Fashion Moment: Aemi Trousers by Toast

Yes, please.

Groovy

Photo via Tomboy Style

Fashion Moment: Fine Herringbone Shorts

Boyish shorts in good quality, smooth, herringbone wool. Four pockets. Yes, please.

Marimacho BK

 

Marimacho is a masculine clothing line for female and transgender bodies. They are the first fashion house to offer a full seasonal line of masculine clothes tailored for women and transmen. At first, I was mad upset cause it's been my dream to start a fashion line just like this for years now. But then I got over it. A gap in the market that I've been dying to see filled is finally being filled. Pretty dope!

Fair-Trade Label Promotes Gender Equality in India [Good.is]

The Dutch fashion label Satara isn't just in the business of flowy, free-trade clothing. The pieces in its current collection are pretty, light weight, and perfect for summer days, but it's the story behind the clothing that's the real draw. By employing, training, and fairly paying underprivileged but entrepreneurial women in India, the nonprofit seeks to promote gender equality and self-sufficiency.

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Wayuu Taya Foundation (and their FANTASTIC bags)

The Wayúu Tayá Foundation is a 501(c)3 non governmental, nonprofit organization founded in 2002 to help improve the lives of Latin-American indigenous communities while maintaining and respecting their traditions, culture and beliefs.  Wayúu Tayá Foundation was founded by Wayúu model and actress, Patricia Velásquez.  Since its creation, it has concentrated its efforts in assisting the Wayúu, an indigenous group of over 450,000 people, located in the Guajira Peninsula of northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela.

Wayúu’s, commonly referred to as Guajiros, are an Amerindian ethic group that have been able to avoid European acculturation over the centuries. The Guajira region is characterized by being very dry and arid, as well as extremely poor in most rural areas.

After the tragic events of the earthquake that hit Port Au Prince, Wayúu Tayá has expanded its work to Haiti with the creation of the Help Haiti Hope initiative.

Currently expanding into the Amazon where it will support healthcare and education initiatives, benefiting major indigenous groups such as the Jivi, Yanomami and Piaroa.

The proceeds from the sale of these bags in their online gift shop go to benefiting the Wayuú indigenous people. The bags are hand-made by Wayuú indigenous women at Shukumajaya, the foundation's women center that helps educate women on parenting and nutrition, family planning and hygiene.

Sophia Wallace Photography

Sophia Wallace is a fine art photographer based in New York City. Wallace's art practice addresses social constructs, aesthetics of beauty, family histories and intimate relationships. To this end, she utilizes and often merges various photographic approaches including portraiture, fashion, performance, and personal narrative. Wallace has received critical acclaim for her work including honorable mention in MAGENTA Flash Forward, CENTER Project Competition, 100 Portraits–100 Photographers FotoWeekDC, Flak Photo, American Photography AP-25, AP-24 and ARTslant. Her solo exhibition 'The New Masculine' was shown at Leslie/Lohman Gallery, which is followed by a two person show at the gallery that also features her work. Additional shows in New York include TASCHEN Gallery, Umbrella Arts Gallery, Aperture Gallery and Sasha Wolf Gallery. She has also shown at Kopeikin Gallery, Carnegie Art Museum and internationally at the Assembly Room in London. Editorial clients include The New York Times - Style Section, T-Magazine and The Guardian. Wallace earned a BA in Government with a minor in African American Studies at Smith College in 2000. She went on to attain a MA in Photography from New York University and the International Center of Photography in 2004. Born in Seattle in 1978 she currently resides in Brooklyn. 

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Where Did You Go Last Night? « Thought Catalog

Where Did You Go Last Night? « Thought Catalog

Taiwan gets its first locally produced lesbian magazine

 via Focus Taiwan

Taipei, April 9 (CNA) Taiwan's first lesbian magazine hit bookshelves Saturday, as part of the minority group's efforts to take a more prominent role in the society.

The quarterly magazine "LEZS" features topics that range from fashion trends to gender issues in the field of art.

"We are tired of the 'don't ask, don't tell' tradition in our society, " said the magazine's editor-in-chief Wang An-i, adding that the launch of the magazine marked the beginning of a revolution.

The publication will not only discuss gender issues in Taiwan but will also help gay women in Taiwan to connect with overseas lesbian communities, especially those in China and Japan, she said.

Issue no. 1 of Taiwan's first lesbian magazine "LEZS" will soon be available
in stores. Picture: A lesbian-themed film promotion photo.
(Photo Courtesy of AtomCinema)

A local non-governmental organization that promotes gender equality welcomed the publication, saying that it was an indication of greater multi-culturalism in Taiwan.

"The publication will contribute to the dialogue on gay rights in Taiwan," said Tsai Wan-fen, secretary-general of Taiwan Women's Link. "We hope to see more magazines of its kind in the near future." (By Lee Hsin-Yin) enditem /pc

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Aren't they wonderful?

Distinguished Cravat's 1st Anniversary

Distinguished Cravat is celebrating it's one year anniversary (officially last month, I think). And to those of you who've shopped with them before, congratu-effing-lations you get half off your next order. For those of you like me, jealous and neck-attire-less, it's ok; one day we will have the $$ to support Kate Ross's genius and our high maintenance sense of self-expression.

SOCKS!!!! LSA;JF($@*AL';DJ()@L'DSKAF;

More.

Want. Her. Sweater.

wanthersweater

Le Coil: A Revisit

I adore this site. And I adore Julia Sarr-Jamois.

Yes Yes Y'all: XS Menswear

I'm about ready to smack myself in the forehead. It never occured to me to look into clothing resources for FTMs in my quest for smaller men's sizes in clothing. I came across Hudson's Guide by accident. I'll keep an eye out for others. Happy fitting!

Wardrobe Yearning: The Double-Breasted Cardigan

More anguish. Always more anguish. This time, I want a sweater (I mean, I always want a sweater but this one in particular). 

Express's Double-Breasted Military Cardigan

I went home to Lafayette (within the Little France region of Louisiana) for Christmas and got to relish in my relatives' company. My favorite part of going home for the holidays is seeing my family get together and being reminded of how oversized we are. I boast almost 30 aunts and uncles, and give/take 50 first-cousins. Seeing them congregate makes me warm and fuzzy inside. Two cousins in particular got me coveting: one wore a double-breasted sweater, the other a wool(!) marching band inspired jacket (it's supposedly military inspired but I don't see it). They were both purchased from Express. Express never impresses me. Never. Their menswear borders on uniforms and their womenswear looks uncomfortable. But now, I must admit, their sweaters and outerwear are singing a little song to me this season. In particular, I want a double-breasted cardigan (with a shawl collar). A girl can and will dream...

DIESEL's 'K-Jack' Double Breasted Cardigan

These are women's shoes.

And that makes me (very) happy. Thank you, Pointer. Now, if only I could afford you...

I particularly appreciate the integrity of the interior of these shoes. And by integrity, I mean they're meant to be seen. Here, stalk them with me!

Just Because

I can't find a source for this portrait. But, when I saw it, I had to share it. What a great photo.

Chanel Kennebrew

is really cool. She's the creative force behind Junkprints. And when I say creative force... I mean she is Junkprints. Illustrator, art director, designer. Can we say, "friend crush"? Yes, we can. And yes, I have one on her. 

She's collaborated with the likes of MTV, Macy's, Urbanology Magazine and Clutch Magazine. Her work is wonderfully colored (in every sense of the word). And...

Fuzzy Pussy Illustration

LOL!

Zanele Muholi: A Visual History of Black Lesbians in post-Apartheid South Africa

Today, I ran across a post by theGAQ about Zanele Muholi, a South African lesbian artist. I haven't heard of her before but she definitely reminds me of an artist I first stumbled upon in Juxtapoz, Kehinde Wiley (and as GAQ points out as well). Wiley uses the old master painting style to paint portraits of black men. In "Faces and Phases," Muholi photographs black lesbians in black and white, which sometimes brings to mind early photography.

"In Faces and Phases, I continue to document and explore black lesbian identities through portraiture, where the participants are photographed in their various domiciles. One of our collective painful experiences as a community is the loss of friends and acquaintances through disease or hate crimes. Some of these participated in my visual projects. What is left behind now is the individuals' portraits that works as a site of memory for us, as a trace of 'who and what existed' in a particular space at this particular moment when our black lesbian and South African histories intersect."

You can read her artist's statement here.