#diy-fashion

#diy-fashion

It's a perilous time for queer people right now. Texas is cranking out anti-trans bills like raffle tickets; Trump is policing gender rights; and Hungary just banned Pride. So you probably thought we'd lay low and start a group chat about moving to Canada. Instead we're doing what we always do in times of repression: dressing up, showing out, and turning defiance into a damn runway.

The New York Times reported on the shrinkage of men's tops, with New York fashion week featuring models in tees and sweaters shrunken nearly to the navel and a button-up shirt that stopped well above the waistline. Meanwhile, in the real world, retailers are selling loads of shorter men's shirts. So is this shrinkflation, but for menswear? With cynical fashion companies cutting costs and calling it a trend?

It was fun to bridge the divide between [my illustrations and my videos],