That'd be great. If I had the option of getting a suit that came with trousers and a skirt option, I'd jump at that in a heartbeat. The problem, however, would likely be with the jacket -- the single most expensive piece of a suit. Traditional-length jackets are usually a bit too long to look "right" with anything but long skirts; as the hemline rises, so must the lower bound of the jacket. This is why jackets worn with kilts are quite a bit shorter than ones worn with trousers -- it's to preserve the balance of the outfit,imadube wrote:[...] Get designers of real world main market fashions to add skirts to men wear.
Just imagine who easily it would be to be skirted IF sellers like The Mens Wearhouse would put skirts into the mix.
Getting your average bloke to shell out for different jackets for each different style he's going to wear is going to be a stretch -- and a financial hardship for more than a few. Not to mention that most guys wear suits and jackets increasingly rarely in this day and age.
I think a great option would be to push garments like sarongs as options when one would otherwise consider shorts. That'd make for a good beginning because I suspect if skirt-wearing does begin to catch on, it'll catch on first in the "casual" arena where most men spend most of their time. Having this option in the mass-market stores would be great.
I think the reason that the designs of the "fashion designers" fail is that they're not something that your average "man on the street" would be caught dead in; they're either horribly impractical, overly complex, or just look outlandish and utterly unbelievable as menswear.
