Gender Free Clothing and its Future | Fibre2Fashion
- 4 years ago
The concept of gender-free clothing is nothing new; modern-day unisex clothing took roots during the Victorian era. But today, it is a market segment in itself, writes Paulami Chatterjee
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The concept
Gender-neutral clothing, LGBTQ fashion, gender-fluid clothing, and of course gender-free clothing—the terms are rather loosely used and are not exact synonyms of one another. Yet, one single thread runs through all of them: like the clothing preferences of the hippie movement, they do not conform to traditional notions.
Fashion shows
The latest seasons have seen luxury brands like Gucci, Saint Laurent and Haider Ackerman combining menswear and womenswear runway shows. Others, such as Proenza Schouler and Rodarte, have started showing women’s pre- collections or women’s ready-to-wear during the back-to-back menswear and couture calendar. Meanwhile, fast-fashion labels such as Zara started releasing ungendered collections with models of both sexes dressed in the same clothes.
The Phluid Project
The Phluid Project (TPP)—the world’s first gender-free store—was born out of its owner Rob Smith’s own queer lifestyle which he wanted to adapt to the type of clothes he would make or retail in the process creating a liberating experience for all gender-free people. At the heart of TPP’s concept is inclusion, symbolic of its name—Phluid—with an intentional ‘ph’ in place of the ‘f’ character.
Rebirth Garments
Sky Cubacub, owner of Rebirth Garments, started out as a “queer-disabled” since he was 15 years old. Cubacub first dreamt about it when he was in high school and really wanted a binder (a chest compression garment), but did not have access to one because those were either sold online and required access to digital money, or were sold in sex toy shops. So, he made a non-binary clothing line that is accessible to teens.
Gender Free World
Gender Free World’s director Lisa Honan and her partner once went shopping for shirts. Honan loved to wear shirts and was always frustrated by the availability of interesting shirts in ‘menswear’ departments which didn’t fit her, and the riot of pastel colours, pink things, frills and ruching in ‘womenswear’ departments which she didn’t want in any case. The duo sought a starting point to unpick some of the gender specific notions in clothing. Shirts was this starting point.
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The concept
Gender-neutral clothing, LGBTQ fashion, gender-fluid clothing, and of course gender-free clothing—the terms are rather loosely used and are not exact synonyms of one another. Yet, one single thread runs through all of them: like the clothing preferences of the hippie movement, they do not conform to traditional notions.
Fashion shows
The latest seasons have seen luxury brands like Gucci, Saint Laurent and Haider Ackerman combining menswear and womenswear runway shows. Others, such as Proenza Schouler and Rodarte, have started showing women’s pre- collections or women’s ready-to-wear during the back-to-back menswear and couture calendar. Meanwhile, fast-fashion labels such as Zara started releasing ungendered collections with models of both sexes dressed in the same clothes.
The Phluid Project
The Phluid Project (TPP)—the world’s first gender-free store—was born out of its owner Rob Smith’s own queer lifestyle which he wanted to adapt to the type of clothes he would make or retail in the process creating a liberating experience for all gender-free people. At the heart of TPP’s concept is inclusion, symbolic of its name—Phluid—with an intentional ‘ph’ in place of the ‘f’ character.
Rebirth Garments
Sky Cubacub, owner of Rebirth Garments, started out as a “queer-disabled” since he was 15 years old. Cubacub first dreamt about it when he was in high school and really wanted a binder (a chest compression garment), but did not have access to one because those were either sold online and required access to digital money, or were sold in sex toy shops. So, he made a non-binary clothing line that is accessible to teens.
Gender Free World
Gender Free World’s director Lisa Honan and her partner once went shopping for shirts. Honan loved to wear shirts and was always frustrated by the availability of interesting shirts in ‘menswear’ departments which didn’t fit her, and the riot of pastel colours, pink things, frills and ruching in ‘womenswear’ departments which she didn’t want in any case. The duo sought a starting point to unpick some of the gender specific notions in clothing. Shirts was this starting point.