Shane Ave at dapperQ: Showcasing Queer Suiting at New York Fashion Week

In September 2019, Shane Ave was invited to showcase our made-to-measure suits at dapperQ — the acclaimed LGBTIQ runway fashion show held at the Brooklyn Museum, timed to coincide with New York Fashion Week (NYFW).

What Is dapperQ?

dapperQ is widely recognised as one of the largest queer fashion showcases in the world, staged annually inside the Brooklyn Museum's monumental Beaux-Arts Court. The event brings together queer, trans, and non-binary designers and models for a night of runway fashion that celebrates identity, self-expression, and community — a fitting stage for a brand built on exactly those values.

Shane Ave on the Runway

Sharing a runway with some of the most respected names in queer fashion gave Shane Ave the chance to showcase our androgynous, gender-neutral suiting to a global fashion audience during one of the industry's biggest weeks. It was an opportunity to put made-to-measure, gender-inclusive tailoring directly in front of the community it's designed for — proof that formalwear can be genuinely built around the individual, not a binary size chart.

Why Events Like dapperQ Matter

Showcases like dapperQ do more than put clothes on a runway — they carve out space within mainstream fashion weeks for queer designers and gender-inclusive fashion to be seen on their own terms. For Shane Ave, being part of that lineup in the heart of New York Fashion Week was both an honour and a reflection of the brand's mission: to shake up formal fashion and make tailored suiting accessible to everyone, regardless of gender.