12 Monumental Moments In Lesbian Blazer-Wearing History
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.
12 Retrobad/AWESOME ’80s/’90s Blazer Situations
1. k.d. Lang, 1989
![K.D. Lang, 1989 [Image by © Neal Preston/CORBIS]](https://develop.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1989-kd-lang-two.jpg?resize=318%2C480)
gather round young lezzies and listen to me tell the story of the oregon trail, as illustrated on this blazer (© Neal Preston/CORBIS)
2. Rosie O’Donnell, 1998
hey i have a bag of ecstasy in my pocket, wanna party (© Gregory Pace/Sygma/Corbis)
3. Amanda Bearse, 1982 (with Sandra Bernhard)
when you can’t decide between a sweatshirt and a blazer, try the sblazer! (Image by © CORBIS)
4. Martina Navratilova, 1994
i’m just gonna sneak out now with all these awards underneath my giant blazer (© Rick Maiman/Sygma/Corbis)
5. Ellen DeGeneres, 1997
i knew i was gonna win that’s why i wore an outfit to match my globe (© Frank Trapper/Sygma/Corbis
6. Melissa Etheridge, 1989
welcome to the wilderness where i will woo you with my blazer and this guitar i left in the mud (© Neal Preston/CORBIS)
7. Lily Tomlin, 1986
i think buffy had this same blazer for real (Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS)
8. Jodie Foster, 1992
one thing’s for sure, it’s not gonna be easy to come out of that blazer (© Frank Trapper/Sygma/Corbis)
9. k.d Lang
why hello there blazer-lovers ( Image by © Neal Preston/CORBIS)
10. Ellen Degeneres, 1996
part blazer, part snow queen (Image by © Frank Trapper/Sygma/Corbis)
11. Leisha Hailey, 1996
honestly i think buffy also had this blazer
12. Riese, 1992
as you can see i have been stylish for a really long time