Trend Alert: Men's Skirts

[KiltyCol]

I guess everyone should be free to wear what they want, but also accept others' reactions.

Personally I think many guys can look cute cross dressing, but they need to make the effort ... and learn how long it takes to look good!

I have no intention of Cross Dressing. Kilts are mens clothing!
Some manufacturer's make men's skirts, designed specially, so again Men's clothing. I don't wear jewellery or watches and apart from kilts and sarongs, I dress much the same as most men.
The issue is freedom to make informed choices.

[Alf Huckham]

I guess everyone should be free to wear what they want, but also accept others' reactions.

Personally I think many guys can look cute cross dressing, but they need to make the effort ... and learn how long it takes to look good!

I have no intention of Cross Dressing. Kilts are mens clothing!
Some manufacturer's make men's skirts, designed specially, so again Men's clothing. I don't wear jewellery or watches and apart from kilts and sarongs, I dress much the same as most men.
The issue is freedom to make informed choices.

But what will every1 else think when u r gliding down the Street in a SKIRT?

Yeah, that's right Col- they will laugh at you, think u r weird and call u a cross dresser.

(Kilty Col thinks the World will say, "Oh, that's a nice Man's Skirt")

[Usquanigo]

I guess everyone should be free to wear what they want, but also accept others' reactions.

Personally I think many guys can look cute cross dressing, but they need to make the effort ... and learn how long it takes to look good!

I have no intention of Cross Dressing. Kilts are mens clothing!
Some manufacturer's make men's skirts, designed specially, so again Men's clothing. I don't wear jewellery or watches and apart from kilts and sarongs, I dress much the same as most men.
The issue is freedom to make informed choices.

But what will every1 else think when u r gliding down the Street in a SKIRT?

Yeah, that's right Col- they will laugh at you, think u r weird and call u a cross dresser.

(Kilty Col thinks the World will say, "Oh, that's a nice Man's Skirt")

Yeah, but he still doesn't wear those skirts. And they are only "for men" in the same sense as the over-sized women's shoes, made for cross-dressers.

Ya gotta give Col some credit, he's not like the other freaks. He's just too accepting of them, and that's due to being too closed minded to see the world around him (as we saw in the fashion freedom thread).

[Alf Huckham]

I guess everyone should be free to wear what they want, but also accept others' reactions.

Personally I think many guys can look cute cross dressing, but they need to make the effort ... and learn how long it takes to look good!

I have no intention of Cross Dressing. Kilts are mens clothing!
Some manufacturer's make men's skirts, designed specially, so again Men's clothing. I don't wear jewellery or watches and apart from kilts and sarongs, I dress much the same as most men.
The issue is freedom to make informed choices.

But what will every1 else think when u r gliding down the Street in a SKIRT?

Yeah, that's right Col- they will laugh at you, think u r weird and call u a cross dresser.

(Kilty Col thinks the World will say, "Oh, that's a nice Man's Skirt")

Yeah, but he still doesn't wear those skirts. And they are only "for men" in the same sense as the over-sized women's shoes, made for cross-dressers.

Ya gotta give Col some credit, he's not like the other freaks. He's just too accepting of them, and that's due to being too closed minded to see the world around him (as we saw in the fashion freedom thread).

Col is fine- he argues his point of view- which is way off the mark.

[Rich_L]

Ok Girls, I have a confession to make - - I joined in your skirt day tuesday, I hope you don't mind.
I wore an above knee 4" Black Denim Cargo with nude stockings and white girls high cut panties, 3 " clogs. Tuesday I had off. It would not matter anyway at work they don't want girls to wear skirts, only a few do, usually religious reasons.

I went with a friend shopping at Kohl's ( A department store in the USA) then she took me to lunch. This being a coffee house, having tables and chairs spread around, it required me to stay alert and sit properly.

Acording to her there was only 2 reactions to my wearing a skirt. One employee did a double take and an 8-10 year old boy could not take his eyes off me. I did get a compliment at the coffee house from the waitress, who was dressed in goth.

Normally I do not wear heels with skirts and have always worn pantyhose under pants sometimes crop and longer denim skirts
I do not consider myself a cross dresser anymore than a girl wearing jeans would consider them self a cross dresser. I also have no intention of trying to pass as a women. I do find skirts very comfortable in the hot weather. Sarongs are my favorite and almost always gets me a compliment.

So what am I getting at? There are about three dozen countries in the west were men still wear skirt or dress like clothing, ok some only for military ie: Greece Scotland
What makes it right for them and wrong for us?

Ladies had to fight for the right to wear pants, ladies like Emma Snodgrass who in 1852 got thrown in jail for wearing - - pants. If it wasn't for the lirls in the 50-60s wearing mens pants, the manufacturers would never have started making them to fit women. How many 50 shows do you see with women in pants?

It was a fun Tuesday.

A note:
There was a period when men were not suppose to wear paints, to much like the German barbarians who did wear them.

Rich

[Alf Huckham]

Ok Girls, I have a confession to make - - I joined in your skirt day tuesday, I hope you don't mind.
I wore an above knee 4" Black Denim Cargo with nude stockings and white girls high cut panties, 3 " clogs. Tuesday I had off. It would not matter anyway at work they don't want girls to wear skirts, only a few do, usually religious reasons.

I went with a friend shopping at Kohl's ( A department store in the USA) then she took me to lunch. This being a coffee house, having tables and chairs spread around, it required me to stay alert and sit properly.

Acording to her there was only 2 reactions to my wearing a skirt. One employee did a double take and an 8-10 year old boy could not take his eyes off me. I did get a compliment at the coffee house from the waitress, who was dressed in goth.

My point is there are about three dozen countries in the west were men still wear skirt or dress like clothing, ok some only for military ie: Greece Scotland What makes it right for them and wrong for us.

There was a period when men were not suppose to wear paints like the German barbarians did.
Ladies had to fight for the right to wear pants, ladies like Emma Snodgrass who in 1852 got thrown in jail for wearing pants. If it wasn't for the lgirls in the 50-60s wearing mens pants the manufacturers would never have started making pants to fit women. How many 50 shows do you see with woen in pants?

It was a fun Tuesday.
Rich

Good God! Not another weirdo!

[KiltyCol]

In the 50s nearly all women and girls wore skirts.

[Alf Huckham]

rubbish

[KiltyCol]

Some people were not even born then, so how do they think that they know what people wore.

[Usquanigo]

Some people were not even born then, so how do they think that they know what people wore.

Pictures, video, TV. movies, etc.

[Rich_L]

I have to agree with KiltyCol.

In the 50s nearly all women and girls wore skirts.

And Again

Some people were not even born then, so how do they think that they know what people wore.

Maybe some of us were there in the 50's.
And I do know it was rare to see a girl in pants in the 60's, and even in '72 girls still did not were pants in school - not even in gym class. They wore an ugly romper! Like this http://tinyurl.com/5ulw5y
Rompers being one piece are not pants, tho they have 2 legs, pants would have been considered cross dressing.

[Usquanigo]

I have to agree with KiltyCol.

In the 50s nearly all women and girls wore skirts.

And Again

Some people were not even born then, so how do they think that they know what people wore.

Maybe some of us were there in the 50's.
And I do know it was rare to see a girl in pants in the 60's, and even in '72 girls still did not were pants in school - not even in gym class. They wore an ugly romper! Like this http://tinyurl.com/5ulw5y
Rompers being one piece are not pants, tho they have 2 legs, pants would have been considered cross dressing.

Wrong.

60s = hippies, girls were either "proper" or hippies. Proper girls had no need for pants, and hippies tended to prefer flowing skirts, however, LOTS of them DID wear pants. On and off stage. In fact, most images I can recall of Janis Joplin were in pants, but I have seen a lot of authentic footage in that History Channel special on hippies and about as many wore pants as not, so that busts your theory there.

Women have been wearing pants since the 40's. "Rosie the Riveter", have you heard of her maybe? - http://www.rosietheriveter.org/home/weldersa.jpg

Hollywood starlets were wearing pants too.

You can NOT equate the 2. If you even try, that illustrates a lot of ignorance.

[Bushwalker]

If you want to dress like a woman, wear blue jeans...

[KiltyCol]

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If you want to dress like a woman, wear blue jeans...

Absolutely correct!
I don't like wearing jeans, although my wife bought me some, a few years ago.
Firstly I find them uncomfortable and
secondly, blue jeans are womens clothing.

[Usquanigo]

secondly, blue jeans are womens clothing.

No they aren't. They were invented in the 1800's, originally worn by cowboys and farmers because of their toughness.

Today, they come in BOTH women's AND men's variety, but if we look at the origin as a definition, then they, like pants on the whole, are men's clothing - but that's being ridiculous.