Historical Dictionary of the fashion industry

ANDROGYNOUS LOOK

This is the term given to fashion that is neither masculine nor feminine. Popularized in the 1970s with the glam rock andpunkrock movement, followed in the 1980s with thegrungemovement, and continuing in the new millennium withdesignerHedi Slimane's bi-gender designs, androgynous dress continues to be a mainstay of the fashion industry. Stores like theGap,Abercrombie&Fitch,J. Crew, and Land's End were all founded on the unisexseparatesconcept.