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Androgyny is in: Men’s fashion is headed for a gender-bending moment
National Post ^ | August 7, 2015 | Nic Screws

Posted on 08/09/2015 10:58:27 AM PDT by rickmichaels

In January, Gucci’s menswear runway collection was an eye-opener. It wasn’t because the brand had just fired its nearly decadelong creative director Frida Giannini in December, or even because new designer Alessandro Michele had pulled the clothing together in less than a week in his new role.

It was because the men on the runway looked … like women.

In fact, some of them were women—an increasing trend in menswear shows. Models of both genders—waifish male models and boyish female models alike—were wearing silhouettes, fabrications, and items of clothing that traditionally appear in womenswear collections. Michele’s deliberately ambiguous outfits featured massive pussycat bow blouses, shrunken jackets, and low-slung, wide-leg trousers—on willowy models with matching soft features and lengthy, undone hair.

And just like that, this change in creative direction became symbolic of an industrywide trend—and Michele the movement’s unofficial leader. A shift toward androgyny has been building over the past two years, and with Gucci’s new experimental take, it has hit its stride. (It’s worth noting that the recently slumping Gucci just reported its first sales growth in two years, a 4.6 percent increase for the second quarter of 2015—up from a 7.9 percent decrease in the first quarter.)

Gender-bending is nothing new in fashion or pop culture. But in large-scale, high-end fashion, the theme has not been conveyed as loudly or as frequently since, well, a young Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and Marc Bolan toyed with feminized looks in the late 1960s. But today, thanks to a troupe of contemporary designers—such as Rick Owens and J.W. Anderson—this theme of gender-neutral dress has been reimagined.

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That is the author's real name, apparently.
1 posted on 08/09/2015 10:58:27 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

“Androgyny is in: Men’s fashion is headed for a gender-bending moment”

Yeah right, maybe at the Castro in San Francisco.


2 posted on 08/09/2015 11:00:55 AM PDT by aquila48
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In January, Gucci’s menswear runway collection was an eye-opener.

It's funny that the article author thinks that any measurable percentage of American men take their fashion cues from the Gucci menswear runway collection.
3 posted on 08/09/2015 11:01:22 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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4 posted on 08/09/2015 11:01:38 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: rickmichaels

Men’s fashion is largely a myth. 95% of all men wear the same things they’ve always worn, with only slight modifications. Suits don’t change all that much and on the weekend we all wear jeans and t-shirts (sweatshirts if it’s cool enough).


5 posted on 08/09/2015 11:03:23 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (Obama loves America the way OJ loved Nicole)
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6 posted on 08/09/2015 11:04:36 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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Not me. I wear boots, 5.11 cargo pants, and button-down shirts. None of this beta-male crap for me.

This country sickens me.

7 posted on 08/09/2015 11:05:16 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (AMERICA IS DONE! When can we start over?)
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“Headed”? It’s been that way for many years now.


8 posted on 08/09/2015 11:05:56 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Well, that is some good camouflage


9 posted on 08/09/2015 11:07:22 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: rickmichaels
This is what feminists want:

This is what feminists are:


10 posted on 08/09/2015 11:10:39 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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Yes but, did you leave the hair on your chest?


11 posted on 08/09/2015 11:10:46 AM PDT by donna (Pray for Revival.)
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Bring back the Klinger Collection. I would recommend all the clothes designer homosexuals Section 8’s.


12 posted on 08/09/2015 11:11:26 AM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: rickmichaels

Puffy shirts for all.


13 posted on 08/09/2015 11:15:20 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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Those guys would get beat up if they come struttin’ it around here.


14 posted on 08/09/2015 11:16:52 AM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: rickmichaels

I don’t wear fashion.

I wear cargo pants and fishing shirts with giant pockets.
What can you carry around wearing fashions?


15 posted on 08/09/2015 11:22:24 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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I want that:


16 posted on 08/09/2015 11:22:44 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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Androgynous, anemic, flat affect...crochet shorts...

A sartorial revolution is dawning.


17 posted on 08/09/2015 11:26:52 AM PDT by heartwood
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Eh, whatever,
Men used to wear powdered wig w ponytails tied with ribbon, ruffle shirts with lace cuffs, stockings showing off their calf muscles ... and these were the tough guys who started our Revolution.

Fashion comes and goes.


18 posted on 08/09/2015 11:28:21 AM PDT by Lorianne
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I know I sure didn’t notice anything else in the photo.


19 posted on 08/09/2015 11:29:13 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: rickmichaels

No hips ... boyish.


20 posted on 08/09/2015 11:29:16 AM PDT by Lorianne
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