10 Gender-Neutral Tips to Steal From the Paris Collections

Now that fashion has embraced diversity and androgyny, designers propose creative gender-neutral options for fall 2016. Click through and discover tomorrow's must-haves.

Fit for ladies and the dudes, chunky sweaters are back, preferably with a rolled up turtleneck that you're letting hang out freely. Well done, Mr Lagerfeld.

While we're at Chanel, what's more rad than a leather parka, and the matching kilt? The overall feel is very Neo in the Matrix, and we're so here for it.

We first spotted tiger prints in Marc Jacobs's menswear collections a few seasons back, and now they're everywhere. Go on, let's hear you roar.

How did we live without a cute kitty hang-around-the-neck purse? Jonathan Anderson, creative director of Loewe, may have come up with the one fashion item that both lesbians and gays can agree on.

Unless you want to look like a walking igloo, stuffy winter coats are rarely a fashionable go-to, but Balenciaga, reborn from its ashes courtesy of new creative director Demna Gvasalia, offers a clever take on the issue. Simply wear your oversized parkas, sherlings, and leather perfectos just below the shoulders, because wearing those normally would be way too easy.

If you look back at the 1990s, Kate Moss and androgyny ruled. Vêtements offers a similar uniform for fall, sexy and nonchalant with untucked striped shirts and flowy coats. A double strike for founder Demna Gvasalia, who just made Balenciaga cool again.

Also, thigh-high boots for guys? Sign me up.

Maison Martin Margiela (left) and Saint Laurent (right) love the more-is-more approach when it comes to bling. Next time you leave the house, don't forget to attach all the pins, badges, or studs you have in your possession -- it can't get more punk-rock than that.
 

Well, actually, there won't be so many candles on the cake, since creative director Hedi Slimane is rumored to be leaving the French label only three years after re-joining. Nevertheless, his first (and maybe last) haute couture collection for Saint Laurent was a showstopper and a real '80s throwback. We're getting Cyndi Lauper vibes in all the right places.

When Louis Vuitton does androgyny, it does so with a finesse that goes beyond clichés. Here, prints and patterns collide to create a unique, genderless creature clad in vinyl pants and a classic overcoat. Worn with those lace-up boots and a short crop, the look is bombastic.

By the way, can we have a Nicolas Ghesquière to go? Merci beaucoup.

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