Gender-fluid Fashion Today
2017, gender-fluid fashion has never been at its highest evolvement. The emergence and popularity of unisex clothing has helped with increasing societal awareness and acceptance of trans rights, feminism and the gay rights movement.
Trans models like Hari Nef and Andreja Pejić have all helped the evolvement of androgyny and to bend the traditional norms of masculine and feminine. As of recent, designers have embraced gender-fluidity. The evolvement towards a more androgyny outlook on the world started in the autumn of 2015: Ami’s menswear show and Gucci. Female models were seen wearing fitted suits and baggy trousers. Whilst gucci incorporated more feminin aspects to their males models, having them wear blouses and neck bows.
Furthermore, by spring 2016 gender-fluidity was arising at ready-to-wear shows. A.P.C.'s fashion consisted of a large majority of boxy cut clothing, along with featuring lots of gender-neutral colours. Whilst designer Chloé introduced intertwining sporty fashion with lace pieces. Maison Margiela used both female and male models in androgynous days of Bowie (I discussed the influence Bowie had on androgynous in the 60s in my "History of non-binary" blog post) . Gucci featured both men and women in floral print suits. Moreover, Marc Jacobs show, model Saskia De Brauw looking masculine in denim jacket and baggy trousers.
However, since 2015 and 2016 androgynous fashion has been evolving. For instance, Astrid Andersen's collection of silk, lace and florals intersected with androgyny in 2017. All these designers opening their creativity and evolving into the world of gender-fluidity has such a massive impact on positive social conformity; it leaves so much curiosity as to what fashion is evolving to, and that fashion will no longer be restrictive but expressive.