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I disagree. Men and women come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, there is no “standard” men’s and women’s body shape. This has been the entire problem that the fashion industry has perpetuated, using idealised mannequins to create clothes for men and women and that has caused immense problems f...

Language for “men’s skirts”? How about just skirts? Because this is the entire problem: the assumption that clothes have a gender. They don’t, people do. I find it amazing on this forum how some people have such hangups about masculinity and femininity. The truth: it’s all made up nonsense. There is...

........Right decision because the dress constantly reminded me of being in it....... Part of what I love about my the clothes in my wardrobe now, is how they add to my life while I do normal day to day things. Sometimes as you walk, a skirt will grab your attention with the wind or just moving is ...

So to start off the new year, I decided to wear my brand new dress that I bought in the Christmas sales. A Karen Millen zip front sleeveless black real leather midi dress. It’s a gorgeous dress that gives that “wow” feeling. I teamed it with 4” block heel knee boots. Although it’s a midi dress, it’s...

the chap is Andy Diagram, trumpet player in a few bands, he's played widely, including Glastonbury. His facebook page has a few photos of him, sometimes wearing maxi skirts, no specific mention, just gets on with it as if it's natural - which of course it is - unless you want to make an issue of it...

"Men aren't allowed", who says? If men are really serious about gaining fashion freedom, they have to get past looking for permission and approval. At the very least decide whose opinions and approval actually matter to them. Can't do that, well, enjoy the drab because that's your choice,...

The supreme irony with UGG boots is that they were originally invented by men for men to wear! Then women started to show an interest in them and guess what happened? They all of a sudden became feminine and men would no longer wear them. What does this tell you? What’s masculine or feminine is a so...

Not in any way an expert, but I believe that gendering clothing has been a tendency in non -Western cultures. Thinking back to my youth, Western culture tried to differentiate gender appearance in several different ways. The starkest difference being the expectation that males always wear trousers,...

This is an interesting article; https://discoapocalypse.co/de-gendering-fashion The author is making the general point that binning the gender binary in fashion would benefit everyone. I agree, and it’s not about men in skirts per se (even though it’s a consequence), it’s about freedom for everyone ...

It’s odd that a group that likes to break the rules also likes to lay them down. TB, by "rules" , what exactly do you mean? My thoughts about menswear are very simple. There should be no rules for anyone, just dress as you please and if it offends anyone's sense of propriety, so be it. Ma...

I had some free time today, so for fun I decided to go to the mall to try on some skirts and dresses. I decided to try a double denim look, denim maxi pencil skirt and a denim jacket. Finished with my favourite, super comfy (and cheap!) 5” block heel ankle boots. Walking through the mall was fabulou...

If you don’t get a positive response from them, vote with your feet. That’s what people need to do. I don’t shop at river island and I’ve become quite a fan of AllSaints lately.l although I appreciate they are a bit more expensive than river island. My local shop is nicely laid out and they don’t ha...

We need to stop worrying about appearing masculine and just be true to ourselves. In this thread, the word “masculine” has appeared multiple times and in my opinion, it is the reason that men cannot escape the ManBox. They are so worried about appearing masculine that there is no hope for them to e...

I’ve been waiting to see something like this for a while: https://www.voguearabia.com/article/genderless-fashion-is-the-future-and-its-already-here The real revolution isn’t men in skirts, it’s binning the gender binary all together. The fashion world has been caught out here, they are already behin...

And what’s depressing is that the right wing press still conflate sex and gender. Gender is nothing but a social construct, invented by humans. It doesn’t exist but it’s caused a multitude of problems in terms of how men and women are supposed to behave and present themselves. I never agreed to the ...