familyman34 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 10:12 am
We've got to break free!
Thank goodness that Falda and others refuse to conform to this dull present. There are plenty in our midst showing the way to a brighter, more colourful future.
Though I couldn’t agree more that men need to break free of the brown/blue/black confines of clothing color palette, I also think the article addresses an important concept.
Some people and please note this is just my opinion, have a hard time stepping out in a skirt for the first time. I did. Still do. So I think of it as a process of baby steps.
It was great to read all the stories on this cafe before I became bold enough to start wearing a skirt “in public.” But no story would’ve given me the confidence to wear one to work or in front of friends the first day I tried one on (unless on Halloween or as part of a play/costume).
I needed to slowly start pushing my remarkably small envelope. First time wearing a skirt outside, I was in a small city where I knew no one that was basically deserted and it was pitch black at night. Thinking back, there’s no way in H E double hockey stick that anyone could’ve known what I was wearing, my gender or let alone recognize who I was.
But it helped me greatly to get comfortable wearing one.
But it was a boring black skirt. No frills. No extra anything.
Even in a strange, deserted city at night, I couldn’t have worn a floral pink skirt with frills.
So I think this article just addresses the need for newbies to dress in colors they are currently comfortable as they “dip their toe” in the water of skirt wearing. As they become more comfortable with wearing one, then I believe it’s time to add colors.
This diatribe does not mean men shouldn’t wear different colors in clothing traditionally accepted on men. That’s another place where men can baby step themselves into w freedom. And should