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The main point I was raising is that I think that the lack of non-horizontal lines in male fashion design today, works against making skirted outfits that read in a way that look organic. Also, there are many more examples of 'dresses' (cut in one piece, or having seperate bodice and skirt sewn toge...

He clearly has a deep grasp on proportionality and what looks natural on him. Also a lot of his outfits abide by the points I raised in 'eliminate the wsistline'. One of the dresses he shows in a recent post has a V shaped waistline, and that suits his body very well. Also, his outfits are quite 'no...

Grok wrote: ↑Fri Dec 19, 2025 3:16 am Based on various images I have seen, I would say that long dress-like or robe-like garments can also work well for men.

Agree.

By 'waistline', I mean the horizontal line that manifests between a top and bottom garment if they are strongly contrasting in colour. It is widely known that horizontal lines create a 'widening' illusion. This can be problematic because male torso’s are typically proportionally wide to begin with, ...

I'd agree with the other commenters and say that yes it is a kilt, because the construction is the same. The whole fixation on men's kilts being exactly a given length really needs to die. Skirt type garments looking 'right' depends a lot on the proportions in relation to a given person's body, and ...

The estimate I saw was $300 for a custom skirt. Given the cost of fabric, and the amount of time it takes to measure the person, make a pattern, buy the fabric, cut the fabric, and sew the garment, this price is very fair. People need to be paid and labour costs in the UK / US add up very quickly, ...

The way he has styled it looks natural, silhouette is the same as the hakama. Long skirts with a slight A-line work on most men.

What would be more interesting was if the male dancers were wearing skirts - as the women in the clip demonstrate, full skirts make great visual flare.

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 article is full of misinformation. The opening statement that fashion gendering was invented in the 19th century is utter tripe. Gendering clothing has existed since at least the late medieval period. Women's clothing started being made to tightly fit and show off the body, including low neckli...

clothing is assigned as male or female by society. It is nothing but marketing and should be ignored. I don't entirely agree with this ideology given my (limited) understanding of western fashion history, but agree with the general point. The long history of dresses in various shapes that constitut...

A sewing machine is just a power tool, they aren't hard to use. I shared some things that do work in this article: With all respect RH, none of this explains your use of the word "need" in the title. The simple fact is that many designers in a variety of fields have little or no interest ...

I got one in Gray (I could'nt find a name for the tartan, but I'm sure it has one) and one in Blackwatch . I have a cheap one(Also about 35€) in the more standard royal stewart tartan since before(but its only about 2m of fabric at the hem, so its really a wrap skirt and not a kilt, but if it gets ...

Grok wrote: ↑Tue Nov 04, 2025 7:03 pm Male body types.

Taking these and doing 'paper dolls' with varying garment shapes would give some good baseline on what does / does not look natural on each.

Here is a video series from an ex-army professional kilt maker in which he takes a kilt previously made to fit a man, and converts it to fit a woman. In this series he explains how the pleats need to be shaped differently to fit a male vs female figure. For a female, the pleats have a uniform taper ...

A sewing machine is just a power tool, they aren't hard to use. I shared some things that do work in this article: With all respect RH, none of this explains your use of the word "need" in the title. The simple fact is that many designers in a variety of fields have little or no interest ...