Why fashion and feminism are no longer mutually exclusive

FASHION and feminism traditionally have little in common.

Their dialogue is fractious, fraught with sexual stereotypes and, at best, politically incorrect. Unaided by semantic instability, the idea that one can be both an adherent of matters sartorial and gender equality is counterintuitive. Women can have it all, just not in a pretty Erdem dress. Or can they?

The contradictions which have made these terms mutually exclusive are being reassessed by a new generation — one which assumes feminism as a lens through which to view fashion.