TY - BOOK AU - Ni Drisceoil,Eadaoin TI - Gender bending: de-constructing representations of masculinity in contemporary memswear. U1 - Thesis Fashion 14/09 PY - 2014/// CY - Limerick : PB - Limerick School of Art & Design/LIT. KW - Fashion theses. KW - Contemporary menswear design. KW - Feminisation of menswear. KW - Theses KW - LSAD KW - Clare Street N1 - Thesis submitted for B.A. Hons in Fashion 2014; Includes bibliographical References; Men in skirts appear to be the most recent, yet unlikely trend in the previously reserved world of menswear fashion. In my extended essay I endeavour to establish the reasons and motives for this trend and to determine whether it is simply a desperate cry for media frenzy or a boundary breaking concept in the world of contemporary menswear design. ER -