Designer Kenneth Nicholson Aims To Expand Menswear With Gender-Bending Looks

In Kenneth Nicholson’s world, men would have as many options as women when it comes to style. They could wear tunics and skirts, and bracelets and dangling earrings without so much as a second glance from strangers. It’s not that navy blue or gray suits aren’t fashionable. But men should have choices, lots of them, says the 36-year-old designer who was raised in Houston. Nicholson, a graduate of Langham Creek High School who now lives in Los Angeles, is among a number of menswear designers pushing the boundaries of what men wear. Take, for example, Bode, a New York line that’s positioned as a menswear brand but appeals to women with floral patterns and bright colors. Then there’s Eckhaus Latta, which showed men in puffed sleeves and women in oversize tuxedo pants at New York Fashion Week. Even actor Jaden Smith wore a skirt for Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2016 ad campaign. Read more at Houston Chronicle.