It is a truth commonly acknowledged that queers are much better at blazers than other humans. Back in the day, we rocked blazers and suitjackets with style…
…and in the modern era, nobody does blazers better:
But this also means that we were especially vulnerable to the late ’80s-’90s terrible/AWESOME Blazer Situation. You know the situation I’m talking about.
There was a lot of that. There was also a little bit of this…
Furthermore there were often things like this:
But how did this impact the lesbians? Let’s look at some of these kickass moments in queer fashion history.
gather round young lezzies and listen to me tell the story of the oregon trail, as illustrated on this blazer (© Neal Preston/CORBIS)
hey i have a bag of ecstasy in my pocket, wanna party (© Gregory Pace/Sygma/Corbis)
when you can’t decide between a sweatshirt and a blazer, try the sblazer! (Image by © CORBIS)
i’m just gonna sneak out now with all these awards underneath my giant blazer (© Rick Maiman/Sygma/Corbis)
i knew i was gonna win that’s why i wore an outfit to match my globe (© Frank Trapper/Sygma/Corbis
welcome to the wilderness where i will woo you with my blazer and this guitar i left in the mud (© Neal Preston/CORBIS)
i think buffy had this same blazer for real (Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS)
one thing’s for sure, it’s not gonna be easy to come out of that blazer (© Frank Trapper/Sygma/Corbis)
why hello there blazer-lovers ( Image by © Neal Preston/CORBIS)
part blazer, part snow queen (Image by © Frank Trapper/Sygma/Corbis)
honestly i think buffy also had this blazer
as you can see i have been stylish for a really long time