If you’ve ever wondered what Body Positive Heaven might be like, designer Claire Doody of Portland, Oregon, and a slew of plus-size fashion’s brightest talents did their best to create it. Citing inspiration from Full Figured Fashion Week in New York, Doody organized and produced PDX Knockout, a size-inclusive fashion show with an emphasis on...
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Queer Fashion Week and the Importance of Visibly Fat Bodies
All hail the almighty dollar. Fashion has traditionally pandered to the rich, the white, the thin, the hyper-visible. If anyone falls outside of these parameters, they are deemed unworthy, ugly and a non-market. While one might think that the gay or lesbian community is pushed out of this, it is embraced as long as it has...
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#QueerCrushTuesday: Queer Fashion Week Pics
As I took in all of the gorgeous, diverse bodies at Queer Fashion Week in Oakland recently — and with all of the awesome love for #WCW and #MCM on social media — I realized something was missing. Where’s our Queer Crush Day? Ladies, gentlemen and all who break the binary, patriarchy and stuffy ol’ boundaries of...
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Queer Fashion Week: Meet Re/Dress
This week is Oakland’s second annual Queer Fashion Week. QFW is bigger and better than its incredible inaugural year with an expanded variety of designers, sizes and identities gracing the runway this year. Running from September 28 to October 2, there is a bit of something for everyone, including incredible conferences running the gamut of...