Alok V Menon on Fashion's Genderless Future |

Diversity and inclusivity are not just industry buzzwords. In a rousing talk, performance artist and designer Alok V Menon argues that the fashion and beauty industries need to ‘de-gender’ fashion to better celebrate trans and nonbinary people, suggesting solutions such as ending gendered fashion weeks or actively promoting trans and nonbinary people to leadership positions.
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[@ana62301]

This guy is not any sort of expert on fashion. He's a clown.

[@mum2Jemaine]

Great speech. The movement is happening. I think the cancellation of a major show like Victoria’s Secret, shows big designer names aren’t moving with the times of what people want; and they’re becoming irrelevant.

[@conradofmc_ny6706]

Why in the hell you want Victoria secrets to cancel their shows???

[@malikrahman8649]

People like him are a very very small minority. If VS is being cancelled its because left wing feminists not transgender people. Social media make them appear more mainstream then they are but in reality they are irrelevant.

[@ska_mount5941]

Beautiful, confident and geniune ❤️

[@tictack0]

lol

[@RebecaMaccise]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Viviano_Magami]

This dude desperate for attention..😂😂

[@MoolaSmith]

You’re not trans 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@bollywoodbandwagon]

By all means! Please go around telling people what they are and aren’t. SO HELPFUL!!!!! Spread the joy!

[@MoolaSmith]

Ram S shut up

[@ricachowdhury5502]

Carol Shut up

[@paul6924]

@@bollywoodbandwagon This man is harming the trans community! this is a man in a dress who is speaking for real trans people. This is why the public doesn't want trans using women's restrooms because they think of this moron.

[@wya5705]

@@bollywoodbandwagon omg. Clown. go get some education.

[@tywebb1347]

no

[@madmonkey823]

High on his own supply

[@khaymi.x1]

This person and their words ARE SO FU**ING IMPORTANT!!!! Thank you BOF and Alok. Alok enlightens and empowers my life

[@gerardojimenez1461]

i will give it to him, he can talk, not design clothes

[@gerardojimenez1461]

what is my teacher making me watch lmao this is sad

[@wonderwinder1]

It takes a special kind of narcissist.

[@ssjmura1654]

I actually came here to say the same thing. This reeks of narcissism.

[@stephlovesmusic3167]

@@ssjmura1654 it's only seen as narcissism when someone different (not following society's beauty standards and social norms) finds the courage to feel good about themselves. So yes some people with different bodies or gender expression will shine and yell that they are beautiful bc for their whole lives they have been told otherwise and have struggled to find the confidence in themselves to keep going

[@witchwitha]

loving yourself for who you are is not narcissism im sorry that you hate your self that much

[@wonderwinder1]

@@stephlovesmusic3167 Wrong.

[@wonderwinder1]

@@witchwitha Are you nine years old? I don’t care about his gender/race/sex etc. His assumption that I should is the problem.

[@shabananaeem1917]

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@maclain13]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORDS. THIS IS A MOVEMENT. THIS IS THE FUTURE FOR PEOPLE♥️

[@bollywoodbandwagon]

sonoki82 I vote for Alok.

[@patriciorodriguez1020]

No

[@johnadams1281]

VOMIT

[@helohalo3106]

You know They are telling the truth when there is so many negative haters in the comment section. be triggered and uncomfortable :P

[@patriciorodriguez1020]

No

[@GRIM_MOD]

Or you fail to realize reality and reject science lmao kick rocks.

[@josephmorgan3382]

Or instead just talking crap. Be triggered by all the "negative haters" and run to your safe space.

[@pablopersonal7693]

@@GRIM_MOD y’all for. Even understand science to be talking about

[@GRIM_MOD]

@@pablopersonal7693 Put together a statement that remotely makes sense and Ill Humor your argument for a moment.

[@kanwaraulakh4042]

Where have all the good ole jobs gone

[@tiffanydelvalle9291]

You are stressing me out

[@eliomiro7855]

uploaded 3 years ago, 1,300 likes only. Would you mind disclosing the avalanche of dislikes? No? Thought so.

[@ettoilemagik]

A very beautiful and honest speech about equality for all. Our world is evolving, the people are evolving, but our society seems to be stuck in the past in terms of mentality (at the beginning of the 20th c. I would say). While we are making baby steps on certain aspects, on others we are losing three giant steps. It's not normal. Our world should be accepting every human being for who they truly are.

[@MrMatrixMinds]

What a wonderful eloquent and cogent speech. Alok speaks to so much of my experience to the choices I make every day as to whether to erase myself for my safety or to turn up for my emotional and mental health

[@bollywoodbandwagon]

I love Alok so much. I have not had to deal with violence but a lot of people stare when I am out doing my own thing: grocery shopping and other regular things. I just want to live my life and often think several times before going out. I think whether I should or shouldn’t just wear what I want. I love this poetry. It is empowering for me and a reminder to be myself and push for that as much as I can. 💞

[@patrickmcaleer5084]

This person is scary. Not gonna lie.

[@SalemSingsStuff]

wow... every word they say breathes poetry. we love you Alok

[@lucialevy4340]

I've learned a lot listening to you, Alek. Thanks for expanding my vision. Love from Argentina.

[@BureauATF]

Learned about how to identify trash culture all about deviant sex...?

[@johnadams1281]

THIS THING IS DISGUSTING

[@Johnnybananass-_]

No One "Needs" to do anything , people and companies can make choices to design and make clothes for whoever they want. you can't force things on people just cos you wnat them to be a certain way . Just the same way I cant say you "need " to dress like a man cos you have a penis. You have the right to be and do whatever you want to do . just as brands can make what they want to make.

[@dalanium98]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤

[@danyllo7709]

I Love You Alok

[@vwedeek]

That was so beautiful!

[@shamusteakiawa]

No it's cringe asf

[@vwedeek]

@@shamusteakiawa that’s your opinion and that’s none of my business so why are you replying to me??

[@shamusteakiawa]

Lol

[@brokejaw]

You can't call people who disagree with your views as a phobia, this isn't some "movement" you're just mixing clothes. You talk like this is some kind of revolution yet you revolutionize only mixing of garments. That's it...you're just putting fancy words on mixing gender clothing. That's it....seriously.

[@ccdiez8326]

I wish "just mixing clothes" wasnt such a big deal and that people like u didnt go out of their way to make it a big deal

[@brokejaw]

@@ccdiez8326 it's not a big deal, you guys are making it a big deal. Do you see me making a theatrical poem about it? Get over yourself, wear your girl boy clothes and just STFU about it. Move on like you don't actually give a fuck about what people think. Cause when you guys go above and beyond with this, it actually shows you really do care what people think but you're all too simple minded to realize it.

[@Money_Shot-j8u]

@@ccdiez8326 lol it's you who's making a big deal... He's pointing out how asinine it is to call it a movement when people have been doing it since the 60's.

[@ratlordfx4219]

@@brokejaw this guy nailed it Edit: or gal, as if these words mean anything anymore

[@eliomiro7855]

just finished watching and one more thing. Alok? You can't erradicate ugly from the world. No matter how hard you try. Ugly people exist and you're one of them .

[@427vot]

Let them speak

[@dawlesstech8904]

is anybody stopping them? This is easiest thing to get the red carpet for.

[@absurdlyy9009]

Thank you for being unapologetically yourself and standing in your truth. You make me feel like I can and should do it too. ❤️

[@bollywoodbandwagon]

I feel the same. Love ALOK so much 💖💖💖

[@johnadams1281]

"IT" SHOULD BE APOLOGETIC FOR MAKING ME VOMIT

[@centralctbench6843]

Reminder that personality and fashion sense isn't the same thing as gender :)

[@ashleymrals]

THIS WAS SO INCREDIBLE. I CRIED, I LAUGHED, AND I'M INSPIRED. ALOK IS A FORCE!

[@azul_obsidiana]

Thank you for your existence Alok

[@badsnakes5986]

SAFE YOUR CHILDREN!

[@prinze_valentino]

Thank you so much for your visibility! I admire your wisdom greatly & Everything about you is pure beauty & fabulous! 💖

[@manuelgallego8427]

I believe the truest concept of Man and Women are artistic renderings called by the spirit. It's mainly the games we play.

[@slickjim2626]

Well said :)

[@christianmark7650]

I love everything about what you are saying Alok!!! I have had similar conversation with so many wonderful cis-gender friends. I share with them the perspective that Trans & Non-binary people are heroes of freedom for everyone. Because whenever anyone is brave enough to be authentic/healthy, to peacefully stand up for their rights, to end repression, then simultaneously we are all made more free! It is important to understand that we don't need to be the specifically the same (I.E.: race, gender, culture, orientation) to be on the same side of freedom for everyone. For example: Black Lives Matter should be an important issue to everyone, as a powerful way to support human rights for all. Because Black Lives Matter is a human rights issue (not just a minority or Black issue). Likewise, Trans-rights are a human rights issue, because we are all unique and even a White Cis-gender male is being repressed by heavy restrictions in gender roles. For example most Cis-men’s mental-health is being harmed everyday by society’s view that men must repress their emotions, otherwise they are seen as emasculated (through the perspective of gender repression). This results in the silent suffering of all men who experience: depression, anxiety, and stress. Which in turn affects how we (as men) interact in our relationships with others. Gender Repression affects men's (and all other gender's) overall quality of life. ...Which also harms family systems. For example: when fathers are extremely depressed or overwhelmed with back-logged emotions, their ability to be the kind of compassionate/healthy fathers that they want to be, is dimensioned in proportion to how emotionally overwhelmed they are. Gender repression has the intense side-effect of creating emotional repression for men, so a lot of men often struggle with being able to process and release stress. I only bring up this particular example to acknowledge human/societal suffering with compassion (not to criticize men). I really feel that most men want to be compassionate and healthy, but most men are sabotaged by emotional/gender repression, so we haven't known how to cultivate as much empathy for others, because we are enculturated to repress emotion so heavily. This is just one example of many. Each unique gender identity experiences its own specific gender repression and pain. Each example could be illustrated and deserves respect/compassion. I only brought up cis-men, because I think it is particularly helpful to point out how even cis-men are liberated by Trans and Non-binary rights. ...Which many men may not realize. So I think it can be a great way of starting to create healthy conversations that create perspective shifts that support all minority rights. There are endless examples of how forcing inauthentic/repressive roles onto people, creates serious mental illness issues for all people in general. So protecting any minority’s rights is also protecting everyone’s rights/health indirectly, and improves quality of life for everyone. We are only collectively as free/healthy, as how we treat those that have the least rights in our society. How can I feel free and safe? ...if my neighbors that are minorities are being systematically harmed and harassed by police. I can’t feel good about living in a country like that. Besides on the long run, when we create human rights loop-holes, they can be exploited in unpredictable ways, against any other group as well. America as a whole, needs to start seeing these minority rights issues as being human rights issues for everyone. That’s when things will get better.

[@Money_Shot-j8u]

So, the same way gun rights activists fight to keep our 2nd and 4th amendment freedoms? I can get behind that. Everyone should live their life how they want to, without fear that their government will suppress that right.

[@mazitazana1975]

@Christian Mark thank you for this long comment which shows us the importance for EVERYONE to fight those fights in order to get towards a more free and less violent and oppressive society.

[@hesterhiggins644]

Enlightening, and agree that being authentic is so important.

[@conradofmc_ny6706]

Either he likes or not, he was born with a male body, with its chromosome, dna, and hormones. He could feel whatever he wants, but the reality is different

[@heliusfacenna4109]

@@conradofmc_ny6706 So you're basically saying that your feelings aren't real?

[@conradofmc_ny6706]

@@heliusfacenna4109 what’s I’m saying is that, facts DONT care about my feeling, or anyone’s feeling

[@heliusfacenna4109]

@@conradofmc_ny6706 But your feelings create your reality. And authenticity is when our behaviour is in alignment with our feelings. So I don't understand what your biological "facts" (which are not hard and fast anyway and therefore don't count for much) have to do with it.

[@conradofmc_ny6706]

@@heliusfacenna4109 no, said, he can feel whatever he wants but that doesn’t change the facts

[@eraani]

Thank you, Alok. Thank you.

💗

[@KaliMaaaaa]

He will be in jail soon like he deserves, who knows how many little girls this man has abysed.

[@jalarconcedeno]

It’s incredible how something so ridiculous has made this guy rich and relevant lmao

[@LeeoGoneWild]

The fact that these comments are so pro-Alok makes me believe real comments are getting deleted. It’s so bizarre we are allowing someone dressed as clown to speak for all of us. Clowns have ALWAYS existed, he is just living every day as one, whereas others take it off when they’re done working. He does not represent the gay community and I’m offended he even has this platform.

[@brokejaw]

It's like he's just making fancy words for mixing gender fashion. That's all it is. You take fashion and gender and mix em up and you have this guy. Or just a new form of fashion but to speak of it as it's some human rights movement is hilarious...he's a manipulator of words...he's a con and he's really really good at it.

[@LeeoGoneWild]

Sam I Am well it’s actually the people who believe him who are at fault. The fact there are people that believe this trash proves how gullible and weak minded people are.

[@isabellasmith307]

Wow I feel so sorry for you....your masculinity must be so fragile....

[@wya5705]

@@isabellasmith307 your insult is too weak. I don't think anyone would get offended unless they are extremely soft ❄️ like you

[@colinhayward]

Wow Alok! Such an amazing human being. The world does need to realize that social rules around gender hurt everyone - those who transgress but also those who comply. Freeing gender expression IS an act of harm reduction, for all of us.

[@moghalameer9434]

Wtf is this

[@Maya-tx5xq]

Why is everyone here a bully? Alok is an inventive person who continually is discovering themself. We should all strive to look beyond what society feeds us and question it, regardless of gender identity or sexual preference.

[@DavidDorenfeld]

This is an amazing speech. Why does this not have millions of views yet?!? Really opened my mind and my eyes as an "average" white male who identifies with his gender and identity from birth. Alok is a genius and speaks the truth and makes me want to be a better and more empathetic person. Will share.

[@Viviano_Magami]

Bcuz it stupid

[@varela7644]

🤢

[@Paurf]

I love you 💕

[@aamakonepalieasyfood761]

Alok you a brave person as in your musculine body, having courage to wear feminine dresses and make up, with a great oratory power. You are not an ordinary person. A great personality of poetry, expression and eloquence. I love to keep watching and listening your expressions of courage.

[@reyhanemehrabi5629]

So inspiring

[@emilyweber1193]

I'm not gay. But I love Alok sooooo much! 😍💖😍💖

[@radwooah]

you know Alok is a dude right and your name is Emily. How is this gay. And no boo i'm not transphobic but this monster is not trans

[@mehdirajabpour3031]

@@radwooah who are you?! a nobody..so no one cares honey

[@acdeeiprrt]

@@radwooah "I'm not transphobic but" is not a promising start to a sentence And calling people monsters for their appearance is mean, even though I agree this person a) is an attention seeker and b) isn't trans as most people understand the word.

[@bollywoodbandwagon]

Emily! I love them too 🥳🥰💞

[@conradofmc_ny6706]

I respect his feeling, and would refer to him however he wants, but biologically, he is a man, with his males hormones, chromosomes, genitalia, etc.. you just can’t deny that. You are PHYSICALLY MALE OR FEMALE

[@violetstameski664]

Just a gay man spewing his distress with the world.

[@HiHi-fw8hg]

does anyone have a transcript of this?

[@santiagolopez3909]

Good speech! 👏

[@HexxBoi]

He needs to stop caking off trans issues when it doesn't apply to him. He's rotten

[@austinmatthew-san4042]

🔥🔥🔥

[@bollywoodbandwagon]

Meh! Your comment is rotten!

[@bollywoodbandwagon]

So rotten...your comment

[@bollywoodbandwagon]

Rotten comment from Josh with no content on his channel and hidden face. I’d respect your opinion more if you posted a video on your channel about it. Be transparent. Own your rot! Own it.

[@RareWarRoses]

It’s an insult to trans women who have transition fully!

[@jodiefindlay3068]

yesssss!!!!! love you!!!!!!!

[@ricachowdhury5502]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DolevBroughton]

Grow up matey

[@Sssvvvgggwww]

Amazing.. just amazing

[@e.i.g.ri.]

Horrid

[@witchwitha]

just like you 😍🥰🤩😘😘😗😍

[@MrNicoleCherie]

I love them!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@yaakovtorrano6442]

hi Alok, could you please answer me on here if you are in relationships with women? like in long term relationships? I'm curious to know if you are attracted to heterosexual women? please do not take any offense to my question in any way. I actually do look up to you, however in this fucked up society, I am scared for you due to the very sad and terrible reality of abuse or worse

[@22for88]

beautiful, but arrogant too

[@Existantia]

hauteria confident

[@22for88]

@@Existantia arrogant :)

[@themarquis8716]

@@22for88 Nope. Confident. Arrogant is negative. And we don't need negativity up in here. Alok is an inspiration and has every right to own their space, speak with conviction and tell people the truth. It's overdue.

[@emiliana1767]

@sonoki82 lol this video dismantles every word you just said. Beauty is evolving and heavily influenced by culture, economics and politics.

[@Sssvvvgggwww]

sonoki82 go away, troll. Eat dirt, your time is up.

[@wonderwinder1]

Please, no.

[@NP-ou5yt]

🤮

[@hellnaw7772]

His stu .... Love his words

[@brvndxxxn]

Yes!! Love them, we need to create a unified system.

[@centralctbench6843]

him

[@brvndxxxn]

@@centralctbench6843 they don't identify as him. Don't be a dick

[@centralctbench6843]

Brandon Fernandez good for him

[@patriciorodriguez1020]

No