Male Shirt Dress

[Gordon]

I found this article the other day about a custom made shirt dress.
http://liberatemensclothing.tumblr.com/ ... nd-of-mine

"graceduval:
In early July a close friend of mine asked me to make him a dress for a friend’s upcoming wedding. As a huge contra dance fan and a resident near Asheville, NC, it was imperative to him that the skirt be extremely full, ready for a long contra set and many spins. The voluminous pleated skirt, mixed with his desire for a traditional style western shirt made this design an irresistible challenge.
He bought the fabrics and fasteners he wanted, sent them to me, and I got to work. Luckily Julian happens to be almost the exact same size and isn’t opposed to wearing the occasional dress, so he stood in as my fit model. A few days and many pleats later and the dress was finished, complete with paisley details, brass snaps, some deep pockets, and a bronze belt buckle that Chrome kindly sent my way.
After a quick photo shoot it was shoved into an envelope and sent off to North Carolina, where I have word that it spun the night away at that wedding. "

More pictures at the link.

[Kilty]

I don't care for the shirt dress but a lot of the skirted ensembles on the tumblr page look very presentable and quite wearable too!

[pelmut]

I found this article the other day about a custom made shirt dress.
http://liberatemensclothing.tumblr.com/ ... nd-of-mine

"graceduval:
In early July a close friend of mine asked me to make him a dress for a friend’s upcoming wedding. As a huge contra dance fan and a resident near Asheville, NC, it was imperative to him that the skirt be extremely full, ready for a long contra set and many spins...

Wow! I must set aside some time to see if I can make one like that for myself, ready for the Summer folk festival season.

[Uncle Al]

A nice step in the right direction
For me it is a bit too long but the detail
on the outfit is great.

Uncle Al

[moonshadow]

I absolutely love it! Everything about it. If I had one of these I'd wear it all the time! I even like the designs on the shoulders.

The only thing I don't like about it really has nothing to do with the dress, and that's the aviator sunglasses. (never a fan of those)

[dillon]

I have an Eddie Bauer shirt dress on backorder, so getting interested in being out in something different.

[moonshadow]

I almost resent you for posting this thread Gordon.... you show me this totally AWESOME dress that I can not buy!

Tease tease TEASE!

I'll get you back...

[janrok]

I am not much of a dress wearer because the female shape never fits my body. In the topic "seeking opinion" Moonshadow shows why; the waist line of his dress is way too high.
Now for the first time I see a guy wearing a dress shaped for a man's body and it looks perfect.
In fact I could wear a dress like that! There's a first time for everything.

Jan.

[Reaper_Man]

i want one

[bobmoore]

That dress looks great! Your friend must live near me. I live only a few miles from Asheville.

[crfriend]

That is an outstanding piece of work, and kudos and accolades should be handed out in spades to not only the woman who put it together, but also the man she put it together for. The design captures, almost perfectly, what I'd been going on about for years about the "shirtdress" being a good jumping-off point for men's dresses.

I especially like the whimsical juxtaposition of a fairly military style with the paisley trim -- BRILLIANT! The only change I'd make to it would be to add basic epaulettes for slinging things like camera-bags and purses from.

[moonshadow]

That dress looks great! Your friend must live near me. I live only a few miles from Asheville.

As far as I know, that makes you the most geographically closest male skirter to me!

If you're ever up in the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee, hit me up!

[Gordon]

I almost resent you for posting this thread Gordon.... you show me this totally AWESOME dress that I can not buy!
Tease tease TEASE!
I'll get you back...

I'm sure you could find a local seamstress and show her the picture and you could buy it!

[moonshadow]

I'm sure you could find a local seamstress and show her the picture and you could buy it!

Maybe someday.

[bobmoore]

That dress looks great! Your friend must live near me. I live only a few miles from Asheville.

As far as I know, that makes you the most geographically closest male skirter to me!

If you're ever up in the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee, hit me up!

I'll do that for sure. But where is the "Tri-Cities" area?
I'm actually in Haywood County, which lies against the Tennessee state line.