Magnetic Fields is more than just a heated rager where rave-goers assemble in the middle of a desert to dance from dusk till dawn. The contemporary art and music festival set against the 17th century Alsisar Mahal is where the clearly chalked out lines between folk and electronica, day and night, sober and shitfaced begin to blur. So, it’s only fitting that the festival’s boundary-bending ethos carry forward to its fashion as well.
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Somewhere between Fashion Week runways, street-style experimentation and Section 377 getting repealed, gender-free fashion continues to be one of 2018’s biggest fashion movements. It is fashion’s way of saying ‘fuck you’ to restrictive heteronormative standards put forth by a cisgender-favouring society. And this particular sense of freedom from societal gender labels seemed to overflow at Mag Fields as festival attendees decked up to deal with temperature drops and trippy shows. We captured some of our favourites here with Aman Makkar and A Little Fly:
The vivid red animal-print two-piece suit paired with a slouchy black leather fanny pack (so on trend in 2018) and a Robocop-inspired visor is actually as neutral as neutral gets with such saturated hues and tones.
The earthy colours and oversized fits of this outfit makes it expandable across any gender.
Laid-back and easy-breezy, the free-flowing nature of a kaftan, further emphasised by tribal prints, works across the spectrum.
The psychedelic, fringe-featuring, print-on-print pairing, layered beaded necklaces and headgear adorned with a belt of Rastafarian colours makes the gender-free force strong in this one.
Long curly locks casually falling over a warm shearling-layered grey cover-up— the way the drape falls makes it work for any and every one.
A chic khaki-coloured belted jumpsuit manages to be sleek and sex-less.
The unbuttoned denim shirt exposes bare skin decorated with dangling necklaces, a violet and magenta scarf and a man-bun—all to represent the open attitude towards making a style statement.
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This pastel ensemble, envisioned as a pink tank-top, popsicle-print shorts and rose-tinted sunglasses in the shape of hearts has us swooning.
A print splashed shirt that lies somewhere between tie-n-dye and blooming florals is a colourful and classy genderless option.
The dainty floral-emblazoned blazer and skating tiger print shirt aren’t as cool as the knitted face-mask that shields everything but the eyes with squiggly sewn-on tentacles. Keeping the primary point of appearance covered makes it the ultimate ‘IDGAF about gender’ symbol.Follow Shamani Joshi on Twitter.