"CHROMAT 2020" AUTUMN/WINTER 2020

 

When the Olympics were founded, women were not allowed to compete. Later, women were only allowed to participate in sports that were “compatible with their femininity and fragility,” but excluded from track and field. It wasn’t until the 1960s that women were even allowed to run the 800m race. 

Fast forward to present day: trans women, cis women, non-binary and intersex athletes are still punished for being ‘un-ladylike’ and some athletes are even forced into body modification and mutilation to continue pursuing their talent. World champions like Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand are penalized and banned for not conforming to the International Olympic Committee and International Association of Athletics Federations’ narrow definition of gender, which continues to change. 

Today, in protest of the stringent and exclusionary gender binary that has come to define these sporting events, we are hosting a Chromat Team Training Session to visualize the future of gender fluid inclusion in sport.

THE FUTURE OF SPORT IS EMPOWERING, INCLUSIVE AND GENDER FLUID.

"Athletes of any body, practice, or passion would be lucky to pump it up in some Chromat."
– Vogue

"Highly energetic and fun, the event was a pure celebration of diversity and self-love that brought a happy, optimistic vibe to New York Fashion Week."
– WWD

"The show was a necessary intervention to how we conceive of ability and athleticism showcasing models of all abilities and genders from an amputee to someone with a double mastectomy to several trans and gender nonconforming models."
– Teen Vogue

"So there I stook last night, underground at the Chromat show, watching models like Kimberly Drew and Alok demonstrate how it’s done, completely envious of their spunky energy and flexible range of motion in the face of a steadily creeping Monday morning."
– Man Repeller

"Dubbed "Chromat 2020 Team Training Session," the special event will debut McCharen-Tran's reimagining of sports (and its uniforms) as a gender-inclusive space."
– Nylon

"Per usual, the brand also featured a stunning variety of body types, genders and abilities for the exciting show. While the badass display of Chromat babes felt contemporary in its inclusivity, the show drew attention to the sporting world's history of being the exact opposite."
– Paper