An agender agenda? : menswear by designer Hermione Flynn

01 Friday Jul 2016

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Agender fashion:

clothing designed, styled, defined as representative of gender fluidity-

pieces which look beautiful on both the male and female form.

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New Zealand designer

Hermione Flynn

created pieces for a menswear collection,

which evoke a strong attitude of gender non-specific fashion:

effortless, uncomplicated, universal.

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Not he or she

but a ‘fashion we’

designs by Hermione Flynn

(images from notjustalabel.com)

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(images from the unconventional.co.uk)

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The Night Flowers: Damien Frost’s photographic portraits of London’s nocturnals

26 Sunday Jun 2016

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Fashion-speak

is a living language

ever evolving to describe

au courant style images.

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And the word is

night flowers

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Night flowers (n.)

is a term of self – description

used by participants in London’s underground club scene.

Theirs is a world of the extraordinary-

alternatives in music, extreme street-style fashion, non-conformist lifetstyle:

a pronounced mode of self-expression and individuality.

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‘Styled after dark’

photographic portraits by Damien Frost

(image from slate.com)

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(image from the herald.com.au)

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(image from mjournal.com)

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Reflection of the photographer, Damien Frost

in the face mirror accessory of the wearer

(image from theherald.co.au)

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(image from tumblr)

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For additional imagery of London’s ‘night-flowers’

have a glance through a captivating book,

authored by photographer Damien Frost-

Night Flowers: Avant Garde to Extreme Haute Couture.

The book features over 300 portraits of those who ‘blossom’ after dark-

during the mid-night hour.

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Fashion – speak: and the word is ‘hairdrogyny’

27 Saturday Feb 2016

Posted by meappropriatestyle in agender fashion, fashion fluid, fashion words / phrases, fashionspeak..., gender neutrality, gender non-specific fashion, hair fashion, hairstyles

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Fashion-speak is a living language,

ever evolving to better describe

dress images presented

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And the word is

hairdrogyny

hair’dro’gy’ny (n)

1. as referenced from InStyle magazine, March 2016-

hairdrogyny is part of an emerging, positive societal attitude of

gender fluidity

2. hair fashion no longer defined by gender:

“buzz cuts” for women

“man-buns” for men

3. a perspective of non-gender specificity

Related words / terms:

agender

gender neutral

skivvy

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Ladies: the buzz-cut

(top to bottom: images from stylesweekly.com,

thebeautyinsiders.com, hairstyles.com)

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Men: the man-bun

(top to bottom: images from dailylife.com.au, thenytimes.com,

theguardian.com)

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Fashion-speak: dictionary entry, and the term is ‘fashion fluid’

08 Wednesday Jul 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in fashion fluid, fashion fun, fashion words / phrases, fashionspeak..., free to be me, gender non-specific fashion, gender-less fashon

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Fashion – speak is a living language,

ever evolving to better describe

dress images presented

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And the term is

fashion fluid

as introduced and defined by meappropriatestyle

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fash’ion flu’id (n.) and (adj.) usage

(1) a term to connote an uninhibited expression of dress and styling

(2) a sartorial mix and match, which presents a contradiction

to the norm, to the expected –

this could be of subtle or dramatic impact

(3) a ‘free to be me’ dress / styling attitude in all permutations

(4) in keeping with the emergence of current acknowledgement / acceptance

of distinction in gender fluid, racial fluid, cultural fluid, (etc.) statuses

Synonymical relationship: agender, gender-less fashion, gender neutral fashion

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Fashion Fluid Flair

Off – runway

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(Off- runway photos: the trendspotter, Tommy Ton,

the urbanspotter, before sunrise)

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On – runway

JW Anderson

s / s 2016

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(On – runway images: style.com)

Favlook – Lookfav Focus: Men’s short trouser suiting, suited for all ages

07 Tuesday Jul 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in age neutral, fashion fluid, gender neutrality, gender non-specific fashion, gender-less fashon, men's jackets/blazers, men's suiting, men's suits, menswear

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Short trouser suiting is pure gender nonspecific fashion:

a fluid style statement, and yes-

this fluency also translates into an age – neutral sartorial flair.

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Favlook – Lookfav Focus

Fashion fluid

Men’s short trouser suiting … ageless!

Off – runway

(image from styletv.com):

Nick Wooster

short trouser suiting showman

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(photos from the trendspotter):

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On – runway

(image from style.com):

from Moncler Gamme Bleu

by designer, Thom Browne

Sporting chaps

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