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I live in Munich and haven't worn a pair of trousers in over five years. Mostly nobody takes any notice, occasionally someone makes confused remarks about Scotland, occasionally I get enthusiastic compliments (the most enthusiastic was for a striking black and white striped dress, one of my favourit...

I bought a couple of pairs of 20-eyelet Solovairs with side zip (made where they used to make DMs) from the British Boot Company in Camden a decade ago, and they're still going. I have had to replace the zips though, an involved but doable operation. Sadly, since the UK decided to commit economic ha...

Oooh, several things, in no particular order: - I do like bright colours, I just dislike boring clothes; - Most people are just walking trees; - I'm much happier wearing things I actually like; - Deciding what to wear actually does take time when there is genuinely a choice to make; - Deciding what ...

I've learned several languages over the years, and weirdly, Norwegian is one I really struggled with, despite its relative grammatical simplicity. I'm fine with eldritch grammar - Basque was a hoot, though it was over twenty years ago and I've forgotten it all again - but my brain just doesn't want ...

By the way I probably should have explained my username ‘Fear i Sciorta Dubh’. Some may have thought it had something to do with ‘fear’, as in fear of the consequences of wearing a skirt. But nothing of the sort. It is simply’Man in a Black Skirt’ in the Irish language (or as Gaeilge). Your usernam...

All the more remarkable for its appearance in a wannabe 'christian' dictatorship (the wannabe dictator actually calls it an 'illiberális demokrácia') where gender studies has been banned...

J

I have collated a few sightings over the past few months - none to my taste, but all coherent outfits that worked for their wearers: At the Spielewiese games fair in Munich: brown leather skirt, yellow sleeveless top, knee boots; Frankfurt am Main central station: - Kilt/boots combo, all leather, pl...

Goodness! I'm glad I live in Munich - Munich and the Bavarian Alps are still an island of relative safety in a sea of infestation (both the diseased six-legged kind and the politically noxious two-legged kind). Here the primary risk is tick-borne encephalitis (for which there is, fortunately, a vacc...

If my wardrobe were not already overfull I'd most probably order one of these. It's nice to see an everyday design rather than designers trying too hard.

Meet "Chris"...
https://de.dawanda.com/product/89000951 ... leid-chris
(German site)

J

@Skirtyscot: Think black, chrome, steam and *power*! ("Steam-generator" irons at anything up to £300 a pop...)
(No, I don't get it either...)

Great to hear (read)!

I'm gradually working up to working skitted myself - first step was a pair of denim-look leggings last week. I have high hopes of going the whole way (the tech side of a price-comparison website is a pretty easy-going place).

J

Oh goodness, that asinine "for men" thing is in no way limited to skirts! It all prays on the mysterious fear - particularly prevalent at C2 and below - of being thouht gay. Take moisturiser - a very sensible concept if you prefer not to flake like a parched sub-saharan field. Ordinary stu...

Urban Outfitters has some really good corduroy skirts with good pockets at the moment. On the boots front, I recently acquired a pair of king Grinders from www.britboot.com, which are fantastic - one of the very rare instances of an immediate perfect fit with no wearing in.

Jerevo

For those in the UK: Urban Outfitters has rather good corduroy skirts with deep pockets at the moment, not to mention one or two eminently wearable dresses. I stocked up.

Thursday 27th November? I'll put an entry in the suggested meets section.

Andrew