Why I Wear A Dress?

[Departed Member]

So if a dozen or so, and this is the number I talked to, including my own wife and friends wives, think pants are freedom and skirts or dresses are oppression how can we think otherwise.

In all seriousness, I suspect this can only be a US phemomena(?). Even the most ardent of our 'feminist' chums here would be horrified to hear such views expressed, especially by other women! Certainly, European-wide, women are beginning to fight back. 25 years ago, in the Netherlands, you'd rarely see a skirt or dress, other than at weekends. By now, I would estimate the figure to be 1 in 7, and that's weekdays! Other countries vary, but the overall trend is definitely a fight back - by women - against 'tr*user tyranny'. My wife is 'forced' to wear tr*users at work, purely because the company, otherwise quite sympathetic to the needs of both genders, are unable to source a suitable cullotte. They're even willing to pay, if she can find one herself! Why a cullotte, rather than a conventional skirt or dress? 'Cos she does occasionally find herself in an 'upside down' situation, work-wise! And any 'fight back' by women has (& has already done so) my fullest support. Long term, it's to our advantage, too!

[Skirtlover61]

The dress, far more then the skirt is an almost perfect garment.
It hangs from your shoulders and doesn't ride up or bind you in un comfortable spots.
But it is far less acceptable then even a skirt. It is more recognised by our culture as being in the catagory of a "woman's only" garment. It is a further up hill battle then skirt wearing and even kilt wearing. I've worn all three garments as an adult male and out in public too. But the dress always and I mean ALWAYS draws more comments about it. Not all are bad. But my wife doesn't go anywhere with me if I have on a dress.
She does go with me when I'm kilted. She's gone with me when I'm skirted. But not when I'm in a dress.
It's much harder to make a dress look masculine. Maybe it's impossible.
But the dress is the better garment to wear.
Especially a style with pockets in them. It's easier to carry things in the pockets of a dress then in pants pockets. The pants are always pulling down as I walk around. Not with the dress.
So if you can pull it off more power to you!
Dennis

I second DALederle's comment. I have four dresses, 2 jumper or pinafore style in denim and 2 ankle length overall dresses. I also find them extremely comfortable and practical, however I cannot venture outside wearing same garments as my S.O. would be most upset. Strange looks in the street, rare as they are, upset her more than they do me. Dresses would pull far more strange looks than the skirts that are almost ignored. By the way Dennis

What DALederle and Sarongman said is right, a man wearing dresses in public will get far more strange looks than he will if he is wearing skirts. I know that from experience. I do get some strange looks when I wear skirts in public but it is much different when I go out in a dress. All eyes are on me everywhere I go, people pointing at me and laughing their heads off. I have got a lot of wolf whistles when walking in parking lots. I ignore all of it and go on. I love dresses so much, they are so comfortable and look so nice. I have got a lot of positive comments from women. I'm going to keep wearing dresses no matter what.

[Jock]

i was viewing the photos of Jack Williams yesterday, and in one he is wearing a dress with a T shirt on top. It looked great. Now I can sort of understand why men in dresses cause a stir, as there has been a long association with MID and humour ( pantomime, drag, Hinge&Bracket and so on). For many their minds can't cope with something so far from "normality" as a man in a dress.

However, as Jack has shown, if the top half is covered then we are back to a MIS situation and minds don't have to stretch so far ( and incidentally the humourous situations are invariable men in dresses not skirts). So, pop a T shirt or a sweater over your frock and get to wear it in peace!

Just my 2 (euro)cents worth