Milan fashion week is the spiritual home of sex appeal. So why occupy labels from Gucci to Fendi embraced clothes with a cheerful disregard for the male gaze?Man Repeller,a fashion blog by the American writer Leandra Medine, has become one of the most influential industry voices since it launched five years ago. A Man Repeller, or Medine explains on the site,is “she who outfits herself in a sartorially offensive mode that may result in repelling members of the opposite sex. Such garments include but are not limited to harem pants, boyfriend jeans, and overalls,shoulder pads, full-length jumpsuits, or jewelry that resembles violent weaponry and clogs.” The phrase has become a buzzword during a period when taking delight in clothes with a cheerful disregard for the male gaze has become an increasingly mainstream fashion position: see,the enduring and unexpectedly widespread popularity of dungarees.
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Source: theguardian.com