What I Wore With the Lost Lesbians
We’re bringing back the iconic Autostraddle series “What I Wore” – now starring Shelli Nicole! Join the ride as she navigates fashion as a black femme and finding what makes her feel … well… HOT.
Fashion/Style
The Real Stars of New York Fashion Week Were These Dogs and Cats and Pigs
They’re beauty and they’re grace, they’re puppers from outer space!
Basic Butch Style: The Perfect Coffee Date
I’m a big fan of coffee dates. When I think of my favorite coffee shops, my mind conjures up warmth and texture. Taking inspiration from that feeling, I put together two outfits, paying special attention to texture and flow.
Frisky Business: Talking with Independent Queer Harness Designer Emma Alamo
The babe behind the buckles is Emma Alamo — a queer creator, a recovering alcoholic, a proud power bottom and business owner with serious hustle. Emma welcomed me into her studio and talked about social media, body image and building a career selling bondage gear.
Basic Butch Style: Eight Hour Layover
By making a few careful swaps, you can stay comfortable in what you’re wearing without sacrificing any style points.
Tell Us About Your Impulse Buys, This Is A Safe Space
No, but really, who can be trusted in a CVS?
Basic Butch Style: A Cheat Sheet to Dressing for Every Holiday Party
Deciding how formal an event will be is something more of an art than a science in 2019, here’s how to mix and match to the find right look for every occasion.
Holigay Gift Guide: Support These POC Indie Designers in 2019!
Whatever your feelings about consumerism and capitalism, we think that you’ll agree — it would be great if some of those funds found their way into people of color owned businesses and communities. Spread the joy of economic responsibility, racial justice — and really cute earrings — this holigay season.
Matching Holiday Pajamas Are Canonically Gay, Buy Yours Right Now
The 7 best online options for the gayest and coziest holiday pajamas for femmes, butches, androgynous dykes, and everyone in between.
Basic Butch Style: Game Day!
Those of us with a football loving girlfriend, wife, friend, or coworker, know that from September to January — all conversations lead back to the field. Get yourself in the game with a versatile football themed outfit.
Basic Butch Style: What to Wear on a Fall Brewery Trip
Introducing our new series: Basic Butch Style! Showcasing timeless masculine of center classics for every occasion. First up, how to master that rugged brewery aesthetic without looking like you just hiked there.
Dark Under Eye Circles Are Gay, or: Hi, I’m Depressed
Is it not a gay badge of honor to be tired and sad and drained and to still exist?
So You Want to Dress Like a Mommi This Fall
“Swaddled in cardigans, ensconced in sweaters— Mommis are at their most powerful when the temperature drops below 70 degrees. In their honor, here is a fall fashion guide that will allow you to usurp some of their power for your own!”
Rihanna’s Sexy Savage X Fenty Show Left Me in Tears of Black Fat Queer Girl Joy
I’ve been looking for myself in mainstream fashion shows for 30 years, and the very first thing Rihanna did in her moment was say, “I got you sis.”
Bi-Suited
With the golden age of women’s red-carpet suiting upon us, who is queer fashion for?
Top 10 Gayest Fashion Moments From 1999’s Runaway Bride, Ranked by Importance
“It’s 1999. You’re Julia Roberts. Your hair is indisputably glorious. You should absolutely put on a cowboy hat. What will you wear with it? No, incorrect. It’s a very busy top from the Gilmore Girls Strong Print collection, pegged jeans and sensible shoes.”
PHOTOESSAY: dapperQ’s NYFW “Pursuit” Celebrated Queer Style as a Radical Act Of Resistance and Self-Care
Autostraddle sent Reneice Charles and Molly Adams to capture the spirit of the sixth annual dapperQ fashion show at Brooklyn Museum; here are Reneice’s reflections and Molly’s photographs.
Queer Sex Coven: How to Cast Spells with Your Hair Color, NBD
Can blue hair help you chill out?
32 Queer-Owned Shops Selling LGBT T-Shirts To Support This Pride Season
Indie queer stores rarely have the cash-on-hand to make Pride-specific tees, but they’re still loaded with Pride-appropriate tees. Slogans include Lavender Menace, Magic Black Femme, Box Eater, Radical Indigenous Queer Feminist, Queer and Forever Here and SO MUCH MORE!
Find Your Fit: The Late 20s Grandpa Who’s Ready to Feel Hot
“I love classical tailoring but I worry that maybe it comes across as a bit stuffy and boring? I want to convince myself, and ideally other people, that I’m hot and I’ve got a lot to offer.”