Coming out as transgender male, transgender female or gender-neutral is not easy, especially when one doesn't have the tools to do so.
A design duo recognized a gap in the undergarment industry. Agender people or those transitioning don't always identify with one gender category or the garments within a largely gender binary market, making it harder to buy clothes they need.
Peregrine Honig, who has artwork in museums across the United States as well as a 13-year-old lingerie store, teamed up with designer Laura Treas to introduce a line of genderless undergarments on Kickstarter, called All Is Fair In Love And Wear.
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“People all over the world cross the gender divide, and they deserve to reframe and reform without limitation,” the brand's Kickstarter explains.
Honig moved forward with the idea of creating her own modification garments when she saw her friends' poorly constructed binders, garments that modify certain areas of one's body. She went online to see this type of item's availability. The results were scarce.
Honig and Treas started the All Is Fair In Love And Wear line, which includes four designs: high-quality binders, cinchers, packers and tuckers to allow customers to identify outwardly as they do inside.
“It’s for someone who wants to appear in public as they appear in private,” Honig tells Mashable.
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Currently on Kickstarter, the product has earned $14,578 at the time of writing, with an initial goal of $23,000. The campaign has two days left before expiration.
Depending on the quantity of purchases, items will range in price from $45 to $100. Honig hopes to start selling items toward the end of November in an online store.
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The brand is also partnering with the Kansas City Care Clinic to educate on transgender health.
“As a cis female, I’m not telling my own story,” Honig tells Refinery 29. “It’s just amazing to get to know a group of people that have these incredible stories and interesting, beautiful relationships with their bodies, with who they are, and who they want to be.”