Gender-Neutral Red Carpet Fashion Rises

Red carpet style has always denoted stratospheric status, style and opulence, evolving over time to showcase the fashion of old-school movie starlets to reality TV celebrities, to TikTok stars and Instagram influencers.

But in one of the most exciting red carpet movements in years, non-binary fashion is making a statement on the crimson walk of the rich and famous.

During the pandemic, when red carpet ‘Zoom dressing’ became a thing, a whisper of gender being redefined on one of high fashion’s most conservative platforms was already underway, with the likes of Billy Porter, Timothée Chalamet and Jonathan Van Ness rocking outfits that proudly showed that traditional tailoring in a formal suit was not essential red carpet dress.

And now that the red carpet can be walked in real life again, a new era of non-binary fashion istaking centre stage—with Emmy nominees making history in more ways than one.

Carl Clemons-Hopkins wore a Christian Siriano ensemble of a slashed shoulder-revealing top that recalled a dress Princess Diana once wore, with a cummerbund and sash in the colours of the non-binary flag.

Bowen Yang pushed the boat out for “gender-neutral heels” with silver shoes inspired by “vintage disco and white trash”, according to makers Syro.

And Emma Corrin, who updated their pronouns in July, paired a dramatic swimming-cap-like headpiece with a black knife-like manicure, calling their look “Crucible chic”.

The red carpet is moving with the times, and it’s opening up a whole new brave, daring and inclusive world for the stars who tread it, and the fashion designers who dress them.

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