TY - BOOK AU - O'Toole,Ciara TI - Contradictions in androgyny. U1 - Thesis Fashion 10/14 PY - 2014/// CY - Limerick : PB - Limerick School of Art & Design/LIT. KW - Fashion theses. KW - Contemporary menswear design. KW - Androgynous fashion. KW - Theses KW - LSAD KW - Clare Street N1 - Thesis submitted for B.A. Hons in Fashion 2014; Includes bibliographical References; This essay looks at the notion of androgyny and the contradictions within androgynous fashion. The idea of androgyny is to blend and blur masculine and feminine traits to create an ambiguous style which is neither characteristically male nor female. This essay outlines the divide in male and female dress and questions why there is such a resistance to male androgynous dressing. ER -