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Social Summer 2021
Your Summer-Lovin' Dandy

While at the time of writing this blog summer still exists (ending on Sept 22), Social Summer is from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Summer is my favorite time of the year; it's warm, sunny, and the gay bar rooftops are buzzing with yummy music and yummy men. It's also when I am most challenged to create colorful outfits on the warmest time of the year. And this dandy had a rather Dandilicious Social Summer!

May

Memorial Day starts off the party! Sorry, but that's about it for May.

June

Wig Party outfit, The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, June 5, 2021

It is time yet again for Pride, and also time for my first public event as that Dandy since the pandemic began over a year earlier: The Wig Party. I wore an all-blue ensemble to an outdoor public drag festival at The Kennedy Center, watched my friends perform, and swatted cicadas.

Gender-Bending Dandy Cruella outfit for Pride Photo Shoot, Logan Circle, Washington, DC, June 26, 2021

My friends Ryan and Ricardo arranged a photo shoot for me in Logan Circle in DC, my first photo shoot since, well, before the pandemic (this will be a reoccurring theme). I had never created a successful modern dandy outfit out of my infamous diamond-checkered black-and-white jacket before; previous attempts were all total failures. I succeeded this time! I mean, check out the picture for yourself!

July

Erik's pool party, July 2021

My friend Erik invited me to his pool party at his place in DC in July, occurring after the Fourth of July, however, I still wanted to rock and Red White and Blue, showing off my friends Nick and Jason's fantastic spats/ascot/pocket square ensemble to match the straw boater trim.

August

Getting ready for my Big Summer Adventure: my first time traveling outside of the DC area since.. you guessed it, Before the Pandemic.. and since I already wrote a blog all about it, no sense in recreating the effort; check it out!

September

Labor Day outfit, Trade, Washington, DC, Sept 6, 2021

Last day of Social Summer is upon us, and, as per tradition, I am invited to a party at Trade in.. Total Dandification. I decided to wear black and white to mourn the "end of summer". Goes off well!

And that's a wrap on Social Summer of 2021, Dandy Style!

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