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"   His: Cucci tuxedo. Hers: Fontana evening dress. Courtesy of The Museum of FIT  Menswear is clearly a very strong directive in fashion right now. Tuxedos are the cool girl&amp;#039;s lacy party dress and androgyny may be the buzziest of the holiday dressing buzzwords. Right on time (and on trend), the Museum at FIT presents His &amp;amp;amp; Hers, an exhibition that examines the ever-evolving relationship between gender and style over the past 250 years. Through side-by-side comparisons of men&amp;#039;s and women&amp;#039;s clothing from the 18th century to the present, the exhibit (on view from tomorrow through May 10th) explores shifting conceptions of &amp;quot;masculinity&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;femininity&amp;quot; in fashion. It starts with a brocade silk court dress from circa 1760 next to an elaborately embroidered velvet men&amp;#039;s suit from circa 1785. It goes on to contrast a pinstriped 1967 YSL women&amp;#039;s pantsuit with an original men&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;power suit&amp;quot; by Alan Flusser. Amongst the other 100 or so garments and accessories showcased is an outrageous pastel Versace ensemble \u2014 white linen sports coat, raspberry shirt and aqua pants \u2014 made for Don Johnson to wear on Miami Vice. It&amp;#039;ll make you laugh out loud, but a heart-stopping leather, silk and tulle Alexander McQueen ball gown from 2008 is so beautiful that it might make you cry. We asked curators Colleen Hill and Jennifer Farley about their favorite pieces: &amp;quot;Women&amp;#039;s hot pants by Giorgio di Sant&amp;#039;Angelo from circa 1971. At that time, short shorts were proposed as an alternative to calf-length midi skirts that hid the legs\u2014and interestingly, we discovered that hot pants were also proposed for men. Obviously, the men&amp;#039;s styles achieved little success in mainstream fashion.&amp;quot; As far as their inspiration goes, they said,&amp;quot;We have a substantial amount of menswear in our collection, but those pieces are exhibited less frequently than our women&amp;#039;s wear. Part of motivation for organizing this exhibition was to showcase examples of men&amp;#039;s fashion. We also thought it would be interesting to trace the differences\u2014and sometimes the similarities\u2014between men&amp;#039;s and women&amp;#039;s clothing over the past two centuries. &amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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