384 SEPTEMBER 2019 VOGUE.COM
Thanks to designers as wide-ranging as
Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren—whose one-
for-all trousers, tees, and topcoats are pictured
here—and Rio Uribe at Gypsy Sport, the
appeal of unisex clothing has reached an
all-time high. Still, clothing that crosses
gender borders is hardly new: Katharine
Hepburn’s trousers gave a generation of
dress-bound women legs, while the Stonewall
rioters and the feminists of the 1960s and
early 1970s expressed their rebellion not
only through demonstration but in what
they wore. Ideas of nonbinary dress have
evolved in myriad ways in the decades since,
with drag culture, genderqueerness, and
unisex or asexual fashion all becoming more
mainstream. It’s a universal proposition
that’s about feeling comfortable—in your
skin and in your clothes.—s.y.
ONE FOR ALL
THE UNITED STATES OF FASHION
BYE TO BINARY
WHEN THE CLOTHES ARE GREAT—LIKE THESE RALPH
LAUREN LOOKS, AND THAT MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION
VEST AND PANTS—WHO CARES ABOUT GENDER?
RALPH
LAUREN
MICHAEL
KORS
RALPH LAUREN: PATRICK DEMARCHELIER,
VOGUE,
2015. MICHAEL KORS: THEO SION,
VOGUE,
2019.
