Posted on 07/12/2015 8:44:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Friday’s Washington Post hyped a new trend in fashion on the front of the Style section. The headline was “His. Hers. Theirs. Whoever’s. In an increasingly genderless fashion industry, if the blouse fits, wear it.” Fashion writer Robin Givhan championed designers who are asking “Why are clothes assigned a gender at all?” The story began:
The end of gender is near.
Menswear designers are on a mission to eradicate it. Some are going full bore, wielding lace shirts and floppy, grandma blouses like cultural grenades. Others are taking a stealth approach, quietly chiseling away the boundaries between masculinity and femininity through non-traditional retail, models and silhouettes.
...And when New York hosts its first men’s fashion season in recent memory next week, one can only expect more of the same. The over-arching message: Gender is a mood, a metaphor, an anachronism.
That might seem true on a runway in New York or Paris or Milan. But to look at lacy men’s dress shirts and suits that look like turquoise-blue curtains, will this sell at Sears in Nebraska? Givhan knows that there’s a limit to what men (and women who love some machismo) would accept. But she kept shaking the pom-poms:
This determination to eradicate gender, however, is broader than ever, with significant establishment heft behind it. The push is coming from corporate-owned design houses, publicly traded companies, major department stores and even IT wonks.
She admitted “Almost certainly, every idea won’t endure. But menswear will have moved forward — ever farther away from the oppressive confines of gray, Glen plaid and button-downs.” These days, what can seem oppressive is the “progressive” itch to blow gender distinctions to bits.
The end of the Washington Post is near.
Does that mean no more feminism?
This will certainly solve all of humanitys problems. I can’t believe we or someone didn’t come up with it years ago. We’re lucky to have such incredible genius at our disposal, coming up as they do with the solutions for our problems like this.
Take a look at fashion through history. This is nothing new, just changing styles. You won’t catch me in a dress though....
The devolvement of society continues........
I wonder if they ever stop to count the number of people who are following them in their march to the loony bin.
If gender is ending then I guess we will be back to just having two sexes. Lots of worthless college degrees will be obsolete too.
Thank God I’m old and will be out of here soon.
I like men that act and dress like men and believe women should act and dress like women.
There ARE differences and the damned PC crowd can’t change that fact.
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Now you’ve done it.
There will be pictures of Scotsmen.
Every once in a while I feel fortunate I don’t have much time left then I think of my granddaughter, daughter and SIL.
Yes, everyone can now wear jogging suits and spandex.
Oh wait a minute, they do already.
Is the place worth burning down?
The end of the Washington Post is near.
LOL! Great Timing :)
back in the 80s women wore mannish suits now the maxi dress is popular. What does that mean for women’s fashion, the end of feminism as women are covering their legs!
Sure... the end of gender will arrive just as soon as humans evolve generic germ cells that cannot be classified as “sperm” or “ova.” Oh, and those pesky X and Y chromosomes will disappear, too, replaced by Z chromosomes.
Sorry, WAPO idiots... you can’t make physical law disappear just because you want it to disappear. The real world just doesn’t work that way.
You might catch ME in a dress, but my immediate ancestors were "The Ladies From Hell"...
Women shouldn't be wearing clothes in the first place.
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