You never know these days

[crggrg]

Earlier today as I went off to do some food shopping in Sainsburys I walked through the clothes section and saw a black pencil skirt for £10 in my size, immediately I picked up this skirt and proceeded to the checkout. Whilst paying for my items I asked the cahier about the clothes returns policy (just in case it didn't fit) she said 2 weeks put then told me (as a joke) not to try it on first. Obviously, pretending that the skirt was for me said 'no, not quite sure whether I have got the right size for her'. She replied saying 'i know that, it's not your size', but then saying 'you never know these days' meaning men wearing skirts.

Well she was wrong about saying that it's not my size because the skirt is a perfect fit and I've worn it all the time since I've been home. But what she said about 'you never know these days' made my think that, hopefully, gradually, people are realising that men enjoy wearing skirts and lets hope that sooner rather than later it will become a part of mainstream fashion.

Craig

[r.m.anderson]

crggrg:
The size you selected might have been the tip off.
I have bought things in the womens Plus size stores and when it is not quite so obvious that I was buying for myself
I answer the sales associate flatly and simply state "Its for ME"!
But then there are the times that the skirt or other item I have bought is not a regular sales item. One that there
just aren't that many women of that size shopping for that specific item. Perhaps pencil skirts are not the rage in
your area and women today are wearing more of the dreaded P@nts than skirts and dresses.
What is appreciated is the humour and candor some check-out clerks banter back to you about buying it for someone
else and if the size is wrong 'my dear' bring it back so she can try it on and get it right. And then the fun telling them
it is for yourself. Of course one has to make many sales ventures to achieve the level of confidence to buy something
off the rack and run the gambit of the check-out lane - tongue in cheek ! LOL !
Expressions are sometimes - priceless.

r.m.

[ziggie]

I'm about 6 feet and 150 pounds. Sometimes I can fit into a size 2. I doubt that any clerk would even make the connection. My wife and I even trade things at times (I rather like the shorter length of one of her kilts).

Still, one hopes for a slow change in attitude, it can only improve the world.

[Kirbstone]

Well Ziggie, at 150 lbs and all of 6 foot, they might want you to skinny-model on the catwalk for them. I suspect you could fit into most things feminine. Not so easy for us beefier brethern. When I (rarely) buy a skirt at a checkout they assume this old grandfather is buying for some female family member and never comment at all. Checkout chat (if any) here is usually about the dreadful or fine weather, nothing about what's being bought.

Tom K

[ziggie]

I took up cycling a couple of years ago after my knees wore out from years of running. I dropped about 35 lbs as a result. I could probably qualify for the cat walk on height and bust size (basically none), but the beard would be a drawback and I think 150 lbs is way over the limit for the high fashion world. I'll stick to kilts and such.