devoid of QPOC styles. Our Editor in Chief, Anita Dolce Vita, responded with her take on the submission, along with several examples of her favorite masculine QPOC hair styles and cuts. Anita also promised to […]

Seven Days of Dapper: Ali Medina

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Seven Days of Dapper: Ali Medina

dapperQ model Ali Medina was recently featured in our Fall 2014 He Said/We Said shoot. But, we wanted to take a closer look at Ali’s daily style and asked her to submit for our Seven Days of Dapper series with a week’s worth of her personal style, which is a well curated and interesting mix […]

[PHOTOS] Red Carpet Recap: Sharpe Suiting Vintage Glam Event

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[PHOTOS] Red Carpet Recap: Sharpe Suiting Vintage Glam Event

All photos by Molly Adams I didn’t know what to expect as I was heading to the Sharpe Suiting “Vintage Glam” themed Kickstarter launch event at The Must bar in L.A. I knew a bit about Sharpe, a queer-centric brand forging the way in producing masculine dresswear undefined by gender binaries. But, the fact was […]

Oscar de la Renta: Fashion Icon Leaves His Mark on This ‘Young Butch’

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Oscar de la Renta: Fashion Icon Leaves His Mark on This ‘Young Butch’

*Republished with permission via Sharpe Suiting When people would ask me what I was wearing, I would sometimes joke that it was an ‘Oscar de la Rental’. I could never afford a real de la Renta, but I did know a fashion goldmine at the local thrift store where it kept pouring in. Pierre (Cardin), […]

Interview: Androgynous Style with Designer Sheila Rashid

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Interview: Androgynous Style with Designer Sheila Rashid

Sheila Amera Rashid is a 26 year old self-taught fashion designer based out of Chicago and founder of a unisex clothing brand that caters to comfort, edge, and creative style of geometric symmetric perception. Her signature drop crotch pant can be styled feminine, masculine, and everything in between and outside of. Sheila Amera Rashid Androgyny […]

Personalized Androgynous Clothing Could Be Waiting on Your Doorstep If Greyscale Goods Is Backed on Kickstarter

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Personalized Androgynous Clothing Could Be Waiting on Your Doorstep If Greyscale Goods Is Backed on Kickstarter

Just when you thought you mastered e-commerce, along comes another hip way to shop that all the kiddies are raving about: discovery commerce. Still haven’t a clue? Economic Times Retail defines discovery commerce as: …subscription boxes – a monthly service of curated products that is hugely popular in the West. The concept, described as ‘discovery […]

All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go: The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF)

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All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go: The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF)

“All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go” is dapperQ’s latest feature, which details fun and fashionable events relevant to your interests in your area. Our next featured event is The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF). This year, SFTFF will run November 7-9, 2014 at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, CA. It is a […]

Watch This Wednesdays: Roundup of Style & Empowerment Videos

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Watch This Wednesdays: Roundup of Style  & Empowerment Videos

Welcome to our latest edition of  Watch This Wednesdays where we scour the internet to find the best masculine style and empowerment videos on the web that our team agrees you need to view to up your game. This week, we’re getting a lesson in wedding suits, butch/femme oppression and privilege, and a PBS look […]

Interview: HauteButch Clothing Company

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Interview: HauteButch Clothing Company

“I can’t find clothes that fit me and affirm my identity.” “There are no brands designing clothing for our community.” “I hate shopping in mainstream stores because the sales people treat me with disrespect.” These are just a few of the many frustrations our readers share with us about their shopping experiences. But, HauteButch, a masculine clothing […]

New Series CorporateQ Explores Intersection of Style, Identity, and Workplace Gender Politics

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New Series CorporateQ Explores Intersection of Style, Identity, and Workplace Gender Politics

transgress [trans-gres, tranz-] verb an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin. dapperQ’s tagline — “Transgressing men’s fashion” — was chosen with great care, especially the word transgressing. With its strong theological roots, the word is a nod to my Southern Baptist roots. It conveys the idea that those of us who […]

Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt and Zhou Xun Suit Up for New IWC Schaffhausen Ad Campaign

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Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt and Zhou Xun Suit Up for New IWC Schaffhausen Ad Campaign

Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt and Zhou Xun suited up for IWC Schaffhausen’s ad campaign and the results were… via Tess Fowler The Swiss luxury watch brand IWC Schaffhausen launched a new 27 piece collection for all genders. Once specifically marketed as a “men’s” watch company, IWC Schaffhausen’s latest line offers a range of sizes to fit […]

15 Instagram Accounts That Are Doing Masculine Gender Queer Style Right

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15 Instagram Accounts That Are Doing Masculine Gender Queer Style Right

Last week, BuzzFeed published their roundup of “23 Instagram Accounts that Are Doing Tomboy Style Right.” While some of dapperQ’s favorite Instagram stars such as the dashing Qwear and our crush-hard bae Ari Fitz made the list, we were snubbed. via Giphy So, after crying our eyes out, stuffing our faces with chocolate, and binge […]

Eco-Friendly Fridays: Future Is The Future Interview

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Eco-Friendly Fridays: Future Is The Future Interview

While perusing Facebook for dapperQ networking opportunities and outreach, I found a kick starter project on A-Camp Unofficial Social Group. It was a posting for a Tilt fundraising campaign for a second hand vintage online store geared towards the dapper style called FUTURE IS THE FUTURE. I pushed “like”, shared it on my page and moved […]

Seven Days of Dapper: Melissa

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Seven Days of Dapper: Melissa

We’re back with a brand new edition of Seven Days of Dapper, this time featuring Melissa, a Graphic Designer in Northern California. Melissa has a freelance graphic design and digital illustration business, BigBrain Productions || TransMedia and Digital Illustration. Melissa’s background includes degrees from CCA in Oakland, CA and Art Center College of Design in […]

Interview: “Hey Queer” Photo Project Documents Asian Dapper Queer Style, Builds Community

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Interview: “Hey Queer” Photo Project Documents Asian Dapper Queer Style, Builds Community

Last week when we posted our roundup of 15 Instagram accounts that are doing masculine gender queer style right, we were thrilled to include photographer Sinru Ku’s Insta feed on the list. But, after further investigation and reader tips, we found that Sinru’s account was actually also serving as an adjunct to the “Hey Queer” […]

CorporateQ: Formal Fridays at a NYC Ad Agency

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CorporateQ: Formal Fridays at a NYC Ad Agency

Note: This is the second in an on-going series that focuses upon how masculine-of-center queers are bringing their dapper selves to the workplace. Susan: Thanks for making time for this. I’m eager to hear about how you adapt your style to the workplace. But before we get to that, how long has each of you […]
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