In the world of fashion today, gender isn’t an issue when it comes to lines, colors, and overall trends. Androgyny in fashion is creating a blurring of gender and is changing codes of conduct in the metamorphosis of fashion.
Today women are wearing "boyfriend jeans", last year we saw "the boyfriend blazer" (PS AND FYI I HATE THAT THOSE "TRENDS" HAD TO ATTACH THE WORD BOYFRIEND TO THEM... SO NOT A GOOD LOOK- WE ARE IN 2011... NOT THE 1800s!!!!}, oversized sweaters, slouchy biker jackets, blazers, oxford lace-ups, and monotone colors...
While men have began to wear skin-tight jeans (some even wear leggings), long feminine cardis, and low draping V-neck tees.
Today, the generation of fashion accepts anything out-of-the box and innovatively different. Today if a line or item of clothing is perfectly constructed it shouldn’t matter what sex it is for. This ambiguity is seen constantly in high fashion, advertisements, on the street corners of every urban city, and is so prevalent in our pop culture today.
My best friend Jp and I have literally been sharing a closet for over 2 years now... I'll wear a super thin shredded white v-neck I keep the large holes together with just some safety pins and strategically sewn corners (very Sid Vicious of me... meow!) paired with some leather style leggings and my leopard booties, and Jp will wear it on stage the next night performing with his amazing band (and my bad ass clients!! "Vains of Jenna"!!) on stage with his skinny jeans and combat boots (which we hunted for a pair identical to my favorite pair at the flea market... so rad)
Fashion is an every-changing roller-coaster, and we haven’t seen this sartorial gender blending for almost forty years. More and more designers are creating unisex lines, for instance; Chloe Sevingny for Opening Ceremony created unisex leopard cardis that flew off the shelves, bought by both men and women. American Apparel and Urban outfitters carry unisex clothing and jewelry. Emma Watson and her male counterpart in the latest Burberry ads are wearing trenches that look like they could be worn by either sex.
This new gender bender is letting true fashion monsters like myself pave the way for people to break the rules... like Chanel put women in pants... who knew I could start putting boys in my own clothes? watch out little big world... this teacup fashion monster says it's time for a change in what was once seen as a dichotomy... is now accepted as the new direction in the world of fashion...
A lovely taste of Androgyny? yes please... with a vodka tonic!
xo
*bella*
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