Androgyny

Sexual ambiguity makes this type of styling work, it makes it easier to sell products as it doesn't fix a gender market. Personally I love it,  I love how masculine style can adapt to femininity, I particularly like how in society it reflects sexuality and therefore image dictates personality, wether true or not it gives persona and designers often play on this.
For example:
Denis Gagnon a canadian designer focuses on minimalist approaches rather than detailed clothing which we often associate with female clothing. This gives us the androgynous look.

Most designers bulk their clothes out, they loose the figure fitting hemlines and they chuck the fussy detail to give a more masculine approach:

Of course it goes the same way for the opposite sex-

The Rocky Horror picture show is a transgender, provocative film that suggests androgyny through sexuality.

This is probably the most extreme styles of androgyny but it highlights the principles clearly.

I think due to us looking at the Beatles and their early style, it would make sense to use more of a subtle approach and use the styling to make the female appear more feminine. for example Armani make a very good statement putting a woman in one of their male suits and styling her to look more androgynous but keeping her feminine looks by long eyelashes and sleeked hair.

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