So, have you started thinking about what you’re going to be wearing when “Auld Lang Syne” starts to play? No? Just me? Well you should be, because it’s very important to ring in the New Year in style. 
But first! I’m new to Team Autostraddle, so let me tell you about myself.
Meet Becky
I’m Becky, the Cuban cracker who’ll be assaulting your eyes with a parade of fashion and style ideas for you and your loved ones from now on! I go to Wesleyan University where a kid can be a kid except here, Chuckie Cheese demands 14 page ethnographies. I’m triple majoring in film, anthropology, and how to climb palm trees barefoot and punch open coconuts with my fist. I West African dance & play the banjo when I’m not running around in my Tims being a disheveled academic. When I grow up, I want to be Penelope Cruz in Bandidas.
I spend hours upon hours looking at clothes on the internetz and assembling outfits in neat little folders on my desktop (sad right?). I continually find myself frustrated that in the whole of the world wide web there is no easy-to-find source of queer girl (grrrl) fashion and find myself thinking if only there was a blog I could read… and then I thought, hey! I could be that blogger. So here I am.
Read, be inspired, ask me any questions or shout out some looks of your own! Tell me about what you wear and blogs off my radar that I could check out.
So! Back to the matter at hand: the outfit that will determine your success for the next ten years.
What are You Wearing For New Year’s Eve?
Whether you’re planning to start 2010 as the new you with a resolution list as long as the days are short or you’re happy just the way you are, here are some outfit ideas that’ll hopefully inspire a much-deserved trip to your closet/fav. shopping facility. You know, to play dress up while you growl in front of the mirror listening to St. Vincent. No? Just me again? Fine. Luckily I enjoy spending time alone.
Let’s start at the top. Fedoras are very, you know, “in” right now and they’re oh so very stylish, and, let’s face it, pretty timeless. So go ahead and indulge! You can get these pretty much anywhere, but I recommend a Stussy Fedora because they’re a good quality and come in a few different styles of bad-ass.
What’s next? There’s no denying the comfort and versatility of a t-shirt so if you want to wear one to your New Years function, do it to it my friend. Feel free to wear something edgy and ambiguous or maybe even something political and controversial (le gasp!).
This one is a limited edition collaboration between Hellz Bellz and Christian Rich, but other cool t-shirts can be found at Karmaloop so go ahead and snoop around there (Also, ’til New Year’s you can get free shipping & 20% off with code: STARDUST)
This baby is only available at Marc by Marc Jacob stores but that won’t stop me from loving it dearly. (P.S. Marc Jacobs has some sweet fedoras out too.)
If you do feel like dressing up your t-shirt a bit, consider some sweet accessories like bright suspenders:
or a too-lovely-for-words vest the likes of which can be found (with semi-female nudity!) at Baptiste Viry. Gender bend in style ladies!
Also, if you’re looking to upgrade from jeans for the night and don’t believe in going pants-less (I guess they’re calling them “leggings” these days. In my day we called it being nakie. Though if you rock the look, rock on–I’m a firm believer in not yucking other people’s yums) check out these slacks from Obey:
One day I’m sure stores will market articles of clothing that are comfortable fitting instead of squeezing-your-insides-and-outsides as something other than “BOYFRIEND ________”, but until that day comes, well, we’ll just have to stick with these here “boyfriend fit trousers”.
Now, what are you going to carry your favorite bottle of champagne & 12 grapes in?! (I realize people who aren’t Spanish might not eat 12 grapes on new years, but I recommend it as much as I recommend these next articles of clothing…how else do you ensure you’ll have good luck for every month next year!?) Jack Spade makes some truly great bags. They’re almost too girly for manly men and almost too manly for girly girls so naturally I find them pretty awesome.
Not to put any ideas in your head (hah! get it! THAT’S ALL I’M DOING), but that there bag would look pretty killer with this here tuxedo martini collar dress from Ruche:
And these here red Hummel high tops:
This new year I’ll be heading over to my sister & her fiancee’s apartment for a good old fashioned !fiesta! I’m going with my fedora and suspenders and some boat-shoe-inspired heels. I threw a frilly button down I got in Barcelona over my black t-shirt to dress it up a bit. I hope I look like the lost child of the Buena Vista Social Club, because that’s what I was going for. Yeah 2010!
Okay! Hopefully you’ve read something here that’ll inspire an outfit. Even if it was the mention of grapes to wear something purple…
See you next year! (P.P.S. This used to really confuse me as a child when the teachers would say it. I was like OMG IS IT SUMMER WHAT? But Summer isn’t actually the way years are broken up, kids. How’d I learn that? I stayed in school.)
36 responses to “What to Wear for a Gay New Year’s Eve: You Better Look Cute at Midnight, Grrl”
i approve of this style writing bsns!
thank you. i just found out where i am actually going to be on new years. this article actually helped me plan what to wear. i might actually go buy a fedora.
i’m feelin’ all of this.
“in the whole of the world wide web there is no easy-to-find source of queer girl (grrrl) fashion and find myself thinking if only there was a blog I could read… and then I thought, hey! I could be that blogger. So here I am.”
that’s exactly what i’ve been looking for so thank you for existing.
“When I grow up, I want to be Penelope Cruz in Bandidas”
…and that’s when I fell in love with Becky, the Cuban Cracker.
When you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, if a teacher says “See you next year!” it’s likely summer
P.S I love fedora’s but I can’t find any that fit ’cause my head is stupid and big! Woe!
Hey missy, your head isn’t stupid! it’s doing it’s own thing. “Hats in The Belfry” has a wealth of sweet options and they have a section for people whose heads are like “nah” to the “regular” sizes.
http://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/category/mens-big-hats-for-big-heads.html
I think the men’s hats are the best on this site because look! you can buy TWO different types of Indiana Jones hats! Seriously though, how can a hat be exclusively for a man? IT’S A HAT PEOPLE. Anyway hopefully you find something that works for you
Ooh Becky you are great.
I’m not cool enough to pull off any of the stuff mentioned here, but I enjoyed reading it nonetheless.
In fact, on New Years my GF and I will be babysitting our niece so that her breeder parents can party it up Republican style. We’ve been racking our brains on how to use this time to delicately encourage/force her to be gay. I think we’ll play dress up with fedoras and suspenders!
Great addition to Autostraddle!
I don’t know how old your niece is, but if I may help in this crusade:
http://www.babyfeetuk.com/images/DSCF1887.JPG
They come in all sizes too! Anyway, playing dress up sounds like a great way to spend New Years
Goodluck !
hai becky! of note:
- sometimes my gf looks exactly like agyness deyn! who i saw right by my office the other day. love her!
- omg i have a NYE dress for the first time ever because i always end up alone with a bottle of champagne at my grandparents’ house in kentucky AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS except happily it’s actually way cuter on me. IF YOU ARE MY GF, PLEASE DO NOT CLICK THE LINK K THX
That dress is so cute.
And this blog is so needed! Thank you Becky and the powers that be (Autostraddle)!
Sooo cute!!
hai taylor!
just stoppin’ by to say: THAT DRESS IS THE CAT’S PAJAMAS. Sweet find!
and
agyness deyn ftw!!
holla! imma wear that dress tomorrow and have my AG lookalike on my arm, probs! assuming i find me some tights
dude also in store that shit was on crazysale. like 65 down from onehundredsomethingtoomuchforme
But for the guys on New Years? And affordable? Maybe it’s all too plain but we’d love to your input on our picks:
http://dappered.com/2009/12/what-to-wear-on-new-years-eve/
Hello Becky! Nice to meet you. (not actually meet you, but you know) I’m quite excited for this fashion stuff. I’ve been waiting oh so patiently since the fall style guide.
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I bought 2 fedoras from UO… Then everyone stated wearing them. Then I felt like SamRo. Then I stopped wearing them cause I felt like a weirdo. But now Becky, I will use them, cause you’ve convinced me/I don’t like wasting money. Thanx.
That’s how I felt about ties. I used to get weird thrift store ties and wear them all the time… and then Avril Lavigne and the pop-punk explosion happened and I stopped for a while. But I’ve been wearing them again the last year or so because no one can ruin my love of ties/ladies in men’s clothing!
I looooove wearing my fedora! This article is awesome. Hi Becky!
Hi Stacey!
The thing about fedoras is that they’re really cool except your likely hood of looking like a creeper increases ten fold when you wear them. I’m also convinced they have some sort of special creeper powers associated with them. Like if you talk about someone who wears a fedora, they will magically appear within the next five minutes. This is just fact.
I think with Fedoras you’re in the clear as long as you’re not wearing a trenchcoat. Or a porn-stache. Or rapist glasses.
Oh my goodnes I am in loooove with that tuxedo style dress.
Actually I just love everything in here.
Let’s go shopping?!?!
woot! cute hats!!! i want more cute hats!!!
i will be rockin my fedora new years eve but hope it doesnt get in the way of my midnight kiss!
great article, keep it comin!
Haha I actually thought about that! See that’s when you toss your hat up in the air graduation style and say HAPPY NEW YEAR! You’ll come across as spontaneous and fun and THEN you kiss the girl.
I want that dress. If anyone is feeling giving, I’ll provide a PO Box to ship it to and size details upon request.
I love the tuxedo martini collar dress from Ruche. Wish I was a girl. You guys are so lucky
I love that friggin vest! I love all of it! Awesome style ideas, Becky. For reals.
p.s. I want Agyness Deyn’s tshirt.
Becky you are super cute. However, please include options for fat grrls. There are a lot of queer fat grrls, trust!
what she said
Will do ladies! will do.
Oh my goodness, I am having a gay nye for the first time ever, so excited. Obviously not my first nye being gay, just the first time going to a gay PARTY. This helps.
Those Hummel high tops look awesome, I hope they get distributed in Australia soon!
My dream is to be able to pull off suspenders.
thank you becky for reminding me that i need a pair of colorful suspenders like right now. i’ve got my skinny black ones, but i can only pull off the skinhead look so many times.
YESSS you guys finally have a style blogger! So excited:) I think sequins and shine are a must for new years.
becky, i have been scouring this website for your writing.
it’s lovely. you’re lovely.
hi.