Androgyny was always a concept I embraced in Fashion. When Yves Saint Laurent made a whole show about women of strength, materialized the whole deal for me.
However until earlier this morning I never thought what the reason for androgyny being so widely embraced in the business world. I realized that men were always considered the stronger of the two and women were “emotional” and in order to match the two or at least create an image of equality women had to conform to a manly façade. “Look the part” they say. Women for centuries were subjected to this ideal, and whenever one of them went against that ideology, they were labeled as “butches”. The term butch, doesn’t necessarily refer to a lesbian with manly characteristics, it’s a woman taking on a manly image.
Today, we embrace androgyny like New York’s polluted air. However whether your androgynous characteristics is to be accepted in the business world or just to show variety in your fashion sense; androgyny is the sexiest concept ever to grace the Fashion World.
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