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One question -- and a one-word question at that: "Why?" Why does any garment marketed towards men have to be of stiff, scratchy, uncomfortable fabric?" It wasn't always this way. Before the Great Renunciation, men enjoyed the entire range of fabrics available. Why should we not take ...

Damon, you are entitled to your opinion, but the kilt is a dead end for men's fashion freedom whether you like it or not. Steve I have been of the opinion that kilting is a special case. I doubt that the acceptance of such will carry over to non -kilt designs. I suspect that, for almost any other t...

For ear cleaning, I use hydrogen peroxide. Works great, just position your head with the ear you want to clean up, add a little peroxide, and wait. When the bubbling noise stops, turn your head to drain it out and wax will come out with it. No need for q-tips. You can do the other side while drainin...

I grew up rural enough to see the Milky Way from my front yard. Then we moved. Fast forward a couple years, and I was sitting in a high school science class with about 20 students. The teacher asked how many of us had ever seen the Milky Way, and mine was one of only two hands that went up. Other ki...

The best I can tell, it's 1 size, and 1 width. So a men's 11 is a women's 12 wide.

Ever since I was a kid, I have overheated easily. It's a big part of why I started wearing skirts in the first place. Men are expected to dress in warm attire (long pants, and in some situations long sleeves, and even a jacket and tie) year round, while women can dress for the warm weather, with air...

I don't argue with people over this. If I'm in a utility kilt, and someone says "nice skirt" I say thanks even if they seemed to be trying to start something. If I'm in a regular skirt and someone calls it a kilt, I don't correct them. Someone once asked me if the 511 tactical kilt (very f...

Most of the modern kilt makers these days make utility kilts and casual kilts with pockets and such, and usually offer plain black instead of tartan. If you don't like the utility kilt look, go without pockets, or with some of the offerings like the "Mocker" style Utilikilt with internal s...

I saw another guy on a flight yesterday in a utility kilt, again completely normal with no one noticing! I sometimes wonder that us, as guys who wear skirts and kilts, are more likely to notice someone else wearing the same, than the rest of the general public are likely to notice! I think Kilts pr...

Umm... No. Really it doesn't matter. If a guy is going around in a skirt, with no other visible signals that he is trans, he's just a guy in a skirt to anyone who sees him, unless they talk to him and he says, "no, actually I'm trans." At that point the difference is basically linguistic. ...

Hip to waist is significant. Juniors sizing has a smaller difference between hips and waist, potentially fitting men better. Also, be mindful of whether things are designed as high or low waist. The higher the waist, the smaller that waist will be in the same size from the same brand. But high and l...

I read a book a while back (suggested somewhere on this forum, I believe) called Dress Codes . Interesting read. It traced a history of primarily menswear, from the finery of the kings of old, to the old money New England prep schools of today. To sum up, the wealthy and powerful used to just show t...

I'll disagree on the male nail polish not being necessary. While yes, the formula is the same, there is value in having male marketed items, and not just for the first timers. Male-marketed items not only make things more acceptable for newbies, significant others, and such, it generally also moves ...

I consider eBay too be the internet thrift store, so to speak. But that's another thread...

If we think it shouldn't be a big deal, dads should just wear skirts around their sons (and daughters) from day one, without making a big deal of it. They will grow up seeing it as normal, at least until society starts telling them it's not. And the boys will likely ask to dress like their father.