Baggy Shorts and a Little Feminism

Tie-Dye T - DIY Cropped (you can tell) but used to be GAP (cool)

Shorts - Champion Tennis Shorts... Mens

Bodychain - eBay

Sunglasses - Primark

Necklace - Israel

I've been noticing a lot of 'androgynous' outfits recently and I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and post about one of my own. Androgynous, literally meaning a male with female characteristics and vice versa, has always been present on the catwalk, but is recently becoming part of high street fashion. The Style goes both ways, with Burberry recently flaunting the more chiseled masculine look of Nina Porter on the runway whilst using the extremely feminine Rosie Huntington-Whitely in their beauty campaigns.
Even Vivienne Westwood played with the idea, by putting red lipstick on all her male models at Milan Fashion week. H&M too, decided to launch a unisex 'Fashion Against AIDS' campaign, showing how the disease affects both sexes. Other brands include Wild Fang, one of the 'Top 10 Androgynous Clothing Lines' and Boohoo who made a video to promote theirs:

Anyway, this post was actually inspired by a Blogger called Mika Francis, who posted on a similar topic. (click on her name to see her post) and my friend Ruby, and her blog 'Rubyccino'
But aside from the feminism inspo, feminism, cross dressing and unisex styling is something designers and high street makes have always taken interest in. And now me.

I wouldn't say I am especially interested in Politics as a whole, but after reading so much about women's politics and rights around the time of the local elections I have become much more involved. In particular, the issue of/surrounding feminism. One article I read that was on a group of 16-18 girls really shocked me, it is quite disgusting that in the 21st Century people still don't think its acceptable for women to voice their opinions on matters such as rights and sexuality, worth a read- (feminism). The twitter trending hashtag #yesallwomen opened my eyes to very mundane things women worldwide do that belittles themselves and women around them to satisfy peers and male attention. Like covering up to avoid wold whistles, or telling someone that you have a boyfriend, because everyone knows a man will respect another male's "possesion" more than they respect the woman's disinterest in them.

So anyway, as I casually chilled in this the other day. I thought to myself; this outfit is so 'summer androgynous' and I think it's almost acceptable to wear out, although maybe more beachwear than dining. I know the shorts aren't unisex, they are just men's, but they are so comfy and the perfect balance of boys for girls. This body-chain will be my muse for the summer, it is so tacky n I love it, eBay sell them from china for like £1, you can actually make them yourself, but when they're that cheap it seems pointless to waste time trying to DIY it.

Although I am all for 'dressing for yourself', when wearing something baggy and 'androgynous' I think it will always work best with something dainty and cute, like this crop. I know the sewing looks messy but it actually isn't, I hemmed it and everything. You know when you wear something and it stretches and then looks 'off' well that's what happened, but after wearing this outfit all day I didn't it was worth washing purely for the post, soz.


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