Glam Trans - Rising trend of 'Cockette' style

[Shana A]

Posted by ClashMusic Fri, 29/04/2011
Glam Trans
Rising trend of 'Cockette' style

http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/glam-trans

Girls 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.