Many of these clothing choices had to do with a person’s social or economic status. For example, Chinese peasants could be punished for wearing silk kimonos, so they dressed in pants instead. Fashion has changed in recent years, and it’s definitely not because we’ve become more open-minded about gender identities. The development of gender identity is a social construct with garment and fashion being two factors of this configuration. Even fashion should be considered as part of the social processes of discrimination, namely the reproduction of hierarchy's position and prestige in a deeply unequal society.
Over recent seasons, conversations around gender have permeated the fashion industry; binaries have been queered on runways. There is a new, mainstream understanding of the performativity of gender and its construction by society – but this subversion of stereotypes is actually nothing new at all.
This gender-neutral brand is designed by Fabio Costa, who was the runner-up of “Project Runway”.His clothing line uses androgynous forms and shapes in its artisanal pieces, which he’s separated into different collections.
This non-gender, non-demographic clothing line makes all of its own clothes in Los Angeles.They’re well known for their roomy one-pieces, as well as their denim staples.
The upshot: more choice, and not just for risk-takers on fashion's cutting edge. Regular guys—"of all ages and body types," says Ossendrijver—are shopping with newfound freedom. Function and individuality are now more important than a uniform idea of what's conventionally appropriate.