Queer Accents During Fashion Week
For sixth year, dapperQ hosts runway party for lesbian, trans, non-binary, fl uid designs
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A Shane Ave. design.
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A fashion from Sharpe Suiting. DONNA ACETO
Transgender activist Reneé Imperato models a
fashion from Cilium.
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For the sixth year in a row,
dapperQ, the queer digital
style magazine dedicated
to “ungendering fashion,”
hosted one of the most eye-catching
and innovative runway parties
of New York Fashion Week.
The September 5 event, titled
“Pursuit,” drew a packed crowd to
the Beaux-Arts Court at the Brooklyn
Museum. The 10 designers represented
were TomboyX, Cilium,
Landeros New York, Shane Ave., a
Sydney, Australia-based designer,
Stuzo Clothing, Claire Fleury, Travis
Oestreich, Devonation, Halz
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A model shows off a Landeros New York design.
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Event producer Hutch Hutchison chats with
guests.
NYC, and Sharpe Suiting.
Each of the designers designs
their mission in slightly different
ways, emphasizing their fashions
for lesbians, transgender and nonbinary
folks, and gender-fl uid customers.
Anita Dolce Vita is the founder,
editor-in-chief of dapperQ, and the
event was produced by the magazine’s
Hutch Hutchison.
The evening was emceed by
“Pose” star B. Hawk Snipes.
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A model with a headdress inspired by the late transgender icon Marsha P. Johnson leads a walk of
models wearing undergarment fashions by TomboyX.
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Another model in a Shane Ave. design.
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B. Hawk Snipes of “Pose” and dapperQ’s Anita Dolce Vita.
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