Posted on 08/09/2015 10:58:27 AM PDT by rickmichaels
In January, Guccis menswear runway collection was an eye-opener. It wasnt 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 womenan increasing trend in menswear shows. Models of both genderswaifish male models and boyish female models alikewere wearing silhouettes, fabrications, and items of clothing that traditionally appear in womenswear collections. Micheles deliberately ambiguous outfits featured massive pussycat bow blouses, shrunken jackets, and low-slung, wide-leg trouserson willowy models with matching soft features and lengthy, undone hair.
And just like that, this change in creative direction became symbolic of an industrywide trendand Michele the movements unofficial leader. A shift toward androgyny has been building over the past two years, and with Guccis new experimental take, it has hit its stride. (Its 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 2015up 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 designerssuch as Rick Owens and J.W. Andersonthis theme of gender-neutral dress has been reimagined.
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“Androgyny is in: Mens fashion is headed for a gender-bending moment”
Yeah right, maybe at the Castro in San Francisco.
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).
This country sickens me.
“Headed”? It’s been that way for many years now.
Well, that is some good camouflage
This is what feminists are:
Yes but, did you leave the hair on your chest?
Bring back the Klinger Collection. I would recommend all the clothes designer homosexuals Section 8’s.
Puffy shirts for all.
Those guys would get beat up if they come struttin’ it around here.
I don’t wear fashion.
I wear cargo pants and fishing shirts with giant pockets.
What can you carry around wearing fashions?
Androgynous, anemic, flat affect...crochet shorts...
A sartorial revolution is dawning.
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.
I know I sure didn’t notice anything else in the photo.
No hips ... boyish.
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