ARMOR

Celebrating Fashion, Couture, and the Style Journeys of Queer & Trans People of Color

In this collection, we are focusing on the brilliant creatives who shape fashion in our community, and discussing the vibrant styles that we use to declare our presence and power to the rest of the world.

Donning the Political: QTPOC Contributions to Fashion and Conversations About Identity & Expression

Nahuel Contreras

From Protection to Declaration, Let My Clothing Tell You One Queer's Coming-of-Age Story

José Vasquez

The Buttah-Fly Effect: How Sex Work Taught Me Swag

Nicole Shawan Junior

With Our Whole Selves: Queer Hawaiian Diaspora and the Politics of the Aloha Shirt

Gregory Pōmaikaʻi Gushiken

Becoming: Giving Myself Permission to Be a Fabulous Genderqueer Weirdo for the Children That Follow

Meliss Amaya

In Convo: Diaspoura and Raverbaba Unwrap the Styling of Their Music Video, 'Glisten'

Anjali & Sonia

Prabal Gurung Talks About Fashion, Masculinity in the Gay Community, and Colorism in Representation

Isiah Magsino

Gender Omens: How I Learned to Dress Myself

Iman Howard

Nails, Hair, Hips, Heals: I Live My Life as I Please

David Cortez

David Rue, Sartorial Self-Portraits, and Declaring Self-Devotion Through What You Wear

Imana Gunawan

Oakland In Fashion: D.I.Y., Self-Made, QTPOC, and Killing the Game - The ARMOR Visual Arts Feature

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