What Is Unisex Clothing and Why Is Stravage's Range Designed Around It?
Unisex clothing is designed with cuts, proportions, and silhouettes that work well across genders rather than being specifically tailored for a male or female body form. Stravage designs several core pieces - including the Signature Tee and the Feel Alive Tee - as genuinely unisex because quality design should not require a gender label to work. In practice, unisex pieces allow different body types to find a cut that suits them rather than conforming to a narrowly defined size template.
The Indian clothing market is heavily gender-segregated by retail convention - men's sections and women's sections, men's brands and women's brands, with relatively little overlap in the middle. This segregation is more a retail infrastructure habit than a reflection of how people actually want to dress.
Stravage's unisex approach is not a political statement. It is a design decision grounded in the observation that clothing quality - fabric, cut, construction - does not require gender segregation to work. A premium T-shirt cut to fit cleanly on a range of body types is better design than two separately cut T-shirts that achieve the same result for a narrower range of bodies each.
What Makes a Piece Genuinely Unisex
The failure mode of many "unisex" garments is that they are actually men's clothing sold to everyone - a standard men's cut with neutral branding, sized with men's proportions as the reference. This produces garments that fit men well and are described as unisex but fit women awkwardly.
Genuinely unisex clothing is designed from the start with a wider range of body proportions as the reference:
Shoulder width range: True unisex pieces work across a range of shoulder widths that encompasses both narrower and wider proportions. The shoulder seam placement and slope accommodate this range.
Chest and waist proportion: The relationship between chest and waist width in a genuinely unisex piece provides comfort and flattering proportion across a wider range of chest-to-waist ratios than a narrowly gendered template.
Length: Torso length varies significantly across individuals. Unisex pieces either use longer cuts that work at different tuck levels or proportions that work at multiple body lengths.
Silhouette: A relaxed, clean silhouette - not specifically fitted for either a male or female body form - is the common design vocabulary for genuinely unisex clothing. The Stravage Signature Tee's relaxed but not shapeless cut is an example of this approach.
Stravage's Unisex Pieces
The Signature Tee (White, Ash, Black) - ₹1,399: The most worn Stravage piece. Premium cotton in a clean, relaxed cut that fits well across different body types. Three neutral colourways that coordinate with any other piece in the wardrobe.
The Feel Alive White Tee - ₹1,699: A graphic tee with a slightly more expressive design intention than the Signature Tee. The feel-good graphic element works in both casual and semi-dressed contexts.
Both pieces are specifically designated as unisex fits on the Stravage product pages - meaning the sizing, cut, and silhouette have been designed for a wider body proportion range than standard men's sizing.
Browse both at stravage.in/collections/t-shirts.
How to Style Stravage Unisex Pieces
The Signature Tee as a standalone base: White Signature Tee tucked into wide-leg trousers (from the Stravage trouser collection) - a clean, contemporary minimal outfit that works across genders and body types. The relaxed tee and the structured trouser provide visual contrast that reads as intentional.
The Signature Tee as a layering base: Under an open flannel shirt (from Stravage's shirt collection) as an overshirt layer. The white or ash tee visible through the open flannel creates a layered look with visible depth.
The Feel Alive Tee as the outfit centrepiece: The graphic element provides enough visual interest that the outfit around it can be minimal - straight-leg dark trousers, clean sneakers. The tee does the talking; the rest provides structure.
Sizing for Unisex Stravage Pieces
Stravage recommends sizing up if between sizes for a more relaxed fit. For unisex pieces specifically:
For buyers who typically wear men's sizing: True to your usual size for a standard relaxed fit. Size up for an oversized, more street-casual fit.
For buyers who typically wear women's sizing: Stravage recommends checking the specific measurements in the size guide on the product page rather than sizing by conventional label. The shoulder width and chest measurements are the critical dimensions - these determine whether the piece will sit correctly on the specific body.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are all Stravage pieces unisex? No. The Signature Tee and Feel Alive Tee are specifically designed as unisex fits. Other pieces in the Stravage range are primarily men's sizing. Each product page specifies the fit type clearly.
How do I know which Stravage size to buy as a woman? Use the specific measurements in the size guide on each product page rather than your conventional size label. Shoulder width and chest measurement are the most important dimensions for T-shirts. Stravage recommends sizing up if between sizes.
Does Stravage plan to expand its women's or unisex range? Check stravage.in/collections/new-arrivals for the most current additions to the catalogue.
Where can I buy Stravage unisex pieces? At stravage.in. T-Shirts including the Signature Tee and Feel Alive Tee. Pan-India shipping. Exchange within 3 days of delivery.
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