Posted on 07/12/2015 8:44:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Fridays Washington Post hyped a new trend in fashion on the front of the Style section. The headline was His. Hers. Theirs. Whoevers. 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 mens 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 mens dress shirts and suits that look like turquoise-blue curtains, will this sell at Sears in Nebraska? Givhan knows that theres 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 wont 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.
“Deep down in their hearts I wonder how the young women feel about men.”
Not me. There’s nothing attractive about a wimp.
Is this person a former he, now a she, or just somebody playing dress up for shock value? David Bowie was heavily into this early in his career. Bowie used certain album covers that to this day, i would be too embarrassed to by retail. Even though the music was great.
Only now, do i see the header, this IS David Bowie.
LOL!
I’ve abhorred a lot of things in the past, oh 7 or so years. THIS topic is one that actually makes me queasy. Like a legit physical reaction. Not just a rise in blood pressure or feeling of righteous indignation, that’s different. The over-saturation of all things glqtb leaves me feeling physically ill at times.
It’s nothing to “celebrate.” It’s not a thing to fixate on. I’m tired of hearing about it. I want to move out of this sh!thole place some days.
Instead of “plastics” from that Dustin Hoffman movie, might I suggest “Philippines?” LOL
Touché!
Okay so I’m stumped at the meaning of your post 2ndD
Plastics=Philippines...hmmm.
Enlighten!
When double L catalog comes without separate sections for men and women.....*that’s* when I’ll build a raft and sail to Cuba. Really
The Graduate (1967)
Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?
Back in the ‘80’s, I knew a guy that was an account exec for a major rock station in SF
Got me backstage to a “Poison” concert and the after party.
I ended up talking half the night with CeCe DeVille, who was a Reagan Republican.
Then I left with some hot girl once the drugs came out.
The good old days...
How about a nice wrap-around skirt? Breezy, swing easy? Maybe a nice leather belt to accessorize? :0)
Dear Washington Post..Your attempt at gender cleansing will not work any more than the leftists attempts at historical cleansing through the burning of flags and the hoped for destruction of our monuments, buildings and streets. Putting the personal wishes of your writers in the headlines will not be like rubbing a bottle to bring out the genie. What you will bring out might be quite different as there are real people out here between the East and West Coast who do not think as you do and that includes new immigrants. Your blindness about mankind and nature just might awaken the sleeping giant out here which has not been slumbering as well lately. He might decide it is time to speak up if he can rub the sleep from his eyes.
Glad I’m a jeans/t-shirt/sneaker type - should be easy to avoid any of the emasculating “trends”.
Clothing on females?
Just try to fit a properly shaped female butt into a male pair of pants and see what happens.
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