Werk Those Pecs Parties Raise Funds for Trans* Individuals’ Surgeries
It doesn’t feel quite enough to call Werk Those Pecs a party, though that is exactly what it is. The thing is Werk Those Pecs throws parties for trans* individuals to help them reach their surgery...
View ArticleInterview: CharlieBoy, Aussie Based Gender-Neutral Clothier
Earlier this summer, I was perusing Tumblr to get inspiration for our Tumblr Tuesdays: best of masculine gender-queer fashion roundup, when I came across this image on Tomboy Femme: I was so...
View ArticleWildfang Launches New Line of Exclusive Tomboy Shirts with Peau de Loup
Wildfang recently launched their “SHOW US YOUR WILDFANG” campaign, featuring over 20 taste-makers and tomboys from the worlds of music, television and fashion, including Casey Legler, Sara Bareilles,...
View ArticleJanelle Monáe Featured on Cover of DIVA, Discusses Support for Queer...
Quintessential dandy Janelle Monáe is featured on the cover of this month’s DIVA magazine. While some folks questioned dapperQ’s decision to include her on our 100 most stylish list, Monáe’s fearless...
View ArticleAsk dapperQ: How to Dress Awesome for Sports/Gym?
A reader asks: “I have a question I’m DYING to ask! I don’t always wear men’s clothes, but I do when I want to feel FANTASTIC! I like vintage professorial looks, and I’m a sucker for vests. My problem...
View ArticleHe Said/We Said: End of Summer Edition
We shot our last two He Said/We Said series in San Fran and Portland to capture all the dapperness that exists outside of our insular NYC universe. For our 13th edition, we’ve returned home to the West...
View ArticleConfessions of A Butch Queen: Girly Moments and Shoe Obsessions
butch (booch) adj. Slang Exhibiting stereotypically or exaggeratedly masculine traits or appearance. Used especially of lesbians and gay men. n. One who is butch queen (kween) n. 1. A woman...
View ArticleSummer Street Fashion: Don’t Mess With Texas
One in a series of articles covering masculine-of-center street fashion seen in and around Austin, TX. Ah, summer in Texas. 100-degree days, every day. It is hot as hell, y’all. Especially when you’re...
View ArticleNew York Fashion Week Coverage: Marimacho’s S/S 2014 Show
Author: Lia Roque Photos by Lia Roque Marimacho’s New York Fashion Week debut brought us into the deepest parts of the ocean where the unknown, but the most fascinating and colorful of species dwell....
View ArticlePosture Magazine’s Black Tie Event
While preparing for our New York Fashion Week event, we neglected our site for a few days. And, thus, we neglected to tell you that we went to Posture magazine’s black-tie fundraising event at the...
View ArticlePHOTOS: dapperQ/Whitney Day Events New York Fashion Week Show
Since dapperQ’s inception, we have seen a proliferation of blogs, models, and brands dedicated to serving and representing our market: style for masculine presenting women, gender-queers, and trans*...
View ArticleSex Scenes and Simple Looks with Rapper Temper3k9
From what I understand, there are a lot of women out there who think Temper3k9 is quite the babe. The Chicago rapper has been prolific since age 13, with several very sexy music videos, quite a few...
View ArticleButch Burlesque from NYC (VIDEO)
Burlesque is terrain deftly navigated by strong femmes. But in New York City, Victoria Libertore turned the genre toward those of us who transgress men’s style in a 6-week study and one-nite...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Backstage at New York Fashion Week
We are still buzzing on the amazing energy from the dapperQ/Whitney Day Event’s New York Fashion Week fashion show and after party. You’ve already seen the runway and party photos here. But, there was...
View ArticleSeven Days of Dapper: Bing
Ok, so you know how we’ve just added a new Tomboy Femme Fridays (TFF) feature? Well, today’s post is sort of a mash-up between TFF and one of our most popular series: Seven Days of Dapper. We couldn’t...
View ArticleAsk dapperQ: Styles and Cuts for Long Haired dapperQs?
A reader asks: “Dear dapperQ, …I am generally really attracted to the dapperQ aesthetic, but am not quite ready to cut my hair short like most of the dapperQs you showcase. Do you have any...
View ArticleA Very Dapper Wedding: Katie and Ilana
This is our sixth post in dapperQ’s Wedding Week, where we feature dapper weddings and answer all of your burning wedding questions. Today, we are featuring the dapper wedding of Katie and Ilana. Katie...
View ArticleA Very Dapper Wedding: Christina & G
This is our seventh and final post in dapperQ’s Wedding Week, where we feature dapper weddings and answer all of your burning wedding questions. Today, we are featuring the dapper wedding of Christina...
View ArticleAsk dapperQ: Dapper Attire for a Dirty Job?
A reader asks: “I work in some of the less glamorous corners of agricultural science. So, I can’t wear anything to work if I can’t soil it, stain it, or scuff it. And, I certainly can’t wear anything...
View ArticlePhoto Series ‘Modern Dandies’ Illuminates Diversity in Dandyism
In a recent Butch Please post on Autostraddle, Kate provided a personal critique of the dandy dapper queer aesthetic, stating: “If butchness and butch desirability has its own power structure, dapper...
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