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Unisex clothing?

(17 Posts)
JessM Thu 10-Mar-16 07:39:37

They are very small Neversaydie. I am a 12/14 (depending on the brand and whether its a top or trousers) and I can just fit into a Zara "large" hmm
I do like some of their clothes though because, being Spanish, they are not churning out exactly the same things you find in all the other UK shops.
I have a lovely LBD I bought in Zara in Malaga years ago that still comes out of the cupboard every time I need a posh frock.

ginny Wed 09-Mar-16 12:34:09

These clothes don't look any different to many thAt are already available. We are just being told that both men and women can wear them. As if we couldn't work that out for ourselves.

JackyB Wed 09-Mar-16 12:03:21

Which way would the buttons do up? I bet the ladies would have to adapt to the man's way round.

jinglbellsfrocks Wed 09-Mar-16 10:03:37

I like the femininity built into the styling of women's clothes. The slightly softer look. In fact, I think I need it. You wouldn't get that in anything unisex.

Neversaydie Wed 09-Mar-16 09:55:26

I lkie Zara clothes but find them very small .Now if they are meant to be unisex they might be bigger..

Deedaa Tue 08-Mar-16 21:39:10

Always wore men's jeans in the 60s, mainly because my legs were too long for the girl's ones. I did know one boy who wore girl's trousers, ssen as odd even then.

I've still got some men's T shirts and DD often wears her husband's sweat shirts and jumpers.

M0nica Tue 08-Mar-16 19:06:17

So what's so new? Remember shell suits and couples in hisnher matching outfits. I've seen older couples recently with matching trousers and sweat shirts

Anyway, how are these clothes different from what teenagers, of both sexes already wear? All these clothes are very loose and at the most casual end of the casual range.

Once you reach the stage where clothes need to fit, trousers, jackets, close fitting tops; gender neutral gets difficult.

Anyone remember the 60s when almost all jeans were designed for men so women had to get the hip size right and then put a belt on the waist and gather it in to make it fit?

grannylyn65 Tue 08-Mar-16 16:29:23

Yes, coolgran, is why I buy them; longer too!

Lona Tue 08-Mar-16 15:06:25

Pretty boring if we all looked the same, but don't a lot of teens already dress alike?

Coolgran65 Tue 08-Mar-16 14:55:21

Are men's jumpers not longer in the sleeve?

Nelliemoser Tue 08-Mar-16 13:54:45

Well there is a picture of two people just wearing sweatshirts and shorts. those garments are essentially gender neutral anyway.

I think things like shorts would be hard to properly fit either gender. Men and women have notably different shaped bodies at waists and hip proportions in particular.

JessM Tue 08-Mar-16 13:25:42

Now if it was kids clothes it would be sensible. But the retailers don't want us to be able to hand clothes on to brothers/sisters any more do they.

FarNorth Tue 08-Mar-16 12:32:08

Not all that startling, is it.

Charleygirl Tue 08-Mar-16 12:17:44

I like to wear men's 100% woollen jumpers- about the only thing I buy in M&S these days.

mollie Tue 08-Mar-16 11:41:11

Me neither. The only bits of OH's clothing that I can happily get away with are his sox. Men's clothing tends to be straight up and down, most women go in and out somewhere. Men won't wear anything with a hint of femininity although women happily wear men's stuff so you can see which way the designs are going to go...daft idea IMHO.

hildajenniJ Tue 08-Mar-16 11:21:22

Not for me! I prefer my shorts finished off properly. Not that I wear shorts these days...with these legs!

glenda Tue 08-Mar-16 10:58:08

Just seen in the news that Zara are planning to launch a unisex clothing line: www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/zara-gender-fluid-agender-unisex-fashion-transgender-ruby-rose-a6917496.html

I mean I have no problem with it at all - DGD is a tom boy and wears a lot of boys' clothes - but it wouldn't suit someone like me whose carrying a little extra around the middle.

Do you think it's a good idea?