high femme
Maximalist feminine aesthetic
High femme describes a queer woman or feminine person who embraces an intensified, deliberate femininity—think dramatic makeup, heels, vintage glamour.
Unlike conventional femininity performed for male approval, high femme is self-conscious and often subversive, rooted in lesbian and queer culture: She showed up in full high femme—red lipstick, cinched waist, the works.
The style reclaims femininity as strength rather than submission.
- lipstickCosmetic for coloring lips
- red lipstickPigmented cosmetic for lips
- glamourFascinating, elegant attractiveness
- heelsRaised shoe bottoms
- queerUnusual or non-normative
gender expression · glitter · lashes · vintage · pinup · elegance · pearls · manicure · diva · lingerie · satin · silk stockings · curves · red lips · cat eye · perfume · vanity · drag
high femmebutch
Masculine in manner
stud · masc · soft butch · boi · tomboy
high femmeandrogynous
Neither distinctly male nor female
butch · gender non-conforming · genderqueer · gender-neutral · agender
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