This article, to me, is a reflection of an outdated mindset battling against a shifting paradigm. I am sure that the author of that post was not the only one who rolls their eyes at images of what, to them, is a representation of anarchy, entropy, and in more extreme cases, the degeneration of humanity and morality. I won't go there but these kind of thoughts hit close to home, as I've heard them many a time, and more than once from my own grandmother.
Humans had spent a good few centuries building their own prisons. In these prisons, everything had a convenient sorting box, everyone had a role, and rules and norms were the shackles and fortresses. Regrettable as it is, it is an essential part of human development. "The nail that sticks out will be hammered in," an old Japanese saying goes. "Is it really so hard to just be normal? Why can you not just live like everybody else and conform?", the subconscious goes, having witnessed a broken rule, a misplaced label. While these days we roll our eyes and write articles about how annoyed we are that someone dared to break a gender stereotype, in older times we'd rush into that someone's home with weapons, or have them burned at the stake.
All this might seem very serious and severe given the topic of fashion and handbags, but such articles and opinions are only the tip of an iceberg of how human psychology struggles with all its might to remain in its comfort zone, even if it may be a prison. And it manifests itself more than you may think, even though we may only raise the issue when the odd article turns up, when someone particularly vocal decides to voice their opinion somewhere in a dark corner of the internet.
One rolling their eyes at men adopting traditionally 'feminine' styles, blurring the gender boundaries is a real thing, but its getting old fast. Paradigms shift faster than we think - I'm already seeing signs of building new fortresses where old ones have fallen: scoffing at a woman who wants to have children and be a housewife, because that's against the new 'norm' of an 'emancipated' woman who should be able to work three jobs while raising her children.
Before I get too deep into the philosophy bunny burrow, I'll stop at that. I personally love guys who are fashionable. Who wear makeup. Who know their perfume. Its oh so sexy! Of course, some guys may not be able to pull off a birkin - just like many women may not be! A handbag - even one of outstanding quality like an Hermès handbag - is an extension of one's style, not an element of style attached to a blank canvas.
Its great that we are starting to get rid of gender labels in fashion - just try not to build a new Azkaban prison where the previous one was demolished.
Peace
Very eloquently argued, I agree wholeheartedly.
and "knowledge" about "Fashion"....with the explosion of Today's Unisex and Universal Accessories that Gucci's Alessandro Michelle introduced a few seasons ago..IF he is In-The-Know about Today's "Fashion"
...THIS should NOT be an issue. 
