20 Cross-Dressing Fashions and Viral Drag Queens

Robert Pattinson is Not Alone

‘Twilight’ star Robert Pattinson recently divulged that he wasn’t always the well-dressed young man that he is now. “Up until I was 12, my sisters used to dress me up as a girl and introduce me as Claudia,” Pattinson told The Sun.

Lucy, you’ve got some ‘splaining to do--or not, as the case may be. While gender-bending fashion certainly isn’t new, in recent years it’s been embraced by the fashion community. Both Prada and John Galliano sent men down the runway in gender-bending fashions to great acclaim. In fashion magazines, cross-dressing editorials appeared in Vogue Homme Japan and V Magazine. Robert Pattinson and his cross-dressing childhood is among some pretty heavy hitters in the fahsion world.

Check out some of the ways cross-dressing and gender-bending fashions have bubbled up from the underground scene.

SCORE
6.2 out of 10
GENDER
10% Men90% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 96%
Activity 81%
Freshness 8%

Solutions for innovators working at the edge of change. We help transform emerging ideas into practical, durable solutions by combining strategic thinking, creative exploration, and hands-on execution.

Trends © 2026 Trend Hunter Inc. All Rights Reserved.
LinkedIn Instagram X