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Fashion's latest infatuation is gender-bending, gender-neutral and unisex clothing. But do clothes even have genders? How do you make gender-neutral clothing? We ask Australian fashion labels Seeker x Retriever and JBC Lingerie to weigh in. Then we chat to our mates Andy, Leah and Holly about what shopping is like when you're gender non-conforming.Also in this episode: the origins of that woven straw bag you've been seeing everywhere, why t-shirts and blazers are a combination best left in the 2000s.A quick lowdown on some terms in this episode:unisex clothing: suitable for both sexes (implicitly acknowledges only two genders)gender-neutral / gender free clothing: clothing undefined by any gendercis: short for cisgender. Describes a person whose gender identity corresponds with their birth sexnon-binary: a gender identity that is not restricted to either male or femaleHead to our Facebook page for this episode's further reading list: https://www.facebook.com/smartcasualpodcast/