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A classy British retailer just launched a genderless collection, and the clothes look like the future of fashion

Aug 13, 2015, 18:45 IST

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Gender is going out of fashion - literally.

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This spring, British department store Selfridges gave its century-old London outlet on Oxford Street a radical redesign.

Selfridges nixed the separate sections for menswear and womenswear in favor of a gender-neutral space across its three floors.

It even removed mannequins from its windows.

It also put on display five new unisex collections and selected "agender" pieces from 40 existing brands.

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Agender, as the concept is called, is about creating a shopping experience that offers people the freedom to choose what to wear, irrespective of the gender they subscribe to - or don't.

In cutting across gender lines, Selfridges has, in fact, kicked off a sort of campaign. Here's how Agender came about.

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