[STREET SNAP] @ Top Hats & Tutus Party

Not to be cliche but I had one of those Fun Fashion Fridays. It started at the Top Hat & Tutus Party thrown by The Fashionistas for the Summer Issue of La Mode Dallas Magazine. The dress code was very Alice in Wonderland but while a few people didn't get the memo, they still looked good.


I'll be posting the Alice in Wonderland pictures later as well as pictures from the girlShow Fashion Show that took place later that night. My heels barely made it through the night! I told you: Fun Fashion Friday

Finally, In a (FASHION) League of Their Own

This comes as good news to me because I always seem to end up with Butch (or borderline Butch) girls. I don't believe in the whole Butch-Femme Dynamic but I can't deny that skirts and wedge sandals put me in the Femme category. It also seems that feminine girls don't really go for me - I've tried. The few times I click with another Femme, I'm already dating another girl (a Butchy one). But I'm not complaining because I like all kinds of girls - whether they wear pumps, sneakers, or thong sandals in the Winter.

Up till now, the general view of Butch girls has been that they want to be guys. If you're thinking to yourself "Well, I never thought that" - trust me, you are in the minority. Yet, you can't really blame the people on the outside looking in - they don't really know these girls. They see them walking around in jeans and button-up shirts from the men's department and draw their own conclusions. After all, our clothing, our fashion, says a lot about who we are.


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"Butches don't want to be or look like men; we just don't want to wear female clothing," says Shaw Riley - and many of my Butch friends would agree. With this in mind, Riley started the Butch Clothing Company, a fashion label that caters specifically to Butch Lesbians. "All those years of having to wear men's clothes will be behind me now. BCC will make a lot of butch women happy. If they have ever had to put up with negativity from people because of being butch, my clothes will give them the confidence to hold their heads up high."

It's one small step for lesbians but one giant leap for Butch-Kind.

If you've ever had to dress a Butch (or Butch-Inclined Lesbian), then you know it can be hard because female proportions just don't conform to male clothing. We have hips, slimmer shoulders, and breasts, though I've know girls who wear sports bras to squish them down - some even bind them back. But like I was saying, it's can be hard for Butch women to find clothing that fits them correctly.

What about ladies suits and button-ups? Why don't they wear those?

And we're back to what Riley said about female clothing. Female clothing, even the masculine-style kind, is all meant to accentuate certain curves in a girl's body. Not many, if any, Butches I know want to highlight these curves.

"The concept of our brand is simple. Butches are women; they are women who choose to wear men's clothing. Apparel is a major part of the butch identity. We aren't reinventing the wheel, just allowing our design team to create clothing based on classic male styles and the latest fashion trends."


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BCC is based out of Brighton (UK) and only taking clients by appointment, for now, because the suits, pants, shorts and shirts are all tailored to the client. Eventually, Riley hopes to map out areas of interest and set up consultation rooms worldwide, she told Butch Style. "[For Example] we have alot of interest in New York. So when we have a list of clients stateside in NY or willing to travel there, we will arrange a consultation room and offer the same service we do in Brighton."

New York... Weddings... Not Surprised.
Lucky Bastards.

[OOTD] Some Dreams Stay With You Forever... Drag You Around...

And lead you back to where you were.
Some dreams keep on getting better,
Got to keep believing if you want to know for sure...

I wasn't feeling very red, white and blue yesterday. I like to keep is casual on my 4-day weekends. I didn't go out - just sat home and coded: OuchFashion.com and ONLi1.com - and spent some much needed time with Alex. She introduced me to this song, which really surprised me because she doesn't like country.

[GEEK OUT] Wonder Woman's Makeover Is Part of the Modern Heroine, Giving Strength a New Look

The comic book blogs are abuzz with DC's new look for Wonder Woman. The key issue: she has pants. Her iconic look has been given, what many are calling, a 21st Century Makeover.

While I'm not a big fan of the jacket, there's an underlying rock-chic feel to the liquid leggings (let's not dance around the subject - that's what they look like) and gold-trimmed corset. While I would never reject saving from a busty woman in a corset and bare legs, her new outfit seems more functional in fighting crime (No more scrapped knees!).

Let's face it, she's not the first to get a 21st Century Makeover. Remember the X-Men trilogy? My favorite part is where Cyclops tell Wolverine, "What did you expect? Yellow spandex?" - making an obvious reference to his comic book uniform.

Even if we lived in a world ransacked by mutants or evil geniuses and we needed a superhero, he or she would not be taken seriously in yellow spandex or blue star-spangled bloomers - "Excuse me, ma'm, the Miss American pageant was last week. Now let's both run away from this super-mutant criminal."




BTW that's the concept art for the upcoming Captain America movie.

Robin Givhan of the Washington Post commented on whether or not the pants (leggings!) added or detracted from Wonder Woman's power, because let's face it, she was feminism embodied.

The old Wonder Woman had no problem showing off her muscles, and I wouldn't either if I could uproot a tree, and those large, hard muscles were symbols of of her strength. Also, in a time when women wore long skirts and prudence was preached, Wonder Woman brazenly showed her legs because they could kick some some ass.

Now that those legs fit smoothly and lithely into the latest fashion, are they still just as powerful?

Of course! Why does all the power have to be represented by beefiness and hard lines? Look at Super Girl, she was tiny and she could still pick up cars, and Catwoman was the epitome of femininity but she could still take on Gotham's scum and go one-on-one with Batman.

It seems ingrained in our brains that representations of masculinity also represent power. Just look at suits: until recently women in business would not dare wear a suit that sculpted her body and followed her curves for fear of being seen as weak and incompetent.

Why can't a woman who kicks ass look chic and contemporary? What kind of message does this send to little girls about their own strength? You can't fight back if you're wearing tights and heels.

BS! If wearing skirt and heels is part of who you are and strength and power is part of who you are, then neither should ever be compromised for the other. My inner Edna Mode (The Incredibles) applauds Wonder Woman for her new make-over. My not-so-inner lesbian wants to get into some trouble with superhuman criminals so she can some save me.

Inspired by the Street -- Hipster Meets Geek

This is another street snap I took while at the club on Tuesday. I'm always on the look out for guys' fashions because they're either repetitive (like a trendy uniform) or rare - like this guy who stood out in the club scene. He reminds me of George, my little gay brother I never had, who plays Zelda and hangs out at student cafes - hence the hipster meets geek. Half the time, though, he lacks the fashion sense to go with the title.

So this guy not only stood out, his suspenders and neutral palette inspired me. On the left side is cute and casual shorts while the right side is a bit more sophisticated. I'm not big on wearing khaki because it's always carried a work-uniform feel but I wanted to stay true to his outfit. There are ways to break the uniform, though, like adding a sequin shirt and suspenders. And a bow tie - I feel like a bow tie would have completed his outfit.

BTW those are jelly bracelets in the background. I've seen a lot of jelly watches around the net so I'm starting a syndicate to bring back jelly bracelets. I loved those things in high school!