These grim Google Image results are part of a larger problem.
Anyone who has ever looked for fashion inspiration in a Google Image search for “androgyny” knows just how limiting the current ideal can be. Black and white photos of mostly white, thin models wearing blazers and white tanks while casually smoking or pouting at some distant object dominate the top image results. But in our daily lives and in our communities, androgyny is so much more interesting and less limiting. Here are 8 reasons why we should work to expand the androgynous “ideal”:
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She's so super fine!
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Rihanna
Rihanna attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Rihanna made a splash on the carpet not just with her Marc Jacobs ensemble and Stephen Jones-designed hat, but with the reveal that she is pregnant!
Madonna
Madonna attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Madonna is always a classic and a sapphic fave and no wonder when she can rock a Tom Ford tux like this.
Chappell Roan
Chappell Roan attends "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style", the 2025 Costume Institute Benefit, at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Oscar-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell created this stunning patchwork suit for Chappell Roan.
Janelle Monáe and Issa Rae
Janelle Monáe and Issa Rae attend the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Janelle Monáe is another star who never disappoints on a red carpet, they rocked a custom Thom Browne two-piece look, and not to be outshone, Issa Rae hit the carpet in a tailored three-piece suit by British Ghanaian designer Ozwald Boateng.
Aimee Lou Wood
Aimee Lou Wood attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood rocked this eye-catching ensemble by Priya Ahluwalia.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Priyanka Chopra Jonas attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Priyanka Chopra paired femme polka dots with a masc silhouette in this chic suit dress by Olivier Rousteing for Balmain.
Hunter Schafer
Hunter Schafer attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Hunter Schafer is always a guaranteed serve! This time the actress sported a custom black-and-white multilayered suit by Prada.
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Alicia Keyes stomped that carpet in a red pinstripe suit by Moncler, in collaboration with Vogue editor Edward Enninful.
Ugbad Abdi
Ugbad Abdi attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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The influence of André Leon Talley is powerful in Ugbad Abdi's custom Michael Kors Collection ensemble.
Jodie Turner-Smith
Jodie Turner-Smith attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte starJodie Turner-Smith payed homage to Black equestrian Selika Lazevski, in her custom Burberry look.
Angel Reese
Angel Reese attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Happy birthday Angel Reese! The basketball super star hit the carpet on her birthday in this two-piece black dress by Thom Browne, worthy of a celebration all on its own.
Doechii
Doechii attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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This year may be Doechii's first-ever Met Gala, but it won't be her last! She kept it cute in a custom Louis Vuitton short suit designed by Pharrell Williams.
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Tracee Ellis Ross rocked an eye-catching pink silk suit from Marc Jacobs.
Andra Day
Andra Day attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Speaking of eye-catching color, Andra Day stunned in a hot pink suit from designer Jerome Lamaar.
Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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No pants? No problem. Ok this ensemble designed by Pharrell Williams for Louis Vuitton is more suit inspired, but on Sabrina Carpenter we'll allow it.
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Lupita Nyong'o looked like a super fine superhero in this powder-blue Chanel suit.
Lisa
Lisa attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Lisa also rocked a suit, sans pants, from Louis Vuitton designed by Pharrell Williams. Trend alert!
Joey King
Joey King attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Joey King sparkled and shone in this green suit from Miu Miu.
Savannah James
Savannah James attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Is Savannah James technically wearing a suit? Ok fine it's gown by Hanifa, but its 50 percent suit and its fierce so we're counting it.
Jennie
Jennie attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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BLACKPINK singer Jennie strutted the carpet in a custom Chanel tuxedo gown.
Zendaya
Zendaya attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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OK seriously can Zendaya save a little fabulocity for the rest of us? Once again she served pure, simple, fashion excellence in this custom white three-piece Louis Vuitton zoot suit designed by Pharrell Williams.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Whoopi played with both gender and proportion in this custom, sequined Thom Browne tuxedo dress.
Kara Young
Kara Young attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Speaking of proportion, Broadway star Kara Young went for this exaggerated, sophisticated silhouette, and we're cheering.
Breanna Stewart
Breanna Stewart attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Breanna Stewart looked like a fashion all-star in this all-white tuxedo designed by Sergio Hudson.
Coco Jones
Coco Jones attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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The details! The details! Coco Jones was pure opulence in this custom Manish Malhotra ensemble.
Adrienne E. Adams
Adrienne E. Adams attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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We may not know who designed Adrienne E. Adams' suit, but what we do know is that was a serve.
Ego Nwodim
Ego Nwodim attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Call it a peplum, call it a bustle, whatever you call it, Ego Nwodim did that in her custom Christopher John Rogers suit.
Teyana Taylor
Teyana Taylor attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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We're gonna need a moment just to take this all in. The shoulders, the shoes, the details. Teyana Taylor cut quite a striking figure on the runway in her custom ensemble designed by Ruth E. Carter.
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RuPaul Drag Race star Trixie Mattel's hyper-exaggerated makeup look is so iconic that many of her fellow Ru Girls have tried painting their faces to mimic hers.
Mattel got her start in beauty school and then as an employee at Sephora before diving into drag. Since then, the comedy queen went on to be a break out star on the seventh season of Drag Race, eventually taking home the crown on All Stars season 3. Now, she's also a country music singer and has launched her own successful makeup line.
In fact, her makeup is so recognizable and iconic yesterday that Kennedy Davenport — who has had a long-standing feud with Mattel — even joined the ranks of queens who have taken her look for a spin. In a newly released YouTube video, chaotic queen Mistress Isabelle Brooks painted Davenport's face in Mattel's unforgettable style while the two gossiped about what happened to cause the feud.
"I was the one with the beef," Davenport explained. "My heart was broken. When I befriend somebody, I really take that to heart. I just felt, in the instances of filming [All Stars 3], not one time did she tell me she was reading me every chance she got. I really thought that we had created a bond that we weren't able to create during season 7."
From Bob the Drag Queen to Kim Chi to her Bald and the Beautiful podcast co-host Katya, a dozen queens have given her arched brows, white under eyes, and extreme lashes a try!
Drag Race Philippines and Global All Stars alum Eva Le Queen tried out a Trixie mug for her YouTube series, appropriately titled MUG. You can watch the transformation here.
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Mistress Isabelle Brooks gave Kennedy Davenport the Trixie makeover on her her YouTube show and we haven't stopped giggling at Kennedy's reaction since. Watch the full transformation here!
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Drag Race season 16 star Plasma went full Trixie while guest hosting Trixie's YouTube show while she was on hiatus. She kinda nailed it! Watch the full transformation here!
Luxx Noir London
Season 15 star Luxx Noir London's take on Trixie's mug is a thing of beauty. Watch the transformation here.
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Season 14 star Maddy Morphosis also gave her best Trixie mug while guest hosting the queen's show. Watch the full transformation here!
Krystal Versace
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Drag Race UK season three winner Krystal Versace turned Trxie into a total sex bomb in her take on the iconic makeup. Watch the full transformation here.
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Nothing like getting made over by Trixie herself! As season 15 star Marcia Marcia Marcia learned while guesting on Trixie's YouTube channel. Watch the full transformation here!
Trixie stopped by Jaymes Mansfield's YouTube channel to give her the Trixie Makeover, and seriously they are twinning. Watch the full transformation here!
Monet X Change
Monet X Change stirred up drama and controversy when she posted her Trixie makeover!
Rita Baga
Canada's Drag Race star turned Belgique host Rita Baga shared her Trixie transformation.
Here are 10 perfect ideas for lazy (but sexy) and last-minute Halloween costumes!
So it happened again this year. You waited ’til the absolute last minute, and now, with Halloween less than 24 hours away, you still don’t have a costume to wear. But don’t worry dear, sweet procrastinator! We're here to help.
While many gays love a complicated and well-thought-out costume, that path is not for everyone. It can be time-consuming, expensive, and hard to come up with. Thankfully for the gays, we have one type of costume we can always rely on: sexy ones!
There’s a long and proud tradition going back years of queer people using Halloween and costumes to show off a lot of skin and leave little to the imagination. With that in mind, here are 10 perfect last-minute costume ideas!
1. Sexy Pikachu
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Do you have a yellow speedo? If you do, put it on and paint your cheeks red and you can be Sexy Pikachu! This costume also works for other Pokémon (red = Sexy Charmander, green = Sexy Bulbasaur, blue = Sexy Squirtle, etc.)!
2. Sexy Barbie
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Barbie was the biggest movie of the year, but if you don’t have time to get a blonde wig and dress, just hop into a pink speedo and tell people you’re Sexy Barbie!
3. Sexy Mario
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If you’ve got a mustache and a red speedo, Sexy Mario is a great costume idea, no overalls needed! Just try to find yourself a matching red hat and paint or tape an "M" on it.
4. Sexy Luigi
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Sam deal as the Sexy Mario costume. Or, if you’ve got a mustache and a green speedo, you can be Luigi, and spend your Halloween night looking for a Sexy Mario to complete your set!
5. Sexy Devil
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For a super classic costume, put on a red speedo and devil horns, and you’re the Sexy Devil! Nothing’s sexier than temptation!
6. Sexy Angel
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If you’re looking to be the Sexy Angel corrupted by a Sexy Devil, put on a white speedo, and voila, you’re a Sexy Angel! Wings and a halo would make your costume more recognizable, but they’re not necessary.
7. Sexy Bugs Bunny
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Bugs Bunny in Drag is a classic, iconic Halloween costume, but if you want to make it more simple, put on a gray speedo and bunny ears and you’re Sexy Bugs Bunny. Carrying around a phallic carrot is optional too!
8. A Sexy Rainbow
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If you want to celebrate gay Pride during Halloween, toss on a rainbow speedo and you’re a Sexy Rainbow!
9. Sexy Ghostface
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This costume works best if you also have a Ghostface mask, but honestly, it's not necessary. All you need is a black speedo and you can be Sexy Ghostface from the Scream franchise!
10. Sexy Academy Award Statuette
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The Oscar trophy is already a sexy, naked man, so all you have to do to be the same is put on a gold speedo!
What a time to be alive and a Lady Gaga fan. After years of waiting, wondering, speculating, hoping, and praying for more Gaga in our lives 2024 is giving with both hands.
Not only did we get the surprise drop of her collab with Bruno Mars, “Die with a Smile”, her performance in Paris during the Olympics, but new music is coming with a Joker 2 companion album she's saying is LG 6.5, confirming that LG 7 is on the way too. But thats not all! We are also going to get to enjoy her incredible talents on the big screen when Joker: Folie À Deux drops in theaters on October 4 .
For those unfamiliar with the project the film picks up following the events of Joker and sees Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) now institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his various crimes. It's during this time that he meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn (Gaga), and with her, the music that's inside of him.
The buzz is strong with the film and of course, the cast, including Mother Monster have been touring with the premiers of the film. You know what that means, red carpet looks, lots of them. Of course Gaga is not letting us down with glamorous, avant-garde, even some understated cottage core chic.
In other words, when it comes to the fashions, she (and some of her castmates) is NOT joking around. Keep scrolling to see exactly what we mean.
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The category is: fashion! Not just any fashion, though — The Runway of Dreams Foundation is also serving Adaptive and accessible.
Next Monday during New York Fashion Week (NYFW), more than 60 models with a diverse range of disabilities will model the runway at the foundation’s 10th anniversary event, FASHION REVOLUTION, at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, NY. Accessible and Adaptive fashion — clothing and footwear specifically designed for people with varying degrees of disability and accessibility needs — will take center stage at the fashion show.
“Being a queer disabled individual with a facial difference, I have never seen anyone like me represented in the media,” Austin Halls, American songwriter and vocalist born with Moebius Syndrome, tells Pride.com. “To be showcased in FASHION REVOLUTION, I'm showing the world that the future of disabilities is having a seat at, or owning, the table.”
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Madison Tevlin, Canadian actor, model and advocate, will host the fashion show and model the runway. In 2024, Tevlin led the viral campaign “Assume That I Can” for World Down Syndrome Day, garnering more than 150 million views in under a week. Prior to the success of the campaign, Tevlin also starred in the 2023 groundbreaking American drama-comedy “Champions” that tells the story of a team of basketball players with different learning disabilities.
“Runway of Dreams and NYFW are everything that I love,” says Tevlin. “New York, fashion, advocacy, and a big party! Walking the runway and hosting FASHION REVOLUTION are what dreams are made of.”
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The annual NYFW fashion event will unite more than 500 influential diversity, equity and inclusion advocates and exhibit the pioneering efforts of leading companies in Adaptive and Universal design, including Victoria's Secret & PINK, Kohl's, Target, JCPenney, Tommy Hilfiger, with footwear provided by Zappos.
“The show celebrates people with disabilities at many cross sections and will continue to be a premier platform advocating for self expression through fashion in the disability space,” says Mindy Scheier, Founder of the Runway of Dreams Foundation. “This is an exciting next chapter for Adaptive and Universal Design, and we cannot wait for more brands to join the FASHION REVOLUTION.”
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Scheier’s son, Oliver, has a rare form of muscular dystrophy — a degenerative disease that impacts his ability to do various daily tasks on his own. In helping her son figure out how to modify a pair of jeans to fit over his leg braces, Scheier was inspired to start Runway of Dreams. The foundation aims to create modifications to help people with disabilities get dressed independently, and wear clothes that reflect their personality and style. Scheier is eager to empower people with disabilities to have confidence and self-expression through inclusion in fashion and beauty.
“I am energized about the future of fashion as it pertains to the intersection between disability and queerness,” says Oliver, who was recently a guest on Easterseals’ podcast “Everything You Know About Disability is Wrong.” “In many ways, I see them as very similar. To see the fashion industry and culture as a whole celebrate the two, empowers me and brings me hope for the future.”
In addition to the Adaptive runway show, the Runway of Dreams Foundation has also partnered with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in a collaborative project called “Next Gen.” The collaboration will pair six student designers from FIT with models who have varying disabilities. The project tasks the participants to create runway-ready looks that address the models’ specific dressing challenges in three categories: intimates, athleisure and pajamas. The final pieces from this partnership will close the runway show as the grand finale. Scheier and executives from VS&Co. have worked closely with students to ensure the design is both functional and stylish while prioritizing the models’ comfort and mobility.
Join FASHION REVOLUTION and learn more about Adaptive fashion at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, NY, or tune in HERE next Monday, September 9th at 8:30 p.m.!
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