Handsome in Pink

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Handsome in Pink is a clothing line for children (and adults) which rejects colour and gender stereotypes:

“We are an eco-friendly, mom-owned children’s clothing store that got fed up by the lack of choice in clothing options for our daughters and sons. In 2007, we decided to do something about it and have been turning gender stereotypes upside down ever since. We believe pink can be masculine, blue can be feminine, and everyone should feel empowered by what they wear.”

More at handsomeinpink.com

ThreadBare, a gender-neutral thrift shop

(photo credit: Zach Baker, http://www.themaneater.com)

“After one year and two months of preparation, ThreadBare, a gender-neutral clothing consignment store, opened on the main floor of the [University of Missouri} Student Center on Aug. 26.

ThreadBare is a part of the Missouri Student Unions Entrepreneurial Program. This program allows students to compete for a rent-free space in the Student Center to conduct their business in for one year.

ThreadBare’s four founders, Zach Bine, Allison Fitts, Kyle Gunby and Gabriel Riekhof, hope their new business will not only be profitable but also change society views gender identity.

“Realistically, our physical bodies aren’t always our mental bodies,” Chief Marketing Officer Gunby said. “We have our own identities and we assign those things to ourselves based on how we feel since birth. Clothing was one of those things that we can do in a business model that is plausible while at the same time still attacking gender stereotypes and stigmas.””

Read more at themaneater.com

Agender Fashion: Trend or Movement

Is Agender Fashion a Trend, or a Movement?

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Alok Vaid-Menon: “I get told a lot of times that I’m ‘brave’ for dressing the way that I am … Actually, that’s the logic that kills trans women and trans-feminine people because it makes the onus of being brave upon us and not the society to redefine your gender mark. How peculiar a world is it that what we wear has such politics that it could mean that you could be killed for what you’re wearing? … I want to talk about that as a fashion issue because trans women are being murdered because they don’t fit into your conventional idea of what a dress looks like.”

More from the round table discussion, “Peopleswear: The Changing State of Gender in Fashion” at nymag.com

You Do You

image: Jae Eun Seok/YDY

Founded by CEO and editor-in-chief Kristiina Wilson, www.you-do-you.com is a new fashion website focusing on unisex fashion design, agender model spotlights and features designers whose designs are not constricted by the gender binary. You can also follow them on Instagram at https://instagram.com/you.do.u/ 

More at Style.Mic

Support Gender Non-Conformist Clothing Brands

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7 Gender Non Conformist & Gender Neutral Clothing Brands To Support Right Now

“While the New York Times described NYFW as “the great gender blur” in Feb. 2015, gender neutral and gender non-conformist clothing options are not just a runway fashion trend. These options are necessary. So I wanted to celebrate a few of the brands that don’t conform to the binary and that are unafraid of flying outside conventional fashion industry norms…”

More at Bustle

A behind the scenes look at Ruby Rose’s transformative video.

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Androgyny vs. Gender Fluidity

Gender Fluid: Ezra Miller

Androgynous: Grace Jones

“Androgyny is different to Gender Fluidity because Androgyny describes an aesthetic[…] Gender Fluidity is different to Androgyny because it is a means of self-identification.”

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Genderbent

Credit: Dusti Cunningham

A Photographer Provides an Inside Look at the Stunning World of the Gender Non-Conforming

“Genderbent is the product of photographer Dusti Cunningham, who was approached by trans activist Jacob Rostovsky to begin the series. “As a transman and trans activist, [Rostovsky] has dealt with the issue of gender a lot. I’ve always been fascinated with the issues surrounding gender, and how its rules dictate our society,” Cunningham told Mic. “Gender, and the words used describing it, have lately been a hot topic. I’ve seen arguments online and heard discussions at gatherings about the policing of these words. Historically the trans and gender nonconforming communities have been mostly hidden from the average public’s sight. That is quickly changing, with mainstream media showing an interest. I want this project to offer a view the mainstream won’t. Hopefully it will answer many questions and give a better understanding of the culture…”

More at mic.com