Derek Plattis wrote:I agree with Merlin. It's not just about skirts. I think the name should incorporate the ideal of total freedom in choice of fashion.
I also think International Men's Fashion Freedom was a name which summed it all up very succinctly. If we can't or don't want to use that name can we re-word it somehow?
The "naming problem" took a while to work out, and there were a few causes to that. First and foremost, SkirtCafe is the direct lineal descendent of "Tom's Cafe", and it was felt that there was a great deal of identity ("brand identity", if you will) tied up in that, and the need was felt to keep "Cafe" (How does one put the accent-grave into online text?) as part of that identity. During the transition, the new "proprietor" was asked to change the name of the forum as the previous "owner" wished to use the name going forward; this was respected and forced us to take on a "new" identity.
IMFF, on the other hand, started life completely anew, and was therefore free to choose its identity. We just didn't have the same latitude in our options if we wanted some sense of continuity,
The above having been said, SkirtCafe
has developed its own "personality" that's distinct from the 'Tom's Cafe" days; I'm not going to muse whether that's a good or a bad thing, it just
is. However, I rather like the notion of "SkirtCafe"; and I was one of the chaps that lobbied for the name (although I was not the one who came up with it) early on. It seems to best sum things up, and still maintains the link to the past. I just hope that Tom Manuel isn't grimacing at us from wherever he is; I'd rather see a happy smile on his face, because that'd indicate that we've succeeded in maintaining at least
some of his vision..