the femme dandy

Dresses being feminine is a social construct! :foams at mouth:

Ahh, but what isn’t a social construct? The word peach meaning peach is a social construct, and may change with the passage of time, but most people still recognize the link. 

There are two ways to subvert gender: denying it completely, or acting subversively within convention. The latter, imho, is the dandy way :) 

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do you think it's at all possible to do dandy (or dandyish) in a dress? i would so love to adopt some dandy fashions, but dresses! the idea of giving up dresses hurts me deeply, so i must fall to my knees and pray for guidance from the gods of all things fashionable.

To be quite honest, I think not, dear reader, though I am willing to be convinced otherwise. There is plenty to be done in a dress— including pairing a dress with masculine accessories and other genderfuckery— but I can’t picture anyone with a dress evoking the dandy essence for me. 

But genderfluidity is a grand thing! And the gods of all things fashionable praise experimentation! You can be a dandy one day and a dandy-ish person in a dress another and flutter around nymphlike with flowers in your hair the next! Or you can be a quaintrelle! You are vast, dear reader, and contain multitudes: no need to give up dresses to be a dandy! 

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