is it too much to hope?

[skirtingtoday]

Well I have no problems wearing a miniskirt (and tights due to the cold weather) at Tesco, B&Q (DIY shop), M&S, the local Civil Amenity site for recycling. Other than a second look, and that only occasionally, I just get on with whatever I am buying or doing.

Admittedly the first time is always scary as there are no guidelines as to what to expect in the form of reaction. On that I remember many years ago one advert about a youth buying condoms for the first time. All sorts of negative thoughts were running through his head about "what will the girl at the desk think? Will she comment? What will I say if she does?" etc but then they started voicing her actual thoughts and they related more to what she was going to do at the weekend, who she would meet and generally not bothered at all about what was on the conveyor belt before her.

I think that any article is good publicity (Didn't someone once say that "Any publicity is good publicity? PT Barnum? Did Oscar Wilde not say "There's no such thing as bad publicity"?) simply because it is in a mainstream newspaper with a large circulation. It may have been intended as an amusing article but much of what is said (...Hardly anyone noticed...) is what we say here every other week. It would have been better to have links to more sensibly priced articles but when they have ladies fashion, the prices there run into the high hundreds and sometimes thousands of pounds. But the general public find the "look" that resembled the models and at a tiny fraction of the price. Hopefully some men will look further than the £1000+ price and get a skirt on!

[skirtyscot]

He can't make up his mind whether the article should be making fun of the whole thing or not. Swings wildly from taking it seriously to being facetious, and back again.

“I’ve got a couple of skirts,” Peter Orlov, a 30-year-old City solicitor, had told me. “One is pretty much floor length, and seems to get the most attention.” Never! Anyway, he says he’s been wearing skirts for a few years and — once he mastered getting in and out of taxis — is totally comfortable. “I’ve worn them to birthday drinks, dinners, parties, whatever. I don’t think I’d wear one to Tesco ...

Come on man! Be bold! I've done that, and nothing happened!

... and I wouldn’t wear it to work ...

Work as an investment funds specialist in the London office of some American lawyers. I bet it would go down a storm! (Hey! He's my 3rd degree connection on Linked In. I'm nearly famous!)

I’ve chosen the rest of my outfit carefully. Blokey old jumper, boots — anything to deflect from the fact there is unbroken access to my nether regions.

... and to be as incongruous as possible with his £1000 skirt, I'll bet. Poor choice!

Speaking of which, I’ve chosen the snuggest, longest, dullest pair of boxers I own. I will later discover, while trying to perch on a low wall, that “coverage” is a critical issue.

Long boxers and a not-quite knee-length skirt. No wonder he had "coverage problems! Should have worn his Y-fronts.

Relaxed, I actually start to like it. Aside from being too cold to hang about on the balcony and getting stabbed mid-thigh with a cigarette, it doesn’t look too bad at a dimly lit party. Possibly pissed by this point, I fancy myself a modern gladiator.

Oops, giving the game away here, Mr H.

[skirtyscot]

Did Oscar Wilde not say "There's no such thing as bad publicity"?

No, he said that the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. But it comes from pretty much the same thought.

[skirtingtoday]

It was Brendan Behan who said, "There's no such think as bad publicity," but he concluded it with, "...except your own obituary"

And SS, you are right about the correct Oscar Wilde quote

[skirtyscot]

I’ve chosen the rest of my outfit carefully. Blokey old jumper, boots — anything to deflect from the fact there is unbroken access to my nether regions.

... and to be as incongruous as possible with his £1000 skirt, I'll bet. Poor choice!

Long boxers and a not-quite knee-length skirt. No wonder he had "coverage problems! Should have worn his Y-fronts.

A quick Google and I found the photo of the journo, without paying the evil Rupert Murdoch any money! I stand corrected, the skirt goes OK with the jumper. But it does look too short to hide his boxer shorts.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=giles+ ... 5,s:0,i:81 (Zoom in to see it properly.)

Also found photos of Marc Jacobs in the lace dress. Terrible!

[couyalair]

The pic of the man (the journalist?) leaping in the air gives a much better impression than some of the wording in the article.
I prefer by far to see men active and happy like this, rather than the slouching manic-depressives seen on fashion shows, or the scowling monsters trying to like macho with guns and knives seen eslsewhere.

Martin

[skirtingtoday]

I found the link above simply returns you to the main Times page so I ran a search in their Search box for Giles Hattersley and the article came up - with the (small) pic adjacent to it. I think the skirt is a good enough length to conceal any underwear - even the boxers and it looks good on him. Wonder if he will go with the trend or if it is a one off "gag"?

And also used Google to look for Marc Jacobs Lace Dress - oh dear! Grey boxers and black lace - no no no no! Black boxers even would be a little better.

[crfriend]

The pic of the man (the journalist?) leaping in the air gives a much better impression than some of the wording in the article.

Indeed! The picture gets two thumbs up from this reader.

I prefer by far to see men active and happy like this, rather than the slouching manic-depressives seen on fashion shows, or the scowling monsters trying to like macho with guns and knives seen eslsewhere.

Yes, and the bloke actually looks natural and fairly happy! Models, I suppose, get told to look expression- and feature- less, and the rest of the lot that you mention are (over)compensating.