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Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena are two friends who have taken over the fashion scene with their singular brand image and products. Whilst Chopova is American and Bulgarian, and Lowena is British, the pair have become successful through their Anglo-Bulgarian fusion of a fashion house. Inspirations are drawn from rather niche references that tend to date back to earlier years in America, England and Bulgaria. These Western and South European combinations enable the recognisable

Chapter Three Upon exploring gender in the 21 st century from a designer’s perspective, one’s opinion is formed based on the way in which they want to explore gender in their own work. For my personal approach as a designer, I believe in gender inclusive design and how it can contribute to a collective progressive outlook. With so many ways of utilising fashion as a form of self-expression and an influx of gender fluidity becoming more prevalent, it is more important than

Chapter Two Rick Owens Rick Owens remains one of most renound for his androgynous approach to fashion. Owens (2023) spoke about androgyny and said, ‘this has been going on for a long time and will always have a following’. Owens understands androgyny is not a new concept but is not necessarily accepted by everyone. Liu (2021) had the designer state ‘I’ve always had a certain amount of transsexualism’. For this reason, Owen’s label continues to subversively explore wh

Gender, as a term, is a construct designed to assign a term to different groups of people with differing attributes, generally conducted socially and culturally. After decades of societal norms being etched into people’s heads of how they should act according to the gender they identify with, in the 21 st century there has been a shift in acceptance of and celebrating individuals to explore their gender identity – regardless of their identity put on them at birth. This essay

One may be fascinated with the fashion of the 1960’s, and the designers that have revolutionised the way of dress. It can be argued that...