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Neo-gender is the concept of a new type of gender. It abandons the traditional distinction of gender with the socio-cultural understanding of digital age, and takes advantage of the merits of both genders. Neo-gender is not a small group which has its traits of academic approach and model selection. It is rather a new socio-cultural phenomenon in which we digital generation stand at the center of it. The various types of Neo-gender which are the chief items of marketing and cultural industry have developed into womad females and M-ness males. The aesthetic traits of Neo-gender expressed in fashion include the supreme outward appearance, prudent consumers, closing-up of femaleness, and multiple gender identity. This study aims to offer the momentum to understand the possibility of multiple expressions of fashion and gender, and their symbolic meaning. It also intends to offer the opportunity to enlarge the molding value of fashion which embraces the different biological and social traits of both genders, and to direct the development of open identity of gender.