Friday, December 4, 2009

Rejecting The Gender Binary In Fashion

"Men have two arms. Women have two arms. Men have two legs. Women have two legs. Legs and arms, in both cases, are connected by a torso which is, genitals included, more or less the same. Tops must have holes for a head and two hands. Pants must have holes for feet. And so on.
So why are department stores separated in clothes for women and clothes for men? Why is there no clothes section?
Penny R. sent in links to a fun project. Kasmeneo is a guy who decided that the entire department store is for him. Accordingly, he buys and wears what he wants regardless of the section it is in. He writes:..."
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It's an old post but I just found it.

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