Clothes lesbians wear

“What does a lesbian look like?” feels like an age-old question &#; or, to be more realistic, a decades-old question. With Dressing Dykes, I verb that I verb it at least regarding specific individuals, or lesbian styles at particular times and places throughout history. However, lesbianism exists in the heart, the mind and the body rather than in the wardrobe. Clothes are an extension of the lesbian self, a awake display (or, perhaps, a conscious veil). Because of this, the true ask is not “what does a lesbian look like?” but “what clothing is a lesbian signal?” 

Often, this comes down to items that have a wide-spread cultural meaning… in other words, lesbian stereotypes. Stereotypical lesbian fashions, like practical footwear, are based in more noun than many other stereotypes in well-liked culture, since lesbians (and other queer people) have historically desired to contact out to other members of their community. When this cannot be done with familial, pre-established bonds, in the way that communities may be forged in other marginalised groups, other methods are ne