I've had some thoughts in my head on this topic after seeing a post on social media where someone responded to another user criticizing some of the clothes Tenn is drawn wearing in official IDOLiSH7 art and some of his performance outfits, saying he was dressed like a girl and that he should be drawn in more "manly" outfits. The person who made the post said that they responded to this saying that clothes have no gender, etc., but then proceeded to call Tenn transfem and call him a "queen." So... is this widespread in the fandom or not? Claiming that these outfits aren't inherently feminine and then proceeding to assign a feminine identity to the male character wearing them? That just seems hypocritical to me.

I have mixed feelings on some of the styling choices in i7, but the outfits being "too feminine" has never been an issue for me. The outfits I didn't like were ones I simply thought were unflattering. However, when it comes to fashion and gender, I liked how some of the characters wore clothes that could be perceived as feminine in some of the MVs and art because these clothes fit the emotional and creative nature of the characters and they're just beautiful, just like the characters wearing them. I just don't think that fans should force femininity on the male characters based on their clothes right after claiming that clothes have no gender.