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Straight Copying: How Gay Fashion Goes Mainstream
When J. Crew debuted their Liquor Store ten years ago, they transformed an after-hours watering hole into a menswear-only boutique laden with 1960s-era references to traditional masculinity. Dimly lit rooms were covered in plush leather chairs, oriental rugs, and wood paneling. In the corner of one area, a bookshelf was stacked with Strand-issued classics — Kerouac, Hemingway, and Cheever among them. Thick cashmere cardigans were draped over Globetrotter suitcases; striped rep ties rolled into lowball glasses. In another area, J. Crew showcased their collection of Red Wing heritage work boots. Once made for loggers, carpenters, and longshoreman, the preppy clothier has since helped mainstream these blue-collar styles into white-collar offices.
A few years ago, I had the chance to interview Frank Muytjens, then the brain of menswear design at J. Crew. We talked about his design process, his love for vintage, and how he chooses which third-party brands receive included in J. Crew’s much-revered “In Good Company” section, which is where many American men first get introduced to storied names such as Barbour a
“But you don’t see gay”—Queer fashion and nightlife
With lockdown entering its twelfth week and every Netflix show on my list binged to completion, I did something that I vowed I would never do; I downloaded TikTok.
It took a total of twelve hours before I was hooked, and in my mindless scrolling stupor, one trend in particular stood out to me: “#ifiwasstraight.” A typical video under this tag is as follows: a queer person, dressed in their usual style, cosplays as their heterosexual alter-ego. They shed their gay exterior, removing piercings, scrubbing off layers of bold makeup and ditching their thrifted wardrobe as a voiceover says: “This is what I think I would look like if I was straight.” The final glance is conservative, generic, and stripped of character. With over 4.7 million views, the trend is wildly popular. But as much as I enjoy watching the LGBTQ+ group poke fun at the blandness of heterosexual fashion trends, it does implore the question: What does straight look like? What does gay look like? And should we be enforcing aesthetic binaries based on sexuality?
Presenting one’s social identity through clothing is nothing modern. There are many styles that can imme
What Gay and Bi Men Really Want
Are physical and sexual attraction the most appealing qualities in a partner? Or are unseen qualities like good manners and reliability the most attractive?
Following on from his research into what straight women want and what straight men want, D&M Research’s managing director Derek Jones has taken the next logical step with his latest study into what gay and bi(sexual) men want.
In order to dig deeper and draw out a accurate list of turn-ons and turn-offs for gay and bi men, Derek once again used of the Im-Ex Polygraph method. He originally devised this method of analysis to distinguish what people say they want from brands, products or services from what they really want by comparing stated versus derived measures of importance.
Qualities the gay and bi men said they desired in a partner (‘stated’) were compared to the qualities introduce in example celebrities they nominated as attractive (‘implied’). The similar comparison was made between stated and implied negative qualities, to determine what attributes are really the biggest turn-offs.
What gay and bi men say they want
Just like straight women and linear men, “we enjoy be
Is is it politically incorrect to state someone looks gay?
kazuri said:
You cannot match gay people who do not operate 'gay' because you do not understand they are lgbtq+. Hence idiocy.
No I am not arguing semantics. I am pro-gay marriage, etc etc, and I use the word 'gay' how he describes, and when I apply it I am not thinking about homosexuals in the slightest. I am not the only person who does this.Click to expand...
Are you this suffocating to be with?
This:
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might not be enough for some people to dial gay.
but this is:
Can you see anything masculine about it?
Not all gays are feminine, true. They call it vertical acting. What's unbent acting? They execute like straight people. Or maybe they don't need to act, but they just so come about to like people of the similar sex.
But this is missing the point.
The fact that people can be surprised when someone reveals their sexuality, means that we contain some definition of what "gay" means, and what's the behaviour typically demonstrated by, or establish in identifiable queer people.
Sure, occasionally we do find men who wear what the guy in the picture above wears. But how many