“As younger consumers demand a disruption of the fashion binary, brands from Gucci to Target are listening. Ken Downing, fashion director of Neiman Marcus, told The New York Times in 2015 he believes we’re seeing “a seismic shift in fashion, a widening acceptance of a style with no boundaries — one that reflects the way young people dress.”
“I’ve long said that clothing is our second skin. We live every day of our lives in it. It gives us an outlet for expression, presentation and representation. For me, I stand differently, walk differently and even talk differently given the outfit I choose to wear. All black? Maybe I’m feeling punk. Shades of nude? That morning I woke up feeling lighter. Of course, clothing is not a one-size-fits-all mood ring, but it speaks to the larger topic of how integral dress is to our selfhood. Clothes allow us to become chameleons, changing to fit our moods.“