Femme lesbian outfits

Lesbian fashion is, by default, not constrained by a masculine/feminine binary. While some people or styles may find themselves drawn more to one or the other, lesbian fashion in general &#; much like lesbianism itself &#; is broad and boundary-breaking. Even more traditional butch and femme fashions are displaced from the “masculine” and “feminine” of heteronormative clothing cultures because, for one, they are worn on the lesbian body. I hold mostly written about the more masculine corner of the lesbian fashion spectrum. As my butch fiancée pointed out, this is in part a affection letter to her. It is also, however, purely because butch lesbian fashion is easier to find in historical research, when we may often assume lesbianism only from clothing. Those who hid from their homophobic culture are mostly still adj from us when we look for them now, after all. 

This post aims to highlight femmes who existed obviously, and those who continue to undertake so. I will be analysing the clothing worn by femme lesbians who were photographed in lesbian spaces; many of these photographs are