Judith Beyer (2025) Antigender Fashion: The Possibilities of Gender-Fluid and Non-Binary Fashion Design
Karmen Samson
Published 30-06-2025
Keywords
- Antigender fashion,
- Gender performativity,
- Inclusive fashion design,
- Queer theory,
- Fashion and identity
- Intersectionality in fashion ...More
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Copyright (c) 2025 Karmen Samson
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Abstract
Judith Beyer’s Antigender Fashion: The Possibilities of Gender-Fluid and Non-Binary Fashion Design (2025) offers a timely and insightful exploration of fashion as a site of resistance and identity construction beyond traditional gender binaries. Grounded in queer theory and poststructuralist thought, Beyer employs the concept of “antigender fashion” as a critical lens to analyze gender fluidity in contemporary design. The book is supported by four case studies spanning two decades: JW Anderson, Gucci under Alessandro Michele, Art School, and No Sesso. Beyer’s work contributes to scholarship at the intersection of fashion, gender, and cultural politics, demonstrating fashion’s potential to challenge normative gender constructs and foster more inclusive futures.
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