Is Gender(Less) Becoming a Counterculture in Fashion?

Fashion and gender are two concepts that are deeply associated in today’s western societies. The idea that one can stand without the other seems preposterous but it might be closer to the norm than we think. We can say that gender(less) is still a counterculture within fashion, but what we argue is that fashion, in its essence, should be genderless. In the sense that, everyone should be able to wear whatever they identify with. Sadly, that’s not the case. Through imposed social and cultural norms, people are made to wear garments and accessories that quickly set them apart within the male/female binary. There is this assumption that we must be one or the other, and cross-dressing can be seen as an attempt to question our sexuality, which has nothing to do with gender nor gender identity or expression. In this paper, we are deconstructing what it means to go beyond the binary and challenge the norm with fashion as the catalyst.