I babble on, that’s it.
I love Whitney and because my love for brown skin girls started with her, it is appropriate that this is kinda about her.
Interview with Shaz Riley of the Butch Clothing Company
I was delighted to interview Shaz Riley, the founder of the Butch Clothing Company (BCC). The BCC creates some kick-ass, beautiful crafted, and carefully bespoken men’s style suits for female-bodied people. Doing this interview has made me dream of getting one some day when I get married or, you know, get invited to a celebrity event. A savvy businesswoman, Shaz won’t give away all her secrets on how she manages to hide women’s curves so well. I suppose that would be like me giving away my great aunt’s kugel recipe. I think this speaks to how special her company is and the quality of their work. Check out the BCC’s Facebook page to see all sorts of butches in action rocking her beautiful suits.
The mission of the BCC is grounded in serving butch women, but they welcome clients of all identities and gender presentations. Shaz even mentioned to me that bridesmen and best men work with her so that their tuxes can match their butch brides’. So Thomas, I’d keep a couple hundred euro on the back burner if I were you.
- Can you tell us a bit about all the kinds of suits you offer?
- Our design process is fully interactive with our clients. We look at all elements of detailing that make up a suit. Choice of fabrics — of which we hold over 120 — specifically chosen to work on any woman, no matter their body shape. Clients love our garment linings; we carry over 80 in numerous colours and textures. We look at collar types from classic notched to skinny peaked to even the Ghandi style Nehru. We look at number of buttons on the jackets, vests, and cuffs. We look at pocket style, collar shape for shirts etc. and then together we design the perfect suit for you!
- How do you ensure that your suits fit your customers who are not working on it with you in person?
- With our overseas clients we offer video Skype consultations. These work identically to face-to-face consults except that — under my careful supervision — our clients and a friend, spouse, or family member do the actual measurement taking. I am there on camera every step of the way, but I do send a BCC measurement guide as well! To date, our Skype consultations and the end results have been exceptionally successful.
Hello again people. Here’s some new stuff from me. Dream girls of the past, present, and future, what they represent and how they somehow never leave us. Check it out. There is a little early 90’s-circa 1992 nostalgia in this one for me.
What makes up your dream girl? Let me know.
I had a really rough day this past Sunday. This is what I wrote during it. It led me to my vow of silence the day after I wrote this.
I originally had big plans for my Golden Birthday, but have decided to just embrace the “side of the twenties closer to 30” quietly instead. I promised my loved ones I’d do something special for my birthday, so this is the something special I’d like to do. I love my black Tri-top Chest Binder…
This is the first of three day sittings on my upper back piece. If you look closely, you can see the constellations for Scorpio, Gemini & Aquarius, which are my sun, moon & rising signs, respectively. I got the universe because I’ve always said “The universe will take care of you if you take care of yourself” & now it’s a constant reminder that the universe has my back.
Tattoo’s or get the fuck outta here with that bullshit.
(via thelingerieaddict)
This is why I did what I did with my hair…. <3 she is hotttttt!
This is where we stand up and say this is not okay. Are you willing? Are you ready? Stand up America. We have to fight now.