Real men wear pearls: Designer Giambattista Valli's gender-fluid collection for H&M

Italian fashion designer Giambattista Valli's gender-fluid collection for H&M infuses feminine touches into menswear

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Masculine meets feminine in Giambattista Valli's collaboration with Swedish fast-fashion giant H&M.

But instead of the usual girlfriend-borrowing-from-the-boy-friend trend, the Italian designer has done a gender reversal.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 01, 2019, with the headline Real men wear pearls: Designer Giambattista Valli's gender-fluid collection for H&M. Subscribe