Posted on 06/17/2018 12:09:46 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Western fashions traditionally strict gender delineations have been gathering criticism for some time. Its come up often in our geek-specific spheres specifically in regard to childrens fashion and fandom-based merchandise, but as a recent article from Mic explores, mainstream fashion has its own struggles with ideas of de-gendering clothing.
A few years ago, Zara released a gender-neutral line of clothing. In theory, it was a great step forward for inclusivity of nonbinary and nonconforming people as well as anyone else looking to get away from established gender norms. In reality, though, the line was essentially just male-coded clothing in drab, neutral-palette colors. Not only did ungendered really just mean re-labelled menswear, but the clothing was far from inclusive of different body types. Instead, it was the kind of baggy clothing that really only feels flattering to the tall, lanky models in the stores advertising
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“Western fashions traditionally strict gender delineations have been gathering criticism for some time.”
Yes, when the opening salvo of the wacky opinion piece is this strongly worded, and the world goes, “Huh?” then you know the whole thing is half-baked schlock.
“The Wilson”
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