Androgynous Fashion for 2015 | Fashion

Androgynous fashion. I’m a sucker for it. It’s not quite masculine, yet not quite feminine. It just lingers in between, drawing you closer with its mystery. It takes two extremes of stereotypical masculinity and femininity and brings them crashing together to create this heart-melting look that throws the middle-finger up to strict gender categories. The ambiguity is dreamy. It’s a look that I’m constantly lusting after.

Ruby Rose is the name on everyone’s lips, right now. She’s been in the fashion and acting industry for a long time. But with her recent appearance on everyone’s favourite Netflix show OITNB, she’s stolen quite a few hearts in the meantime. Ruby Rose is gender fluid, a gentle reminder that you don’t need to be ‘gender-defined’. Last year, she released an empowering short film, Break Free, to bring attention to gender identity. I wholeheartedly hope that this stronger awareness of gender identity is the start of something new, where the archaic beliefs are thrown away and we stop constraining people into these ‘idealistic’ views. Androgony is nothing new, it stretches waaay back to 360 BCE and Plato’s Symposium. But I feel that the world is becoming more accepting. It’s learning to break down rigid gender definitions and embrace andrognes.

For me, androgonous fashion can be a masculine-inspired black duster coat with an oversized shirt, leggings and penny-loafers. Or it can be something as simple as ankle-grazing denim jeans, t-shirt and trainers. It can trench coats or oversized waterfall jackets over boho dresses. It can be patterned cigarette trousers and a shirt. It’s chic comme des garçons. It's the outfit I put together above. Though, that outfit isn't quite appropriate for these high-temp summer days right now. My love for black and layers really does work against me during summer, oops! Despite my poor weather (in)appropriate fashion choices, I’m hoping to see a rise in agender fashion. And even if I don’t, I’ll be sporting it anyway.

It’s prominence in pop culture and fashion is ever-growing. This look emphasises the deep connection that lies the masculinity and femininity. It highlights that the two can be fluid and it’s time to move on from the traditional gender definitions. It’s a look that interweaves boldness and subtly and one that I adore. It’s fair to say that Androgonous fashion isn’t clear-cut. It’s not really what you wear. It’s more about how you wear it.