This is a question from a reader, it’s taken me three months to answer, mostly because I’m not very good at reading the little hidden questiony bits they have here. It’s a very good question however, and it is most worthy of an answer.
The Question: You have some interesting pages such as power-skirts for men. Now I don’t want to pretend to be a women, or pretend to be Scottish. How does someone pull off, for example a skirt, in the context of an otherwise complete manly outfit, especially with respect to shoes/boots, career wear, hose, body-hair, and I suppose underwear, just in case of strong wind?
Also known as a sarong, wrap around skirts are common in tropical places where they are quite often considered to be very suitable male attire. Samoan men wear a wrap around skirt called a lavalava, and interestingly enough, whilst it is also worn by children, it is not often worn by women. To think that there are still pockets of the world in which men have monopoly on the skirt!
Plaid skirts for men are often referred to as kilts, because oftentimes they are. What’s the difference between a kilt and a mere skirt? Well, a kilt is a pleated skirt which is usually patterned with a clan tartan. Kilts close to the side at the front and are best worn with a large kilt pin which will keep them from flying open at inopportune moments and showing the world everything you have.
Floral prints, I’ve talked about them at length before, noting their vintage charm, their ye olde appeal and their undeniable association with femininity. Floral print skirts can work for men just as well as they do for women, and come in a wide range of styles and designs.
I know I said I wasn’t going to be putting these articles on Hub Pages anymore, however though I won’t be writing any lingerie articles there anymore (largely thanks to some puritan twit at Google deciding that panties are adult material, but more on that at a later date,) I will still be writing about feminine men’s fashion. This is one of those articles, and I would be remiss if I did not share it with my readers here.
Remember the power suit of the 80′s? Worn by women it involved shoulder pads big enough to take down a line backer and was often accompanied by high heels so pointy one could finish him off with them. Men haven’t been able to enjoy such a power suit for some time, being stuck with the same old suit variations that can be picked up in every men’s store from Algeria to Zimbabwe.
Men who wear women’s clothing in public are often struck with a particular challenge. How, in this pre fashion enlightened world, are they to wear their skirts out in public without having to go six rounds with the nearest moron. (Though, to be honest, depending on where you live, you may get nothing but smiles by going out in a dress.)
It’s super awesome when one of the paragons of the fashion world affirms what one has been saying for quite some time. The line between male and female fashions is not so firmly drawn as some might expect, assume and even hope.
