I want to talk in here about what I’m going to detail in a second career book I plan to publish:

Where can we buy reasonably priced gender-neutral work clothes?

I read that in multiple states in America, it’s becoming illegal to dress in Drag. Two years ago, I watched 7 episodes of Queer Eye one right after the other. Jonathan Van Ness the hairdresser on the show was a man and wore a green dress.

Have we gotten “there” to where a guy can wear a dress to an office job? Or a full face of makeup to a staff meeting?

Should we not be there yet, how do we get to the point where non-conforming individuals can dress as they please at work? Ideally liberating them via fashion freedom to turn in stunning results for the company.

I’m not a fan of working in a cubicle in an office (after my failed attempts to do that in the 1990s). At the height of COVID in our WFH remote jobs workers coveted the ease to dress however we wanted below the Zoom screen.

It begs the question: What if a person with a non-binary or other gender expression wants to work in an office? In New York City there are Queer in Every Career networking events.

Scouring the Adidas website (where I eye the Gazelle sneakers) I’ve seen links to their gender-neutral sportswear. A quick search on the DuckDuckGo search engine instead of Google returned lists of forward-thinking vendors who sell gender-fluid clothing.

Let’s face it that no time soon is Kohl’s or Macy’s going to sell genderless clothes to the masses. Fashion magazines years ago were quick to feature articles on designers who create gender-neutral items. From then to now you’ll need the big bucks to snag this alternative attire at stores you simply can’t walk down the street to shop in.

Here’s a roundup of the gender-neutral online retailers I found on DuckDuckGo:

Kirrin Finch comes in sizes XS-3XL. This menswear-inspired line features suit pieces and separates plus well-fitting shirts. Chinos to the tune of $160 and an evening suit for $575.

The Phluid Project sells clothing of brands that focus on the non-binary. The Project features queer trans Black Latinx and women-owned vendors online and at their bricks-and-mortar store in New York.

Collusion is the line that retailer ASOS launched as a unisex collection of trendy affordable animal-free clothing.

Gender Free World has clothes with four body-shape templates in sizes 4 to 20.

Big Bud sells ethically sourced items in sizes from XXS-7XL.

Peau de Loup comes in sizes 2 to 20.