Getting Ready For #QwearPride2021 in This Fine LA Apparel

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Written By Sonny Oram

I’ve been looking for some dope basics and fell in love with Los Angeles Apparel. Their clothes are sturdy and bright. Plus, they are sweatshop-free and have an impressive Green Initiative.

Sonny Oram Los Angeles Apparel Queer Style

A note from Rupi, Qwear’s stylist and director:

I paired these yellow pants with my custom 14K gold Airforce 1s because both pieces demand to be seen. But most of all, I thought it was pretty unique that this particular shade of yellow goes so well with gold. It’s often a hit or miss with yellow and gold and these pants just knocked it out of the park. I chose metal for the pieces in the background because I wanted to show the different types of metal jewelry these can be paired with.

And nothing needs to be said about the amazing curbside appeal of these front steps. It’s clear many good times had happened on them. I also wanted to highlight Sonny’s Jewish heritage through their payes and perhaps hint at a newfound gender appreciation in the haircut.

As we get ready for this year’s #QwearPride2021, I look at that toolbox as a metaphor for all the past prides our community has celebrated. The opening of the toolbox symbolizes the new panels we’ll have this year on justice reform. We’re delving into our past to make a better future for the queer community.

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Sonny Oram

Sonny Oram is the founder of Qwear and a leading voice in the queer fashion movement. For over a decade, he has been documenting, writing about, and experimenting with queer fashion, amplifying the voices and stories of LGBTQIA+ individuals. His expertise has been featured in major media outlets like HuffPost, BuzzFeed, Design*Sponge, and QTYPE Magazine, and he spoke at South by Southwest for the first official queer fashion panel in 2016.

Through Qwear, Sonny has launched powerful campaigns, including the award-winning #ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike with Yasmin Benoit, and continues to create spaces for underrepresented communities to be seen. He also utilizes search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to bring more diversity to online search results, ensuring that terms like “androgynous style,” “bisexual style,” and “asexual” reflect a broader range of experiences.

Sonny is also the author of the foreword for “Queer and Trans Fashion Brands: Resistance and Revolution in the 21st Century” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025).

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