HOW MANY SKIRTS DO YOU OWN?

[skirtyscot]

I understand that the conversation doesn't revolve around other garments, really, but a good blouse (not shirt) makes the skirt or dress. They were designed to go together, after all.

But women often wear plain shirts with skirts. I'd say the blouse is designed more to go on a woman than to go with a skirt. But if you have some that suit you, go ahead!

[crfriend]

I'd say the blouse is designed more to go on a woman than to go with a skirt. But if you have some that suit you, go ahead!

Generically speaking, a blouse is merely a shirt without the traditional "tails" that feature on most "men's" dress shirts. The straight hem looks better if left untucked than does one with pronounced "tails" front and back.

With the waif-like silouhette that's being pushed now for women, some blouses that are actually designed for women -- misses, especially -- can work quite well on guys if a large enough size can be found. The fabrics are frequently nicer than the ones used for guy's shirts, too.

[janrok]

I own two sportkilts, a Dutch kiltlike skirt, a jeansskirt made by Sabine Seidel from Germany, a Macabiskirt and a rib tan skirt I bought last saturday as a Christmas gift to myself. So the answer is 6.
The Macabi is ankle-long, the rest just below the knees.
The Macabi is for indoor use only.

[crfriend]

The Macabi is for indoor use only.

Out of curiosity, why? The Macabi is billed as a rough-and-ready "outdoors adevnture skirt". It seems that keeping it cooped up indoors might be counterproductive.

I haev one, and am very happy with it -- it's the one I wear when I go sailing during the summer months.

[janrok]

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CRfriend:
The Macabi is super light weight, roomy (if that is the right adjective, my English is not perfect) and soft so it is very comfortable.
Outdoors however, especially on the bicycle, the wind plays with it blowing it in all directions which I find quite annoying.
I do not want to look like Marilyn Monroe! (see above)

Outdoors I wear skirts when it is good weather only and for that pupose I have my shorter skirts.

If you go sailing in a Macabi you probably hardly need a sail at all..............

[crfriend]

The Macabi is super light weight, roomy (if that is the right adjective, my English is not perfect) and soft so it is very comfortable.

Your English is spot on in that regard, so have no fear. That describes my Macabi almost perfectly.

Outdoors however, especially on the bicycle, the wind plays with it blowing it in all directions which I find quite annoying.

This comes down to learning how to manage the garment, and once that's done it really becomes second-nature.

Amazingly, I had my heaviest skirt lift on me today (albeit in a 20 knot wind) and found myself shoving it down. The skirt in question is my very heavy "walking skirt" and had a petticoat underneath (the local temperature dropped from about 6C to -5C this afternoon and I was dressed for it); I have never experienced this one lifting on me before.

If you go sailing in a Macabi you probably hardly need a sail at all..............

There's sometimes a mild bit of lift involved, but never more than I can manage. The surface area is meaningless compared to the "real" sail area of the boats I sail on.

[Ben]

2 kilts and 1 skirt item. Looking to be getting more and happy to say I have a very encouraging and supportive partner in my life. Funny thing is that in a couple weeks I will own more than she does.

[jpatw]

I have 17 skirts and one dress.
FYI....Where I got them:

*Hand-me-downs from my wife: three skirts and one dress (she lost some weight, and gave me even more skirts, but I donated them to charity as they didn't fit, or were too long for my liking).

*Purchased at retail stores (i.e. WalMart, KMart, Target): four skirts (I purchased a few more, but donated some to charity as I updated more to my liking, or returned to store because of size, this was before I got up the nerve to try them on in the stores).

*Purchased at charity resale stores (best deal for my wallet $2.50 - $5.00): ten skirts (I purchased even more, but donated them back because of size or style as I updated more to my liking). I now try them on in the store if I have some doubt about size.

Through trial and error, I found my size to be a USA womens 14, but since womens sizing is so variable, I usually try the skirt on if I am investing some good money at retail stores. I like knee-length or a bit higher full skirts for comfort. No pencil skirts for me, been there.

My last puchase was a size 14 denim skirt at a charity store ($2.50, so I didn't bother to try it on, it fit perfect when I got it home).
At checkout, the saleswoman commented on what a nice skirt I had. I now feel comfortable about trying on, and buying skirts at any store. And, when I get home, my wife wants to have a look-see at what I purchased, and usually gives me a positive critique.

[Since1982]

22 A-Line, 12 Pencil, 4 gypsy, 5 leather, 6 mid thigh khaki pencil, 11 non-descript home-made from cargo shorts in denim, brown khaki and gray cotton and ONE ankle length circle skirt with a pattern of swimming whales in full color with a deep ocean blue background. I've bought only 6 total of all the above. I sewed all the rest with my computerized sewing machine over 40 years since my trip to the South Pacific to film a movie on the shipwrecks left from World War Two called "Deadly Fathoms".

I also have 15 Tupenus and Sulus combined. These are all wrap skirts worn by the men in Tonga (tupenu) and Fiji (sulu). Tupenu are plain colors like blue or brown, Sulu in Fiji are mostly dark blue for men and light blue for women. Some interesting school rules in Fiji...visiting non-Fijians of high school or below age during the school year, (same as in the USA) must wear the dark blue Sulu if male or light blue Sulu if female to go to school. Just what we all need, Forced skirt wearing in school from 1st through 12th grades for all children. Reverse descrimination with skirts. They have no problem wearing a wrap skirt to ride horses, motorbikes, mules or bicycles.

[Kiltsr4guys]

I actually only own two skirts, both of them kilts and I just liked that tartan that I bought it on eBay. I have only worn them around the house because of the lengths, in is shorter and the other is longer than what is prescribed for a man's kilt. Another thing is they button opposite that of a man's kilt, right to left instead of left to right.

[Hazy]

Just did a wardrobe stock take and I have 10 skirts, but only 4 or 5 fit OK as I have lost about 10kg in the past few months . I also have 3 dresses which I wear from time to time.

Hazy

[BobM]

I honestly don't know. Probably 60-70. I have 5 wool kilts, about 10 synthetic wool ones, half a dozen accordion pleated numbers, 12 denim double circle skirts, 3 denim single circle skirts, 3 polished cotton double circle skirts, several tiered denim ones, a couple slinky numbers, a number of tennis skirts and a couple dozen others that I'm either tired of or just don't like to wear any more. The bottom bar in my closet is nearly 8 feet long and skirts are all that are on it. It is packed solid. Most on skirt hangers with some hangers holding 2 or even 3 skirts, and heavy plain hangers with from 1 to 3 lightweight skirts on them.

I ought to have a sale!

[Derek Plattis]

Skirts 46 - all ankle length except 1 knee length
Culottes 10 - all ankle length
Womens trousers and jeans - 12
Dresses 3
Blouses and women's shirts 27
Mixture of men's and women's shoes and boots

Men's trousers and jeans 5
Men's shirts 9

I love to mix and match. My golden rule is:

shirts with skirts and blouses with trouses (which rhymes if you say it with an East London accent)
I think that long skirts and fancy blouses are OK but not together - that would be just a bit too femme!

I believe all clothes should have no gender association and be available and acceptable for all of us to wear. Sounds like a dream but I also believe that day will come if we are prepared to fight our cause against the prejudices of modern Western society!

Keep on skirting guys - and enjoy it!

Derek

[STEVIE]

A question here: What has quantity got to do with anything relevant to our cause?
I may own one skirt or a thousand, so what?
Please explain?
Steve.

[crfriend]

A question here: What has quantity got to do with anything relevant to our cause?

I suspect it's down to the notion that a quantity is an easily-understood datum that everybody can relate to. I rather prefer the notion of quality.

What I'd like to see is an enumeration of the different styles of skirts we have. What length? What colour? What fabric? Embellished or plain? Wide or narrow? Flouncy or straight?

A further refinement might be how we use those different styles for different situations. This, of course, will not apply if all one has is denim minis but would if one has a stable of different styles that he wears in different settings.

Quite honestly I do not know off the top of my head how many skirts I own (or have ready access to), but I do know how I deploy them in my adventures in the world around me, and I know how to use the different styles, colours, and fabrics to maximal effect when I want to do so.

It's so much more than just quantity.