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Nowadays the androgynous style is fashionable, in which women wear men's clothing. In mythology, an androgyne is a creature that has characteristics of both sexes. Previously, this style was called unisex, but now a new definition has appeared - androgynous.

This style applies not only to clothes, but also to accessories: bags, shoes, hats, etc. The same thing applies to hairstyles: men's haircuts or shaved hair.

Why did he appear

With its help, a woman denotes her inherent masculine traits: firmness, self-reliance, independence. She seems to be declaring to society: I can achieve everything on my own and I can do without a man’s shoulder. This message was reflected in the ideas of feminism, which became widespread in the twentieth century.

In fact, women have long worn men's clothing. For example, the 19th century writer, Chopin's lover, smoked cigars and loved to appear in public in a man's tailcoat and top hat.

Men's suits were worn by Marlene Dietrich. Laima Vaikule also often appears in men's trousers, jackets, shirts, and caps.
Marlene Dietrich wore a curled blonde hairstyle, exquisite makeup, etc. The combination of a feminine look with men's clothing looks sexy. There is something tantalizing and vicious about it.

Below are models in androgynous styles for the fall 2016 season.

Jackets

– ideal for the office. They create the image of a business person who is entirely focused on work. Looking at you, management will see you as a suitable candidate for career advancement.

Men's cut trouser suit with double-breasted jacket. A fashionable nuance is a deep wine color. Simple buttons emphasize the severity of the style.

The cut and material of this suit are also typically masculine. Such a graphic check with a complex pattern is called “Windsor”.

The jacket and trousers are deep dark blue. Pay attention to the typically masculine cut of the trousers. The strict image is emphasized with a gray badge.

Shirts

Shirts can be checkered, with a pocket on the chest, like the model below.
Please note that here the clasp is made on the women's side, which indicates a women's range. Let's not forget what this is.

A snow-white pinstripe shirt looks stylish and elegant.

Trousers, jeans

Frankly speaking, trousers and jeans in an androgynous style flatten a woman’s figure and hide her beautiful curves.

The characteristic details of the trousers that you see below are a low waistline, emphasized by a narrow belt, as well as a masculine codpiece.

In jeans and trousers for sports, deliberate negligence is also visible.

Shoes

Recently, women have fallen in love with brutal lace-up shoes of the male type, with exaggeratedly thick soles.

The hit of the season is metallic silver leather.

Interest in androgynous style has not waned for five years. We can see it both on the catwalk and in street fashion. Besides the fact that the androgynous style is comfortable - voluminous, oversized items (as if they came from a man's shoulder), flat shoes, nothing interferes or hampers movement, there is something intriguing about it. Such qualities of the androgynous style as monochrome, minimalism, laconicism allow you to create interesting stylish looks.

You don't have to go completely androgynous, but by incorporating elements of androgynous style you can add some spice to your looks.

1. Let's borrow from men

A classic white shirt is one of the basic items in every woman's wardrobe. But, if you want to make the look more informal, take a blue or pinstripe shirt instead of a white one. Play up the androgyny by adding boyfriend jeans to your shirt. To complete the look, use heeled pumps.

1. Subdued color palette

The androgynous style is characterized by monochrome. But more interesting images are obtained with a combination of several neutral colors. For example, gray + white + black, or white + cream + brown.

1. Focus on details - watches

Androgynous style requires attention to detail. If you wear a watch, pay attention to masculine-style models with a laconic design. They usually have a wide metal or leather strap, a round or square dial, and a minimum of design details.

1. Master of androgynous accessories

Despite the fact that androgynous style requires a minimum of accessories, there are some of them that you can easily fit into your looks without straying from the overall style concept. These are fedora hats and brutal bracelets. Complete the look with flat boots.

1. Classic coat

Nothing adds instant chic to an outfit like a classic coat. This is the favorite thing in the cool season of all Parisian women in the world, because it is the coat that helps to show je ne sais quoi (in French - elusive charm).

1. Invest in a stylish blazer

Let's make a nod towards men's cut and classics in the YSL style, giving preference to a blazer. The blazer is worn by the most stylish ladies of our time: from Olivia Palermo to Emmanuelle Alt. Pair it with black skinnies and you will look incredibly trendy.

1. Flat stroke

Good news for fans of flat shoes - such shoes are back in fashion. And she works great in androgynous looks. These can be loafers, moccasins, slip-ons. A stylish option is a combination of loafers with cigarette trousers. Or moccasins with leather trousers.

1. Skirts can work

An androgynous outfit does not exclude a skirt. The secret is to pair the skirt with more masculine pieces. For example, with a men's shirt, oversized sweater or bomber jacket.

1. Pantsuit

Having left the fashion horizon for a while, the trouser suit received a second wind this year. He returned to the world's catwalks with a bang. Velvet trouser suits have become especially popular. For a more fashionable androgynous look, pair a pantsuit with sneakers.

1. Master of Layering

In the cold season, layering is a stylish component of everyday looks. Try wearing an untucked shirt with an oversized sweater and coat. Just remember that the overall color palette should be restrained.

1. Tapered trousers

Gone are the days when trousers were considered only part of a business suit. Today, trousers are an independent element of an everyday look. They can be combined with anything. For a stylish androgynous look - with a chunky sweater and sneakers, for example.

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When we say “again,” we mean, of course, the recent past, which has already become history - the mid-nineties, with their heyday of unisex style (thanks to Calvin Klein and Kate Moss). Before that there were The 80s, when David Bowie and Annie Lenox were the kings of the scene. Earlier examples can be found, from Marlene Dietrich to the times Shakespeare's theater, in which, as you know, all roles were played by men.

After this, the next “splash” of androgynous fashion occurred in 2010, when this trend acquired the status of an official fashion trend. At this time, transsexual model Lea T and Andrej Pejic, an Australian catwalk star of Yugoslav origin, also known as "femiman", took to the stage. Moreover, Lea advertised a women's clothing brand, and Andrei posed for fashion photographers together with Yana Knauerova in the guise of twins, filming in women's clothing, dresses and skirts. Around the same time, the covers of Industrie magazines with Marc Jacobs in stockings and Candy with James Franco in bright makeup appeared. And vice versa, the canonical beauty Gisele Bundchen appeared in a Balenciaga advertisement in the image of an androgyne. Around the same time, an article about Freya Behe ​​Eriksen was published in Purple Magazine. It was entitled "Freja Beha Erichsen: a study in androgyny".

Much water has passed under the bridge since then, Andrej Pejic changed his gender and became Andria (and thus ceased to be a key figure in the androgynous trend). But this trend, having come full circle, five years later, has entered a new stage. What is it, the new androgyny of 2015?

In fashion, a turn towards normcore, unisex and total oversize, as well as wearing men's clothing, has been observed for several years. Today we are talking about almost completely erasing the already thin line between popular types of models: the slender boy and the angular girl. Take a look at the Saint Laurent advertising campaigns of the last few seasons, for example. The main designers and trendsetters of this fashion are Hedi Slimane and Gilles Sander. By the way, even now the new creative director of Jil Sander, Rodolfo Paglialunga, is keeping the brand - the new spring collection is full of “genderless” images. The huge number of loose shirts in the unisex style is striking, and among the sources of inspiration is the image of the Swiss photographer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who looks more like a boy than a girl. By the way, Annemarie is somewhat elusively similar to model Saskia De Brauw, who, thanks to her androgynous appearance, represents both men's and women's designer collections. Carine Roitfeld was the first to notice the unknown model with a short haircut, putting her on the cover of Vogue. Since then, Saskia has hardly left the covers, including Marie Claire.

Well, who finally came to replace Pejic and Lea? Firstly, the model from Dnepropetrovka Stav Strashko, an almost exact copy of Pezhich. Secondly, the long-haired Dutchman Jacob van den Hoven. It is interesting that today among androgynous models there are many people from our country and former Soviet republics: for example, model from Tomsk Tima Marceau, Anna Pisanets, known as Sasha Narcissus, Stas Fedyanin, Robert Fremer and Alexander Khanin.

Do you know that among the trends of the fall-winter 2011-2012 season, androgynous style has become the most relevant? What is androgynous style? In fact, it is a unique style that only began to emerge to a greater extent in the 20th century. The main feature of this style is the combination of features of masculine and feminine styles in the image.
In order to correctly create a set of clothes within the framework of the androgynous style, it is necessary to adhere to certain principles. And even if you are not a supporter of this style, the process of creating a set will be creative and exciting for you.

"Classics of the genre"

The most common androgynous look is a set that is made up of a men's suit. For him we will need a men's cut jacket, trousers, and a shirt.

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The color scheme is predominantly gray or black. To make the image more dynamic, you can add colored accessories or non-classical elements. For example, a tie can be replaced with a necklace or collar.

"Preppy"

Preppy is the style of students at a prestigious college. In this case, you can create the image of a “nerd”, “hooligan” or an ordinary student.

Plaid, half-overalls, cotton trousers, briefcases and glasses are the main features of this style.

Color and print

Colored and printed items can be a great way to create an androgynous look.

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Since print and color are a woman’s weakness, in order to include masculine notes in the image, choose more rigid forms.

The tuxedo

Tuxedo looks perfectly support the androgynous style trend.

Nowadays, among doctors, psychologists and ordinary people who have nothing to do with medicine, there is a constant debate about what androgyny is. This is a kind of duality that can manifest itself in appearance, behavior, character and many other aspects of a person’s life. Of course, this trait is not fully characteristic of each of us, but often we notice some beginning within ourselves that has nothing to do with the gender given to us by nature.

How did this term come into being?

Androgyny is the bisexuality of the body, soul, and behavior of a person. This is the feeling when in one body there are two principles at once, fundamentally different, but capable of complementing each other and coexisting together. This is exactly what each of us can learn from ancient written information, which was compiled mainly by the ancient Greeks. The Holy Apostles, who contributed their work to writing the Bible, spoke about human sexual duality. However, it is sometimes extremely difficult to understand the words of our ancestors, so such a concept as “androgynous people” appeared only when psychology became an independent science. It was Carl Gustav Jung who introduced society to the concept that traits are different from those of women. By tracking which qualities a person has more, you can determine the degree of his androgyny. In other words, you can understand how “masculine” the character of a certain woman can be and vice versa.

Basic laws of duality of personality

Nowadays, androgyny is a full-fledged psychological concept that is based on certain patterns. The first of these consists of the bipolarity of human nature, each criterion of which claims to be dominant. That is, one person contains both male and female character traits, regardless of what his “biological” sex is. Most often, natural gender coincides with psychological one, which is what gives rise to such judgments as “a typical woman” (for example, representatives of the fair sex are overly concerned about their appearance, no matter how dry and strict their character may be). If “male” moral criteria predominate in a woman’s body or she perceives the world around her the way a guy should, this is already a sign of androgyny of a person, which, of course, finds itself in a person’s appearance.

Optimizing the Androgynous Personality

Such a process begins, of course, with spiritual qualities. First, a person’s worldview, his type of behavior, habits, and manners are formed. If a teenage boy exhibits certain feminine traits in his behavior, you should also pay close attention to his appearance. Often a similar trend is caused by androgynous appearance, when it happens that the figure appears to be both masculine and feminine at the same time. As they say, everything is balanced in nature, so it is not surprising that a guy at a young age, having a fairly feminine appearance, gradually acquires a weaker character. However, it is worth remembering that this is not at all a sign of sexual disorientation, since an androgyne is, as a rule, straight or, in extreme cases, in the sexual aspect he prefers both sexes at once.

What androgynes might look like in real life

Such a biological miracle as androgyny is, first of all, hard mental work for the one to whom it is characteristic. The fact is that a person who has, so to speak, an average appearance, balancing between masculine and feminine, as well as a similar character and manners, must choose what is closer to him. And this choice may not be made in favor of biological sex, strange as it may seem, and at the same time the sexual orientation of such a person may remain extremely natural. It’s just that sometimes it’s easier for a man whose appearance is dominated by soft features typical of the fairer sex to be a girl to those around him, but at the same time remain a true gentleman at heart.

A deeper look at this theory

Each of us has an internal dialogue that can be balanced or contradictory, even a little scandalous. These two “subpersonalities,” whatever one may say, are divided into the dominant and the subordinate, or the one that is located on a deeper level, inaccessible to outsiders’ perception. Let's try to look at this using an example of how androgyny manifests itself in women. In modern women, “that very fragile and tender nature,” as if their true nature, as a rule, occupies precisely that subordinate position, that is, hidden in the depths of the soul. A stronger nature, which is comparable to a man’s, has a dominant position. In turn, a modern representative of the stronger sex may seem indecisive and lethargic, since his leading sub-personality is characterized by feminine criteria. But his subconscious is the complete opposite of this, thanks to which balance is restored. Based on this balance, people of the opposite sex are attracted to each other, regardless of what appearance they have or what they are more developed in them.

the way you are?

Often, even in our time, a person with a “middle-sex” appearance causes bewilderment, ridicule and gossip in society. In this case, it’s worth paying attention to very famous models who have exactly these appearance features, conquering not only magazine covers, but also the hearts of fans. Today, one of the most famous is the androgynous native of Australia, who has Serbian and Croatian roots. Being a tall man and having an athletic figure, his face looks incredibly feminine and gentle. Repeatedly he appeared as a standard model on the catwalk in order to present the next masterpiece of one of the world's designers. And it’s worth saying that Andrey always showed exclusively women’s collections. Among the androgynous models there are also girls who, on the contrary, have a boyish appearance and sometimes even a figure.

An androgynous image will help everyone

In order to determine your own nature, moral inclination towards a certain gender, you need to try yourself in different roles. We are not talking about an operation that allows you to change gender, but only about a style that manifests itself in clothing, hairstyle and, of course, in a person’s behavior. Sometimes girls who feel uncomfortable in this world, for whom something is not working out in their personal lives, change their appearance, and immediately everything gets better. In particular, we are talking about short hair, more discreet clothing. The wardrobe should be dominated by trousers and shorts, not skirts. But it’s worth remembering that these things should remain feminine, at least in their cut. A man, on the contrary, can afford to grow his hair long, wear unisex clothes and wear appropriate jewelry. It’s worth remembering that you won’t be able to please everyone, and at the same time, you should never suppress your essence. Therefore, in the form in which you feel comfortable, you will be more likely to find the person who shares your worldview and outlook on life.

How do you know if you are androgynous?

American psychologist Sandra Bem in the middle of the last century developed a whole theory about how human gender becomes established and how this trait is determined. If you want to find out which group of people you belong to, take the test she created, which consists of a series of questions that are simple and understandable to everyone. As a result, it will be possible to calculate in percentage terms which traits in your nature are more masculine or feminine, and in accordance with this, build your future life, look for your style and people who will like your androgynous appearance, who will support you, understand and will share your priorities and views.