Seven Days of Dapper has returned and this time we have a very special treat. This edition is a mashup of Seven Days of Dapper and Dress Smart: dapperQ Academics.

Inspired by “Black Dandies Fashion New Academic Identities,” our series “Dress Smart” features masculine-of-center genderqueer and transmasculine dapperQ professionals and academics who, through their personal style, are fearlessly challenging traditional expectations about gender and sexuality.

“‘Stylin’ out.’ That’s how Monica L. Miller, an associate professor of English at Barnard College, describes the way black people have used dress to expand definitions of blackness, gender, and sexuality. Men in particular have “styled their way from slaves to dignified human beings,” she writes in Slaves to Fashion (Duke University Press, 2009). The first book-length study of black dandyism, Miller’s work is part of a growing scholarly interest in how clothes fashion our lives. It also signals the blossoming of black dandyism—fedoras, silk ascots, flashy socks—on the streets of major cities. Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Outkast’s Andre 3000 have made it cool to rap in Polo shirts, bow ties, nerd glasses, and boat shoes. The NBA’s LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Kevin Durant pull off dandyish without being pretentious. And now black dandyism is trending in the halls of academe.” – Stacy Patton via Black Dandies Fashion New Academic Identities

In our seventh installment of “Dress Smart,” we’re showcasing the dapper stylings of Janina Paula Luciano, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine candidate at the University of Illinois:

DAY 1

Topman charcoal skinny suit vest and pants

Jones New York wrinkle-free shirt

John Fluevog shoes

Accessories:

Calvin Klein skinny tie

Kenneth Cole slim tie-clip

Charter Club plaid pocket square

Ray-Ban wayfarers

See Eyewear eyeglasses

Swatch Watch

H&M socks

DAY 2

Vans chambray shirt

H&M camel-colored pants

Converse white shoes

Accessories:

Ray-Ban wayfarers

Swatch watch

Black leather bracelet

H&M yellow socks

DAY 3

Express Striped Short-Sleeved Shirt

H&M Grey Suit Pants tailored into shorts

White Converse Shoes

Accessories:

Free Authority fedora

Ray-Ban wayfarers

Mossimo white belt

DAY 4

H&M tweed blazer

Ralph Lauren white long-sleeve shirt

Topman black skinny suit pants

John Fluevog shoes

Accessories:

Topman black skinny tie

Kenneth Cole slim Tie Clip

satin polka dot pocket square

Ray-Ban Wayfarers

Swatch Watch

H&M Lime Green Socks

DAY 5

Mossimo orange v-neck sweater

Ralph Lauren white long-sleeve shirt

Abercrombie lime green pants

White Converse Shoes

Accessories:

Penguin navy polka-dot slim tie

Ray-Ban wayfarer

Swatch watch

H&M yellow socks

DAY 6

Ralph Lauren plaid short-sleeved shirt

American Eagle red pants

Converse white shoes

Accessories:

See Eyewear eyeglasses

Swatch watch

H&M yellow socks

DAY 7

Express navy suit vest and pants

Ralph Lauren white long-sleeve shirt

Steven Madden Tan Wing-Tip Shoes

Accessories:

Penguin red chambray slim tie

Kenneth Cole slim tie-clip

Charter Club plaid pocket square

Ray-Ban Wayfarers

Pocket Watch

H&M Yellow Socks

Special Thanks to:

Photographers:

Jazzie Bernabe

@jazzbernabe

Sunshine Chua

www.sisterchua.carbonmade.com

Micah Esguerra

www.micahe.carbonmade.com

JC Mangio

www.500px.com/jseeea

Pete’s Barbershop

www.petesbarbershopchicago.com

Pete’s on Facebook

@PetesBarberChi