Tips & Advice
Suiting Up with Pride: Style Icons & Top Tips
At King & Allen, we are proud to serve the LGBTQ+ community, helping people to find their fit without compromising their identity. This month, we’re sharing some top styles from key pride icons that celebrate the flamboyant and fun fashion within the community. We also take a look at how to incorporate some pride into your next tailoring piece that best reflects your style, no matter how subtle or statement you like to be.
Suit styles from Pride icons
Bowie’s Mustard Yellow Suit
Cher’s Half and Half Suit
Elton John’s Big Lapels and Flashy Fabrics
RuPaul’s Incredible Prints
Judy Garland’s 'Valley of The Dolls' suit
Princess Diana's Impeccable Style
Lucy Spraggan's Everything!
Of course we're going to put Lucy in here! She knows her style and we love creating garments with her. The post below is from her wedding last week, where she wore a white K&A 3-piece with cropped jacket and wide-leg trousers.
How to add some Pride to your Suit...
Go All Out!
Going Pride in style! If you’re looking for a statement piece, what better than a flashy Pride-printed jacket?
Show Your Personality
Supporting Pride doesn’t necessarily mean going for a pride fabric. It means creating a garment that really feels like YOU. At King & Allen, we have the ability to print any design onto the outer fabric of the suit so you can show off your personality.
Explore Bespoke Linings
If you’re looking for a suit to wear every day, you may not want to be loud and proud for every occasion… but what about the inside? Show off your Pride support with linings that best reflect your personality and what pride means to you, such as the K&A Queer Icons lining in the image below worn (inside out!) by LGBTQ+ campaigner Danielle St James. We can print whatever design you want.
Perfect the Details with Pride Buttonholes
Rainbow buttonholes are a fun way to add the flag onto your suit without being too bold.
Add Meaningful Messages
Sometimes a few words can be as meaningful to you as the style or colour of suit. You could choose to embroider a message on the inside of the jacket or even under the collar (like Joe's below). It doesn't have to be serious either, this is about expressing who you are.
Accessorise
The suit doesn’t have to do all the talking. Try complementing it with Pride accessories such as a brolly, pocket square, floral buttonhole, flag or if you're looking for a statement entrance... some coloured smoke!
Inspired to create a Pride suit of your own? We have over 20 years of experience crafting bespoke suits for every occasion and will help convert your vision into a garment you’re proud to wear.
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