An open access book Antigender Fashion is a rich examination of gender fluidity in
contemporary fashion design Judith Beyer develops an emerging new theoretical framework for
understanding how fashion can blur and challenge gender boundaries. How is gender fluidity in
contemporary fashion different from 20th century androgyny or millennial unisex styles? Like
antifashion which opposes and challenges fashion Beyer argues that antigender fashion seeks
to dismantle and confront binary gender signifiers. After tracing the history of
gender-blurring fashion from Marlene Dietrich's androgynous tailoring to Alessandro Michele's
floral Gucci suits case studies of four high-profile fashion brands reveal the diverse
approaches to gender-fluidity in contemporary fashion. Investigating each case study through
multiple theoretical perspectives - from gender studies to gothic horror cyborg theory to
Afrofuturism - Beyer situates antigender fashion in a rich theoretical landscape and
illuminates exciting new critical directions for students and researchers. Can antigender
fashion influence the construction of contemporary masculinities and femininities - and can it
be a catalyst for change? The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury
Open Collections Library Collective.
