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"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 ...

I recently bought this wrap skirt from AllSaints: https://www.allsaints.com/women/sale/kaya-pleated-asymmetric-midi-skirt/5063320327009.html It’s claimed to be a midi but it’s basically a maxi on me! It’s asymmetrical which makes it a more interesting design. Fully lined. I wore it out today and it ...

In Sainsbury’s (UK supermarket for non UK members) I spotted in the clothes section what is effectively a denim skirt suit. Dark blue denim jacket and a miniskirt. I looked at it and thought, that might go really well with my black leather overknee wedge boots. So I bought it on a chance and I tried...

Has anyone else tried Chat GPT for styling suggestions? I have and it’s really good fun for virtually trying out outfits in all sorts of combinations. Highly addictive. It will even suggest retailers where you can buy clothes. I’ve also had general chats around men wearing skirts and dresses and it’...

Once you realise that clothes are just clothes and have no gender, the entire issue evaporates. How can a piece of cloth inherently be masculine or feminine? What is masculine and feminine? The reality is, it’s all made up nonsense. The only thing that matters is to be who you are as a person. It’s ...