Gender?



What is GENDER?

Historically people have been put in 'boxes' in terms of what clothing is considered acceptable for society.
Males would typically be seen wearing a suit, women shown in skirts with frills, ruffles and so much more. This is ok for some people in the world, but for trans and non binary its hard to choose clothes from selections that don't represent you.

I've created a 'gender' moodboard. On this I've chosen images to represent typical male and female clothing. Male in suits, shirts and formal uniform. For the female side I've chosen colours and frills that were more seen as female. I've chosen to use, also typical, gender colours of pink and blue.
My next step is to alternate between stereotypical ideals representing the two genders and find ways to mix them.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Design Three

Image
Design Three When I thought about gender fluid fashion and that not every man would be comfortable wearing a skirt unless it was of course a kilt. I then thought about a skort so this is my idea to start it being comfortable for everyone to be ok weather it be trousers, dress or skirt. I will look into this more as I grow as a designer  I added a shirt with pointed shoulders then for fun a tongue and eyes tie. 
Read more

Final piece

Image
Final Project  A few pictures of my final piece. The mesh is screen printed. I designed this so the mesh could be detached and reattached when needed.   "Monsters In The Wardrobe" This piece is made from fabric and utilises screen printing and felting techniques. The piece is a response to my children's experiences of gender non conformity. I have a trans gender child and a non-binary child. Both children have had terrible and negative experiences regarding their gender identity and the clothing conformities which are pervasive in society. Having to dress in clothing which defines them as a gender they do not feel they are becomes traumatic and eventually the clothing in the wardrobe became monsters to them. The piece explores the idea of owning the problems that haunt you and turning weakness into power.   Gender specific silhouettes and colour pallets were explored as this was central to removing the gender from the garment.
Read more

Design Four

Image
Design Four This design is a long jumper that has long tentacle arms with eyes all over them. It would then have large screen printed lips on the front. I passed on this design because again it might look too costume but I really like the arms.
Read more