Qweary: 6 Places to Shop for Maximalist Menswear

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Written By Sonny Oram

Gale asked: I'm a nonbinary lesbian who loves menswear and dressing very masculine, but I also love bright colors and bold patterns. Unfortunately most high street/mainstream men's clothing tends to sell dull and mute in colors — usually blue/brown/black/green. I don't want to sacrifice my masculinity for my garish, maximalist sensibility, or vice versa — can you recommend any shops that sell vibrant men's clothing?

I feel you! Yes, you won’t have the greatest luck finding bold colors and patterns at big box stores, with the exception of ties and preppy brands like Ralph Lauren.

Here are a few ideas for places to find bright and bold menswear at different price points.

  1. River Island

2. ASOS

 

3. Romwe

 
 
 
 
 

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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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