Category: fashion

Articles Chema Diaz fashion News Queer By Design

The £10 bootleg tee that helped Chema Diaz tap the queer zeitgeist

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The Spanish designer’s bejewelled t-shirts have become a staple for London’s queer party-goers. He gives GAY TIMES the lowdown on the scrappy story behind their cult status. WORDS BY JAMIE WINDUST  PHOTOGRAPHY BY RODRIGO BRANCO   Welcome to Queer By Design, a monthly column by Jamie Windust. Here, Jamie profiles emerging designers about the intersections of style, identity and expression and how these factors inform their creative practice.  Many strive to capture the hedonism and freedom that queer folks experience on the dance floor. Few do it as well as Spanish-born,…

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5 favorites from the 2024 Met Gala red carpet

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From Hari Nef to Dan Levy — here are some of the winning looks from fashion’s night out. WORDS BY MIKELLE STREET For so many events, the red carpet is the hearty appetizer. It whets your appetite but serves largely as a kicking off point for some awards show where newsworthy things happen. For the Met Gala, however, the red carpet is the main dish for all intents and purposes. Yes, there’s a dinner and program once the celebrities get inside, but no one is writing about that. Everyone wants…

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Articles fashion News Queer By Design

The digital fashion disruptors gleefully prising tech from gatekeepers’ hands

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Get to know the Institute of Digital Fashion, the architects of a new digital culture with diversity and inclusivity – and zero tech bros – at its heart. WORDS BY JAMIE WINDUST HEADER IMAGE IODF TEAM MEMBERS – NOOR DHANJU, PARKER GIBSON, IODF CO-FOUNDER AND CEO LEANNE ELLIOTT YOUNG, IODF CO-FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR CATTYTAY WEARING 001 IODF COLLECTION Welcome to Queer By Design, a new monthly column by Jamie Windust. Here, Jamie profiles emerging designers about the intersections of style, identity and expression and how these factors inform their…

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Articles Culture fashion News Nightlife

For Honey Balenciaga, dancing was just her first act

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For the world-touring ballroom titan and Beyoncé-anointed star, a “new era” is inviting fashion, entertainment, and more. WORDS BY MIKELLE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF BFA “I’m not your average model,” Honey Gonzales says, perched on a stool with a printed kimono wrapped around her shoulders, exposing her décolletage. “I’m cunt!” she emphasizes. There’s a pause before she looks at me again. “Can I say that in GAY TIMES?” Well, we’ll find out.  Though it’s a dreary Thursday afternoon, Honey’s mug is anything but. Her makeup is being carefully applied (by…

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Welcome to Geena Rocero’s Tranimal Kingdom

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Geena Rocero comes out of modeling retirement for GAY TIMES, in this editorial reimagining a few of her favorite, gender-defiant fauna WORDS BY FRAN TIRADO PHOTOGRAPHY HUNTER ABRAMS MAKEUP LAUREL CHARLESTON FASHION LJ PEREZ HAIR WILLIAM SCOTT BLAIR LIGHTING DIRECTION SAM LEE MAKEUP ASSISTANT V SADIKU HAIR ASSISTANT ZENOBIA TEAGUE STYLE ASSISTANT MIA NAVARRO JEWELS SWAROVSKI HEELS GIANVITTO ROSSI   Because she grew up in the city, trailblazer Geena Rocero feels like she’s always trying to get back to her roots in a pre-colonial Philippines. Her desire to do so,…

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Articles berlin Culture fashion germany Javier de la Blanca John Galliano LGBTQ+ Fashion News Originals

“I can be a top wearing a skirt”: Javier de la Blanca is switching up Berlin fashion

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The Margiela-loving queer artist is known for surreal humour, serving looks and showing up for himself unapologetically. WORDS BY JUULE KAY IMAGES COURTESY OF JAVIER DE LA BLANCA HEADER IMAGE BY YOSEF PHELAN The rumours are true, you see a lot of unusual things on Berlin’s streets, like urban cow-riding, e-scooter tetris or flamboyant outfit checks. But when it comes to Javier de la Blanca and his way of dressing up, it’s more than just a fashion statement. It’s political and often questions the definition of what masculinity means today.…

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Articles Butch Ella Boucht fashion Gender non-conforming LGBTQ+ Fashion LGBTQIA+ community News Originals Queer By Design Queer history

Across timelines, Ella Boucht is helping dykes and trans+ folk take up more space

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The Finnish designer and creative director’s sensual, subversive garments empower butch bodies in the now, while their HÄN Archive project celebrates non-binary, trans, gender non-conforming and lesbian folks from the past.  WORDS BY JAMIE WINDUST PHOTOGRAPHY BY JODY EVANS MODELS: BAMBIE JORDAN PHILLIPS, DANNIE SPOONER, GII Welcome to Queer by Design, a new monthly column by GAY TIMES Contributing Editor Jamie Windust. Here, Jamie profiles emerging designers about the intersections of style, identity and expression and how these factors inform their creative practice. Transcending the lines between fashion and art,…

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Articles DESIGN CHALLENGE Drag Drag Race fashion News NYMPHIA WIND RuPaul Season 16 Television

Drag Race is finally giving us what we asked for

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One thing about RuPaul’s Drag Race is that there will be discourse. With such a massively popular show, it’s a bit inevitable that almost every action (or inaction) by RuPaul and the show’s producers cause conversation. Last week, Marcia Marcia Marcia complained about the show no longer requiring queens to sing for the Rusical (amongst other grievances.) The fandom rose up and cried foul pretty much unanimously when the show was shortened to hour-long episodes and the series later uploaded them at their full length.  Well, there’s a chance season…

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Articles fashion Gen Z Gen Z LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ Fashion News Originals

If the economy is tanking, why *not* dress like a dominatrix for the office?

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Gen Z killed office casual. Here’s how queer, London designers are reinventing work clothes. WORDS BY JAMIE WINDUST  PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF FASHION EAST With the economic blues hitting home and our hard-grafted Vinted sales no longer safe from the tax man, the euphoria around fashion might feel like it’s on the way out. But even the 2008 financial crash couldn’t stop London Fashion Week and so, this February, LFW reared its subversive, stylish head once more.   And, okay, we were kind of gagged! From Dilara Findikoglu’s ode to the divine…

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Articles Culture fashion LGBTQ+ Fashion London Fashion Week News Originals Patrick McDowell Queer By Design

Patrick McDowell might be a CSM grad, but scouse glamour gave them their first fashion education

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Inspired by the glamazons who strut the streets of their hometown, the designer has always believed in the transformative power of clothing WORDS BY JAMIE WINDUST CREATIVE DIRECTION BY PATRICK MCDOWELL PHOTOGRAPHY AND CO-CREATIVE DIRECTION BY FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE VILLABOA STYLING, CO-CREATIVE DIRECTION AND CASTING BY JAIME MORENO HAIR BY CRISTOPHE POTIN FOR AVEDA UK MAKE UP BY ELLE MCMAHON SET DESIGN BY ZUZANNA SKURTYS SET ASSISTANT LAURA HAYES Welcome to Queer by Design, a new monthly column by GAY TIMES Contributing Editor Jamie Windust. Here, Jamie profiles emerging designers…

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