FASHION AND RISE OF GENDER-FLUID CLOTHING

In layman’s language according to me fashion is a form of communication. It is like storytelling with a story full of fabulous colour combinations,patterns,silhouettes and most importantly self-expression.It is what you want people to see and get meaning out of it,what you want to tell through your clothes.Even people who say they don’t care what they wear choose clothes every morning that says a lot about them and how they feel that day. So it is nothing but a joy of wearing something that makes you feel beautiful or in control.

How important is fashion in our society?

Throughout the ages fashion has been an integral part of our society and culture.As the human world developed so did the practice of clothing and what people developed out of different materials to wear.Fashion has now become a new way of creating different perceptions in the minds of the audience thus bringing out various social issues into the limelight.Young designers consider it important to change the social mindsets of the people through their collections mainly the ones that are showcased on the ramp where adrogynous or gender-fluid collections can be one such example.

Infact not just young designers but if we look back into some of the key moments of famous designers such as Coco Chanel,she has played a major role in revolutionizing the way women would wear their garments.thus,helping them say goodbye to the days of corsets and other confining garments and offering them comfortable sailor shirts and wider-leg pants instead and all of these designs were nothing but a borrowing element of menswear.

Also 1920s saw another path breaking trend set by the trailblazer Coco Chanel -the little black dress.No one could have ever thought that black,a colour generally associated with mourning in different cultures could be soo chic for evening wear.

How has gender-neutrality in fashion changed the perspective of men and women?

It is only recently that gender-neutral fashion has come out to become a really popular trend these days. Unless otherwise nowadays the upcoming young men and women are much more aware about what they should wear and seek mainly comfort in style in whatever they wear.This is the reason why women these days don’t mind stealing styles from men’s wardrobe and vice-versa. This is how actually boyfriend jeans also became so popular because it was meant for women taking inspiration from menswear.

After observing that the society now wants to liberate themselves from the categorization of masculine and feminine in dresses,the designers also started taking it as an opportunity to create something different and experimental and that is when they came up with the idea of Adrogyny fashion.Often involving basic,boxy and conceptual pieces in a wider range of sizes to canvas a larger number of bodies,the gender neutral fashion movement signals easier dressing for all and more room for self-expression,where wearers are not bound by gender constraints.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1) Develop your own unique way of styling your outfits.Adopt trends in a way that make you feel ‘you’ and comfortable.

2)You can pick up boxy and comfortable dress and use belts to give it a feminine look at the waist or leave it like that and even pair it with sneakers for a casual and trendy spring/summer outfit specially when staying at home in these pandemic days.

3) Do not hesitate to experiment.

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