'Fashioning Masculinities:' Tracing the history of gender-fluid menswear

A long cape in a light-catching dusty pink; a floral brocaded silk robe with a cinched waist; a military buff coat decorated with dainty ribbon fastenings -- these are some of the most subversive items featured in the new exhibition "Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear," at London's Victoria and Albert museum (the V&A). But this distinctly feminine menswear isn't the work of today's new-gen fashion designers -- they are historical artifacts from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. google news iran usa...