Posted by ClashMusic Fri, 29/04/2011
Glam Trans
Rising trend of 'Cockette' style
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/glam-transGirls who are boys who like boys to be girls who do boys like they're girls who do girls like they're boys...The chorus of Blur's 'Girls And Boys' tapped into a certain moment in the '90s when gender-bending and androgyny were the height of fashion, with teenagers smelling of the unisex cKone, club kids taking an 'anything goes' policy towards dressing, and a whole raft of floppyhaired, sensitive indie bands coming across a bit fey. The preceding decades had also seen their 'trans fashion' moments, with New Romantics and Blitz Kids in the '80s and glam rockers and Bowie boys in the '70s.
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The current trend is not just about androgyny, but also gender extremes, recalling the glam days and dressing-up of the '70s and '80s.
