Skirt Cafe is an on-line community dedicated to exploring, promoting and advocating skirts and kilts as a fashion choice for men, formerly known as men in skirts. We do this in the context of men's fashion freedom --- an expansion of choices beyond those commonly available for men to include kilts, skirts and other garments. We recognize a diversity of styles our members feel comfortable wearing, and do not exclude any potential choices. Continuing dialog on gender is encouraged in the context of fashion freedom for men. See here for more details.
Discussion of fashion elements and looks that are traditionally considered somewhat "femme" but are presented in a masculine context. This is NOT about transvestism or crossdressing.
Zorba wrote:Heels intrigue me, but I'm afraid that it would be a short trip to a broken ankle!
I've discovered I can walk gracefully and comfortably in 3.25 inch heels without any platform elevation. I am not comfortable with 4 inch heels. At any rate I stay away from platforms - those function as a lever to break ankles.
Everybody is different. My wife cannot exceed 1 inch in heel height.
I don't have any skirts or dresses that hobble my walking in any way. So I will not get mermaid or hoop skirts.
Some of the more extreme examples seem to be worn purely for aesthetic reasons. For example, the only time I have seen trains is at weddings. As for interactivity, perhaps that is part of the distinction between Skirtonians and others?...those who don't care for it simply wear trousers?
Also, there is the question of variety, or lack of it. There is quite a diversity of skirt designs. Not so much for trousers. Actually, trousers are boring.
For open ended garments there is even more diversity if you consider garments that hang from the shoulder, as well as those that hang from the waist.
I tried a mermaid skirt I bought at a thrift shop many years ago. It didn't suit me, so I never wore it in public. To this day, they still don't appeal to me.
As for heels, I'm 6 foot 2 and have worn five inch stiletto heels in public with ridiculous ease, however, I stick with three and four inchers for comfort.
I don't want to LOOK like a woman, I just want to DRESS like a woman.
One thing to bear in mind with heels - the length of the foot. If a foot is long then for a given heel height the angle would not be as great as compared to someone with a short foot with the same heel height.
