The Week in Crossdressing #6

 I've written before about Harry Styles and his penchant for crossdressing which is always nice to see from someone in the public eye. This week he appeared on the cover of Vogue's December 2020 edition not only being the first solo male ever to do so in the magazine's long history but the first one to do so wearing a dress. 

There's a full interview with him about it on Vogue's website here: 

https://www.vogue.com/article/harry-styles-cover-december-2020

One choice quote I would definitely pick out from the article is: "I find myself looking at women’s clothes, thinking they’re amazing" which I'm sure is a sentiment many of us (certainly me, hopefully you reading this) will agree with. 

Harry Styles on the cover of Vogue
Photographer: Tyler Mitchell
Credit: Vogue.com

Of course this has sparked debate which is mainly about masculinity and whether it undermines it (depending on whether you think that is for good or bad), whether he looks sexy and whether it makes any difference that a cis het white male is doing it as opposed someone from a different background. There are also articles recreating the shoot and others in which 'brave men' (actual wording) walk down the street wearing dresses. 

I guess this is really a cross section of where male crossdressing is in 2020. On the one hand we have more people like Styles, especially those in the public eye, embracing gender fluidity and yet it's still seen as something a bit weird for men to do and I suppose some will always hold that opinion unless things change a lot and with fashion that's always possible. Personally I'm thrilled that this has happened and hope more men will embrace it and see it as not so much of an odd thing to do after all.