Make no mistake. Like a lab experiment, you and I have been Pavlov-ed into accepting the new SS20 menswear collections — or should we just call them genderless collections? Have you been paying attention to the stimuli designers have been dropping in recent past collections? Male models wearing make-up with their (oh so slight) curved silhouettes, sometimes even wearing nail polish as we’ve seen last fall, and sporting heeled boots. If you have a strong fashion-game, you’ve probably even adopted one of these trends to flex on your (personal?) Instagram page, positively rewarded with likes from others. At this point, as we await our next dose, it almost seems expected that designers would send their male models to strut down the catwalk in skirts, heels, and long overcoats — I mean...dresses.
After this brief analysis of only a handful of SS20 runway shows, I think it’s safe to say that the genderless look is well represented. And, is this such a bad thing? Let us applaud the great works of the designers who are constantly paving the way to new and exciting fashion statements that speak for the times we live in. Perhaps a genderless society is just what we need. Maybe the acceptance of the LGBT community has broadened the wardrobes of men who aren’t forced to portray the stereotypical idea of a man anymore.
All of this makes me wonder... what’s in store for women?
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