I know, mixte means "universal" and was not meant to be gender specific. That being said, I was looking through old Fuji catalogs and it appears that when the top tube runs all the way to the dropouts, splitting at the seat tube, they label it a mixte. When there is a single top tube that runs down to the seat tube and stops, they label it an "L" for ladies.

Did other companies do this? Or are they all considered "mixtes" outside of Fuji?

I'm looking to overhaul a mixte for someone for the first time so I'm doing my research and just thought this was interesting.