Summary Of Gender Fluid Clothing In Girl Meets Boy

In Smith’s first person narrative on the other hand Anthea initially misjudges the gender of her love interest Robin and just like the fashion in Orlando, the clothing in Girl Meets Boy is also gender ambiguous. Upon her first encounter with Robin, Anthea observes her act of political activism and narrates ‘The boy up the ladder at the gate was in a kilt and a sporran’ (Smith,43,2007). Just like Woolf’s introduction of Orlando Smith also begins by (wrongly) specifying her gender, however dresses her protagonist in gender fluid clothing, for example it is interesting that Robin is wearing a skirt typically worn by men. Furthermore Robin’s attire is representative of both masculinity and femininity, for example the delicate imagery created