First and foremost, we would like to thank every single customer in Australia and New Zealand for their support in getting VividQ started last year. However, it comes with great sadness to announce that, for the time being, we will be closing our ANZ store for the foreseeable future. This is due to the simple fact that, if we continue, the business will lose money to the point of no return. Why? In simple terms, it all comes down to the $AUD to $USD conversion rate. As we source all of our stock from the US (and ship it direct...

In the past few decades, the fashion world has evolved radically with so many changes that have come to stay.

These changes have encouraged both men and women become more expressive with their dress; this is the reason why it is no longer rare, however still uncommon in some parts of the world, to see men adorned in what would traditionally be seen as female or camp clothing.

This forces the social conservatives out there to ask: Is this socially acceptable? Is this the new “normal”? My personal answer to this would be, “I hope so!”. However, when it comes to men wearing, say, dresses or corsets or lace, the general consensus in society is “no”, yet when women wear clothes from the men’s department, no one bats an eyelid. This is where the stigma and denigration towards men’s clothing begins.

In the last few years, the wearing of lingerie among men has skyrocketed – even though this might sound bizarre to many, or to some, an affront.

However, just like other things in life, men need to be given the freedom of choice because what drives true freedom is self-expression. Authentic self-expression through clothing ought to cut across all gender boundaries and not be limited to one gender or another alone.