Qweary: 6 Places to Shop for Maximalist Menswear

Gale asked: I'm a nonbinary lesbian who loves menswear and dressing very masculine, but I also love bright colors and bold patterns. Unfortunately most high street/mainstream men's clothing tends to sell dull and mute in colors — usually blue/brown/black/green. I don't want to sacrifice my masculinity for my garish, maximalist sensibility, or vice versa — can you recommend any shops that sell vibrant men's clothing?

I feel you! Yes, you won’t have the greatest luck finding bold colors and patterns at big box stores, with the exception of ties and preppy brands like Ralph Lauren.

Here are a few ideas for places to find bright and bold menswear at different price points.

  1. River Island

2. ASOS

 

3. Romwe

 
 
 

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Sonny Oram

Sonny Oram founded Qwear in 2011: the world’s first online queer fashion incubator. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Huffpost, and Buzzeed, among others. Sonny has been published in books including Beyonce in Formation and The Dangers of Fashion: Towards Ethical and Sustainable Solutions. In 2019, Sonny founded Qwear Media to help diversify advertising.

Outside of Qwear, Sonny works at MIT as a Communications Officer, where they use their expertise in creating online movements to curate MIT’s online presence.

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