VP 2019-07 DARREN ESPANTO DIGITAL

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28 | VILLAGE PIPOL MNP @villagepipol
Recent years have witnessed a groundbreaking turn of events as labels welcome androgyny into their fold. Even Rei Kawakubo’s Comme De Garcons means “like a boy”. True enough, her Paris Fashion Week S/S 2020 screams unconventionality with men in skirts, dresses, and bloused sleeves. Alessandro Michele of Gucci and Miuccia of Prada opened such gates as well back in 2017. Although, is going beyond tradition and norms enough? Better yet, have we not mistaken it with crossdressing? The nuances of these terminologies often get confused and conflated, which is why it needs to be distinguished. How we define our style as androgynous might have misled us at some point. Apparently, it has been rather outdated considering how women have worn trousers for so long that it just doesn’t count anymore. Unisex, instead, would be an appropriate word. Moreover, technically-speaking, androgynous refers to how we meld or mute gender-specific apparel. As a result, it eliminates ‘reading’ of a person’s sex. What they wear would have nothing to say on the matter of gender or sexual roles. Simply put, how your aesthetic does not resemble both genders so much as resembling neither. On the other hand, let’s not forget how it is easier for women to take down the walls of exclusions as compared to men. At worst, the norm’s tacit approval of empowerment is considered an improvement. Freeing up men to be more fluid stands as a different hurdle on its own. This is seen to be rather demeaning and ridiculous (misogyny). In the end, clothing might prove as a matter of what genders share and what they take away from each other. Still, whether it’s androgyny, drag, or unisex? What we all crave for lies not in the subject of nomenclature but the lack thereof. Our creativity should lean closer to our identity without any specificity—as fashion should be. TRAVEL• LIFESTYLE• ENTERTAINMENT www.villagepipol.com | 29
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