Let’s be real: I care about dressing well, I care about other queers dressing well and feeling good. And that’s why I have this blog. If I wanted to have a blog about only supporting companies with good practices, well, that would be a different blog. We could call it “Fair Trade Queer.” Or something. Spinoffs welcome.

The only brands I’ve been boycotting on Qwear are Urban Outfitters and their affiliate Anthropologie. (Which you can read about here.) If I boycotted every brand that had bad practices, I’d be pretty limited in the Looking Pretty Pepartment.  

But I’m now adding Abercrombie & Fitch and their affiliates (Hollister, and some other brand I haven’t heard of called Gilly Hicks) to the list of brands I will no longer promote in this lifetime. Because of this:

UPDATE 5/16: While the following video does a great job out outlying the issues with A&F, a few folks alerted me that it’s problematic. I completely agree with that article, and considered deleting the video altogether from this post. I decided to leave it here for discussion, but would discourage anyone from actually joining his campaign. 

You can still model them in your submissions, but I won’t link to them. I will also include a disclaimer: “Abercrombie & Fitch actively discriminates based on class, size, and appearance. For similar brands, try Aéropostale and American Eagle Outfitters.” Thoughts? Proposed edits? Contact me.

For a long time I was promoting A&F because I loved their jeans. But the zipper recently broke on them anyway. Along with all my trust. *wipes tear.* 

- Sonny

Are you wise with the words/ the owner of too many shoes/ great at stalking queer celebrities? Guest blogging for Qwear might be for you!

(Thanks, fotorama.com.ua)

You could be the new gay expert on topics such as:

Cultural appropriation in fashion: We need someone to discuss this humorously and with examples so that everyone can know which patterns and styles are best avoided in mainstream stores.

Transfeminine dyke style suggestions and tips, in particular for those with larger builds.

Femme shoes and levels of formality! Annnnnd go

(View full list)

Email proposals for these topics or ideas of your own to me (Sonia) at sonia@qwearfashion.com. Wheee!

This is really exciting. Like, the most exciting. Like, put on your best bow tie and dance alone in your room to Beyonce for an hour exciting.

dapperQ’s Hot Rabbit - Queer Dance Party - Fashion Week Addition’s party was postponed to this Friday, Feb 15th due to the snow storm. And guess what queer will be in town?? 

THIS GUY. That’s me. You know, the queer who blogs for you like all the time. That’s my face. Along with the folks at dapperQ, Rae of The Handsome Butch, Marimacho, and many more! There will be prizes for the best dressed (i.e. not your shoveling clothes. I mean, what?)

Here are the deets (to RSVP, click HERE):

Friday Feb 15 @ The Monster (Downstairs)
80 Grove St (W 4th/7th Ave)
10pm-4am
Sponsored by dapperQ
More info here
UPDATE: 21+

See you there!! Come find me! - Sonia

If you’ve submitted an anonymous question recently and it hasn’t been answered here, check the Qwear Forum! I posted a whole bunch of questions there that we won’t be able to answer on Qwear. I already love the advice that’s shown up. 

More about the forum.

I wanted to give the Qwear community a space to ask each other questions and discuss fashion quandries without me spamming you all the time here! So I created a new Tumblr called Qwear Forum (<— click to follow). Questions that are perfect for this space are:

I’d like to interrupt my regularly scheduled programming to tell you about my friend Karen’s blog about fat phobia: phatally.blogspot.com. Her thoughts and explorations have raised my consciousness around all the ways in which our society stigmatizes fat. And it’s gotten me thinking more about how important it is for us to celebrate our bodies, rather than degrade them. She even addressed androgyny in this post! I’m her anonymous friend :) Regardless of your size, I think you’d love her blog. To quote her, “Stigmatizing fat hurts every one, regardless of what their body looks like.” 

In honor of Karen’s efforts — and all my readers — I want to shout out a special invitation to all curvy/big/fat/plus sized folks to SUBMIT photos of some fabulous outfits! Can’t wait to see all of your lovely selves. 

Wanna increase your blogger street cred? We are looking for fashionistas with unique experiences to share with the Qwear community! Topics of interest are:

1. Are you gender fluid, or do you love fucking with gender? How do you balance budget and wardrobe size when buying clothes across the gender spectrum?

2. Transfeminine dyke style suggestions and tips, in particular for those with larger builds.

3. Are you an expert thrifter? Give us your scoop on thrifting and filling out your wardrobe in a socially conscious way.

4. Queer make-up tutorial (liquid black cat-eye liner, anyone?)

5. Personal account from a masculine presenting female assigned person of color, and experiences within your community around gender presentation and style

6. Queers who move: Did you move to a new place and develop a new style from doing so? What were the styles of your previous place vs. new one, and how did the queer scene around you affect it?

7. Personal account from a straight identified woman with a love for menswear and/or dressing androgynously

Send proposals for these topics or ideas of your own to Sonia at oram.sonia@gmail. Even more awesome if you can include a writing sample or link to something you wrote. I’m excited to hear from you!

Qwear now has a ton of new features to make navigating this hottpot of inspiration super easy! With a little help from the Esquire theme and my wonderful coders, today marks the completion of getting all the new features up and rolling. If you aren’t reading this directly from the blog, check us outtttttt!

What’s new on Qwear:

Popular Tags: I added a list of the most popular tags on the side bar for easy navigation. So say you want to look for underwear recommendations, or you want to see every post about tailoring, it couldn’t be easier to find what you’re looking for.

Advertising: Want to advertise your business to reach a wide audience of queers around the world and support Qwear in the process? Now you can!

Fanmail: All the cute things you send in about how much you love us.

Press: Check out all the times Qwear was mentioned by important people!

TONIGHT Qwear is going to be spotlighted live on http://MyLesbianRadio.com at 8pm EST/1am GB! Will you be listening?

Hello, my lovely followers!

I’m announcing a NAME CHANGE to my blog. It will now be called Qwear. Since my blog’s inception, it has grown to include so many more identities beyond Dyke. Plus Qwear is just better. 

Soooo things might be a little cray cray as I go around changing the name, but then everything will go back to normal only better.

The domain for now is qwear.tumblr.com. However, the old Dykeduds.com domain will begin forwarding to this one in an hour. Even dykeduds.org will forward. I’ve basically wired the entire internet to bring up my blog no matter what. So don’t fret if you don’t remember.