Simons will launch a new unisex clothing collection

2016: The year Jaden Smith donned a kilt for Louis Vuitton, The New York Times ran a trend piece on women with shaved heads and Zara embraced androgyny with the release of its "Ungendered" clothing line. Lately, it seems the fashion pack is keen — in incremental ways, at least —to cast off gender trappings in favour of whatever feels good on.

Canada's Simons will be the most recent retailer to go non-binary as of September 19, when its first "Unisex Edition" becomes available in-store and online. Billed as "an expression of shapes and silhouettes without the constraints of gender norms," the capsule collection will include drape-y vests, monochromatic tees, and minimalist slacks from both Simons' in-house brands and outside designers like Rad Hourani, known for his avant-garde apparel.

With any luck, Simons will be able to side-step some of the controversy that trailed Zara's unisex line — namely, that its t-shirts and hoodies were just "male coded loungewear." If these comments from Peter Simons (the brand's CEO) are anything to go on, Simons' gender-fluid venture might just deliver: "Who knows? Maybe one morning I will arrive at the office in a skirt." You could, Peter. You sell those now.

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