so during this whole dress making project I’ve decided that genderfuckers and non binary people should be absolutely going ham on taking the 1920s bad girl aesthetic for ourselves
cis women love to ‘dress like a flapper’ and then they’ll put on a sparkly, slinky, bias cut number that clings to their body and shows off their curves—and good for them if that makes them feel pretty! but the actual 1920s silhouette was extremely…not that.
it was cheeky, boyish, very comfortable, and filled with fun, good old fashioned gender fuckery, and I think we are missing out if we don’t seize the opportunity to take it and run with it
my gender expression tends towards ‘badass and cute’ and there is so much of that in the flapper aesthetic and 1920s fashion
Handmade Nonbinary Cozy Cardigan Sweater is the perfect gift for your local Enby or if you are the Enby. This Unisex Crop Cardigan is made with Soft Acrylic Yarn & is warm and can be layered underneath. This sweater displays the pride flag in order. This is a perfect pride month gift or a makes a cute statement piece to your outfit. Relax in its plush comfort while going out or staying in.
Size: M/L
This took about 10-11 hours to complete, crocheting, sewing it together and weaving in the ends, and the cost of the sheins of yarn to complete. So the price reflects my time and materials.
Finally got my pictures from international lolita day eee 😍 thank you @bayareakei (on insta) for putting on such a wonderful event and giving me my first ever coord pictures 💖💖💖 lolita is so special to me for many reasons. When I was first exploring my gender, I felt that I had to completely reject feminity and pink to be accepted as transgender. I was trying to "pass"* as a boy to be even remotely perceived as my gender. But I secretly still loved lolita and it's fluffy girlish dresses. Now that I am an adult I am so happy to embrace pink and the strength being girlish gives me. I can shed insecurities of how people perceive me bc no one will ever see the real me (unless u get my pronouns) and that's okay. I know who I am. I'm non binary, genderfluid, trans masculine, and I love pink dresses! Clothes have no gender, just as lolita is for everyone.
*passing is the concept that a trans person can/should pass as a cisgender man or woman. This is an unrealistic standard of beauty often contrived thru white beauty standards of what a man or a woman looks like. We need to retire the idea of forcing people to "pass" as their gender as gender can look like many different things and embrace instead asking for pronouns and introducing ourselves with our pronouns. Abolish gender norms in ur mind!
This is good that unisex collections are being promoted and created, though, jewellery is unisex really, it’s sad it’s not seen that both men and women can wear it whilst loads of men/non-binary people wear it constantly and have for hundreds of years. I hope this promotes that idea, I don’t personally see jewellery as “only for women” at all and very much enjoy wearing whatever jewels and rings I like and feel very much still like a man, it doesn’t matter to me if people think otherwise unless they start misgendering over it because jewellery has only periodically been pressured for it to be a women’s only thing. Many times it hasn’t been at all.
Is it wrong for me to be slightly fed up with this? Just with how there has to be yet another thing separating us for wearing “cis people things” or whatever, if you know what I mean?
The customisable aspect is cool, but you can do that anytime you want, buying the cord you want, and then whatever pendant you want.
I understand sometimes shopping specifically for unisex tagged stuff can help with dysphoria, especially for trans people, plus man and woman associations littering clothes names everywhere can hurt as well if you’re neither at all, or just wish to wear things you love and don’t want to attach a gender to it (aka for example being a trans man and wanting to buy a certain pair of trousers but lots of “women’s jeans” come up for example when you’re simply looking for a particular size which people refuse to offer for smaller or larger trans bodies) so it’s not as cut and dry as me saying all jewellery essentially can be worn by anyone because that’s not how dysphoria works, especially with a society pressuring ideas that certain things can’t be which is not the case, or that you’re not who you are/judged harshly if you dare to.
The point of this is I hope it can achieve normalising that jewellery absolutely can be worn by any gender and should not affect how people see each other/judge/assume.
I’m just irritated as I believe all jewellery is for any gender, idk I’m a queer guy and I love wearing earrings rings and necklaces okay? It’s not making me a woman that’s for sure.
It’s great for many reasons and some things I’m just worried about for the sake of trying to allow people to see any jewellery as unisex and give that freedom to wear what suits you and give soothe dysphoria. I’m sure this will allow for many to feel less dysphoria as well.