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This Is Fred launches gender-fluid collection with The Slate

Resort hotel The Slate has released a gender fluid collection with fashion label This Is Fred. The Phuket-based resort has partnered with the London label in order to produce gender fluid and urban wear, inspired by The Slate’s own architecture and design. “I discovered Fred in Shoreditch, a very creative and artistic area in East London where...

Fashion

Etro launches limited capsule in collaboration with Harris Reed

Italian brand Etro has revealed a limited-edition capsule collection in collaboration with London-based designer, Harris Reed. The line consists of silk genderless blouses created using archival fabrics, honouring Reed’s commitment to upcycling, an element consistent within their luxury brand. Two styles make up the capsule, formed with...

Fashion

Filippa K releases gender-fluid AW21 campaign with poet Kai Isaiah Jamal

Poet, activist and model Kai Isaiah Jamal stars in two new Filippa K campaigns, wearing a range of the fashion houses newest AW21 collections. In the main line, accompanied by a campaign entitled What Lies Within, from a poem written by the model, Kai is seen wearing minimal cashmere sweaters and dresses, frayed turtlenecks and oversized wool...

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5 gender neutral brands to watch

The growth of genderless and unisex fashion brands is a sign of the times that the constructs of who-wears-what is evolving. Gen Z especially has embraced wearing clothing they feel comfortable in rather than what has been designated to them based on their sex. Constructs of masculinity and femininity are shifting, blurring the lines between...

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Gender-neutral fashion: fluidity as freedom

Is gender-neutral fashion a future trend? Styles for Spring 2021 saw a growing number of major brands champion gender-fluid, unisex or polysexual fashions with Marc Jacob’s “Heaven” capsule and fluid collections from designers Balenciaga and Stella McCartney. “Marc has long been a believer that clothing itself is not inherently gendered, rather...

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What’s next for the gender fluid fashion movement?

Polysexual: someone attracted to multiple genders and identities. It is the kind of word that someone would expect to hear in a liberal arts college course on gender and sexuality studies. While there are polysexual people in the fashion industry, it’s not the buzzword that comes to mind when it comes to fashion trends. The genderless fashion...

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Equipment launches fluid collection

Gender is over, that’s cancelled. Well, it would be if French heritage brand Equipment and genderless clothing retailer The Phluid Project had the final say in it. The two companies have come together for the launch of Equipment’s fluid collection featuring a debut campaign of gender expressive, non-binary and transgender talent. Each ambassador...

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Gender is new battleground in culture wars

With a wave of films, television series and art shows championing "gender fluidity" -- and catwalks awash with "gender neutral" models and clothes -- the old dividing line between the sexes is being increasingly called into question. But as the blurring of boundaries has gone from the margins to being a progressive cause, the political...

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Gender fluidity: Fashion's new frontier

Fashion loves a trend. None more so than magazines and publications who expertly curate the must-have pieces on their pages each season, which swiftly filters down to the high street retailers who expertly merchandise the must-have items within their stores. I recall one winter when grey outerwear, specifically coats, was the only coat...