Thinking Anthropologically

In regards to thinking anthropologically about gender, in the eyes of fashion, gender is performative. At the time of birth, we are given a gender: male or female. Once a woman is pregnant, we ask the mother if she is having a boy or a girl. Gender is assigned to us at our first breath. In regards to fashion, if a baby is a girl, we automatically think of pinks, purples, and yellow to dress them while if the baby is a boy, we dress them in blues, greens, and reds. In department stores, you either “shop men” or “shop women” in regards to your gender assigned to yourself; therefore, gender is performative.

In addition, fashion anthropologically is gendered; a non-human element is gendered. A single piece of clothing is regarded as the title of male or female. With this social movement, it challenges the fact that we must follow the performative construct. Only ourselves can fully assign as to where we belong in the spectrum, binary or non-binary. The one significant aspect we want others to learn about this movement is to put yourselves in someone else’s shoes, not being able to express who you are due to the binary stigma and the performative aspect of gender. Fashion is a way to express oneself. The campaign and movement will be able to challenge the binary beliefs.