b'PROFESSIONAL PROFILEClothes Make By Anna-Liza BadalooManthe Patricia Trpanier breaks new groundas a successful lesbian stylist helpingmen hit the wardrobe reset button W hile shows like Queer Eye fordefying expectations as a lesbian stylist forand my mom had to make me cargo army the Straight Guy cemented themen. Im pretty unusual, she laughs. Somepants. In elementary school I always shopped long-held view that gay mensay Im a real character!at boys stores. have a sixth sense for fashion and styleallThe reality is that this fashion dynamoTrpaniers father was also a strong five of the shows queer experts were menhas brought a fresh perspective to the citysfashion influence. Despite working inPatricia Trpanier has turned that clichstyle scene, and its a perspective that hasthe less-than-glamourous transportation straight-up on its head. given her a unique competitive edge. I haveindustry, his personal style did not go While she may be gay, shes certainlya better understanding of mens fashionunnoticed. My dad was a very proud man; no man, yet Trpaniers foray into thebecause Im not a man, explains Trpanier.he always dressed nicely. Up until five or six rarified world of fashion and style hasStylists that are the same gender as theiryears ago, I never saw him in jeans! laughs been a smashing success. She is now oneclients tend to dress them in their own style.Trpanier. He would always wear trousers of Montreals hottest personal stylists forI have to listen more closely to my clients andand a collared shirt, even on the weekend. He men, running her own thriving fashionunderstand the male body type better. I cantwas not a casual type of man, and I always consultancy with around 500 clients. Shetry on the clothes myself, so I have to measureadmired that. regularly appears on local TV, where sheeverything to make sure it fits properly. ItsTrpanier would often help him with his dishes on mens clothes and style, and hasreally about loving the male aesthetic. clothing purchases. Growing up I was always become a familiar face at trendy openingsgoing into stores with him, or I would go buy with her own signature look, complete withEARLY START him pants so that he wouldnt have to go on fedora and gloriously long, luscious locks. That love for the male aesthetic began inhis own, she explains. Although gay men are still frequentlyTrpaniers youth. I was such a tomboy, sheMeanwhile her mother, who sewed associated with female fashion, Trpanier isrecalls. I would play war with my brothers,many of the familys clothes, gave Trpanier 20| QBiz CANADA | Issue 2 2021'