Girls Can Be Boys…But Should They?
Every so often we come across an article that makes us scratch our heads and go, “What?” Such was the case with “What is Your Fashion Sex?” a recent piece in the Times of London. Dressing for your shape, we get. Dressing for your age, okay. But dressing for your sex?
According to writer Shane Watson, there have recently been a spate of sex-offending examples of forced cross-dressing.
As evidence she offers up Kristen Stewart’s recent appearance at an event looking “deeply uncomfortable, because (why else was she cast as Bella in Twilight?) she’s a tomboy through and through, and what she was wearing clashed with her natural urge to look a bit rough, undone, cool and … boyish.” Funny, we thought that was just how she always looked but anyways, an interesting point, especially with fashion’s increasing androgyny, borrowed from the boys’ bend.
The trouble though, is that what our dear Watson sees as non-negotiable — what she calls your “fashion sex” — is actually quite. We know plenty of self-professed girly-girls who’ve been opting to anchor their flirty florals with a pair of man-ish brogues and conversely ample androgynes who can look altogether feminine (and not a bid awkward) if the occasion (or mood) calls. In fact, such a strict dichotomy seems sort of passe in light of a spring that included everything from football-shaped handbags to lace, ruffles and clogs.
Our verdict: when it comes to dressing, mix it up. Dressed up, down or otherwise, it’s not really about what you wear but how you wear it. If you don’t believe us, take a cue from The Kaiser who recently captured a traditionally feminine Diane Kruger for the April issue of German Vogue in suits, ties, top hats, and mean pompadour or, better yet, from John Galliano who in an interview with British Vogue said, ”Style is wearing an evening dress to McDonalds, wearing heels to play football. It is personality, confidence and seduction.”
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Diane Keaton pulled it off beautifully in Annie Hall. She could dress in male type clothing, but still polished it off with a feminine touch.