skirtcafe.org

Hi Emde,
That was me alright.
I had just finished a cup of coffee in Starbucks.
We should meet up methinks.
Steve.

17k knock off kilts and 2200 mens skirts. Thus proving the knock off kilt is not a skirt. It isn't a kilt either. Btw i'm not a fan of 'mens skirts' they are nearly all boring althougth i totslly get why men wear them. The kilt, knock off or, modern facsimile is a skirt! The retailers and wearers j...

Of ALL the male skirted garments from around the world, not one has anything to do with de-gendering clothes or fashion freedom for men in the broadest sense. Every one of them is as prescriptive as trousers, in essence, take it or leave it! I had a look in E-bay "men's kilts", that threw ...

"Men aren't allowed", who says? If men are really serious about gaining fashion freedom, they have to get past looking for permission and approval. At the very least decide whose opinions and approval actually matter to them. Can't do that, well, enjoy the drab because that's your choice, ...

I read a Reddit thread earlier this week (sorry, can’t provide a link) about a woman who was sent home from work for refusing to wear a dress. It seems a VIP was visiting & all female staff were told to wear the uniform dress option. As the OP was experiencing her period, she felt that the trou...

Some rather bored M&S IT/web person is likely behind this.
Human error or a clever sales stunt, who knows ?
If it did end up as a massive profit booster, promotion or at a loss, you're fired!
Steve.

Only one thing I'd argue BM., it wasn't women, it was war, especially 1914-1918 that created the beginnings of change. The horrors of the first and the outcome of the second world war meant that the false constructs of a hypocritical society could not be tolerated in this country. I'm pretty sure th...

The owner (Jackie) is a very funky-looking woman around 50 years of age with orange hair and huge glasses and a very loud voice. She doesn't wear the uniform and I recall she has a liking for animal print leggings. Make of that what you will. If a young man were to get a job there, no doubt she wou...

When I said "No rules for anyone", that was an aspiration, a goal to be achieved. There are certainly rules for men and women alike. The fact that they are unwritten and underlined by convention do not make them any less potent. At the start of this thread, I said that gender based clothin...

Yeah skirt or clothes shopping in general while skirted can be great fun. However, let's develop that theme, I wear a skirt whenever and whenever and stop there. The more men who are skirted during all the routines of just living their lives, the sooner we may see a shift in societal attitude. Steve...

It’s odd that a group that likes to break the rules also likes to lay them down. TB, by "rules" , what exactly do you mean? My thoughts about menswear are very simple. There should be no rules for anyone, just dress as you please and if it offends anyone's sense of propriety, so be it. Ma...

Same - I really don’t understand the hate that’s levied upon them. I wear a lot of wool, and find that far scratchier. Denim has it's place on both sides of the aisle. As for MIS, my objection is that we should not begin from limited choice as the default setting in menswear. Fashion freedom has to...

Need may be too strong, but it is advantageous in freeing oneself from the constraints of what is already available in the world. I am sorry for my previous response to you. RH, I thankyou for being gracious. Fundamentally, we actually do agree but approach it from different angles. Fact is that we...

As I have already asked politely once, please cease responding to this thread as you are disrupting a productive conversation with other members. I have reported your post. I asked a perfectly civilised question which you have deigned not to answer. However, carry on please and I look forward to re...

A sewing machine is just a power tool, they aren't hard to use. I shared some things that do work in this article: With all respect RH, none of this explains your use of the word "need" in the title. The simple fact is that many designers in a variety of fields have little or no interest ...