The 1960s-1970s: An Exploration of Androgyny in Men’s Fashion

When drab grays and minimalist attire flood contemporary men’s fashion, Harry Styles wearing a dress on the cover of <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/harry-styles-cover-december-2020" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Vogue</a> falsely appears as an unprecedented, revolutionary denunciation of gender norms. While Styles’ authenticity and rejection of toxic masculinity are commendable, his outfits are merely a small-scale revival of male rockstar fashions from the 1960s-1970s. The guise of electric guitars, promiscuity, and male dominance provides rock music with its reputation as a bastion of heterosexuality and masculinity; yet, a strong presence of androgyny within the genre persisted. From <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c7/a5/98/c7a598798b3f35fbe26bee3bff974c27.jpg" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Mick Jagger</a> to <a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/4d8a35d4da3e654f3d86ce86bc10e262/tumblr_inline_pmdu6ttocZ1wxo0i9_1280.png" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Freddie Mercury</a> to <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a70fa14e45a7c7dd2fadad0/1519498924057-LGHEI71CF7YILFYKDDBZ/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kOyctPanBqSdf7WQMpY1FsRZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpwwQIrqN0bcqL_6-iJCOAA0qwytzcs0JTq1XS2aqVbyK6GtMIM7F0DGeOwCXa63_4k/1971_grey_dress_600sq.jpg?format=1500w" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">David Bowie, </a>women’s and gender-neutral pieces were integral to on-stage personas and did not wholly discredit the manhood of these musicians. <a href="https://kayleighmargaret.medium.com/the-1960s-1970s-an-exploration-of-androgyny-in-mens-fashion-b305588d8586">Website</a>