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6 HOMEGROWN LABELS CHAMPIONING GENDER-FLUID DRESSING

FASHION
By Saloni Dhruv
11 August, 2022
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These brands offer clothing for a shared wardrobe, gender no bar

Gender-neutral clothing is not something that is new to India. Traditional garments such as the kurta, the angrakha and even churidars have always had elements of gender-fluidity in our South Asian history. Ironically, somewhere down the line, we, as a society, drew stark binaries as far as gender politics were concerned. Today, however, with the digital medium taking centre stage, millennials and Gen Zs are questioning and challenging pre-existing notions of gender and identity. A crop of young designers and brands are taking the idea of gender-fluidity mainstream with modern silhouettes. Here’s our curation of creatives who are putting their own spin on gender-neutrality when it comes to dressing up.

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Bloni:

Hailing from Hisar in Haryana, at Bloni, Akshat Bansal shows diversity through his gender-agnostic and future-friendly collections, while exploring craft and materials to create wearable art. Take his ‘In Between XY’ collection, for example, which featured garments not conformed to any particular gender, in the form of vegan leather trousers and a chainmail capelete with a metallic collar. Having graduated from Central Saint Martins in London and trained under Tarun Tahiliani, a lot of Bansal’s collections are created by using unique and experimental fabrics, such as regenerated marine plastic amalgamated with traditional weaves like chanderi.

Instagram: @bloni.atelier

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