CYNTHIA SUMMERS. Η ΕΝΔΥΜΑΤΟΛΟΓΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΣΕΙΡΑΣ "THE L WORD"

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Dressing Shane: "L Word" fashion
Josh Tager (gay.com)
When Cynthia Summers, the stylist for "The L Word”, was called on to dress the cast for the seminal show, she faced an enormous challenge. How would she handle reductive lesbian fashion stereotypes and the inevitable criticism from every person who watches the show and thinks: "That's not what I look like!"

The reality is, lesbian fashion usually is discussed in stereotypes. There's the butch: husky jeans, T-shirt, blunt haircut and blue-collar work jacket. There's the lipstick lesbian: long, styled hair, makeup and a combination of pretty dresses and power suits. The sporty dyke: athletic wear, from sneakers to track jackets. And there's the granola lesbian: hemp fabrics dyed with organic earth tones, necklaces made with symbolic stones, Birkenstocks (often with socks) and lots of fragrant patchouli oil.

These are generalizations, of course, and there are countless more subgenres. But society loves its generalizations. Whether "The L Word" accurately captures its characters' niche -- the world of Los Angeles lesbians -- or is blasphemous for its failure to portray every single permutation of lesbian style in every episode, it successfully brings to the fore discussions of identity and representation on television.

Summers sat down to chat with us about her work on the show, lesbian archetypes, criticism from fans and dressing Shane.

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