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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.
weeladdie18 wrote:[It is worth noting that Lady Landra is a female centaur ........................
who has horns and wears a bra type upper garment and anther garment worn like a sporran.
Anatomically speaking, assuming that such mythical beasties ever existed, that'd be a purse or large locket hung 'round her neck...
I suppose that If we were to take this thread more literally , then perhaps "Men in Skirts " would wear
two pairs of horse shoes .....................weeladdie
How do centaurs perform anything that requires dexterity? Their arms have become legs and their hands their front hooves. (Unless, of course, it's all done magically.)
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crfriend wrote:How do centaurs perform anything that requires dexterity? Their arms have become legs and their hands their front hooves. (Unless, of course, it's all done magically.)
They have the whole upper body of a human that includes arms and hands. The lower half of their bodies are that of a horse with four legs and hooves. So they can use tools and weapons. Some are pictures with horns some are not. It can be either way as they are figments of the imagination any way.
"It is better to be hated for what you are than be loved for what you are not" Andre Gide: 1869 - 1951 Always be yourself because the people that matter don’t mind and the ones that mind don’t matter.
Fred, you mean centaurs don't exist? Just because I've never met one doesn't mean that there aren't any. I've never met a duck billed platypus either and that doesn't mean they don;t exist. Go on. You'll be telling me that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy don't exist either.
I believe in offering every assistance short of actual help but then mainly just want to be left to be myself in all my difference and uniqueness.
Fred in Skirts wrote:[Centaurs] have the whole upper body of a human that includes arms and hands. The lower half of their bodies are that of a horse with four legs and hooves. So they can use tools and weapons.
I believe I need to check my mythical bestiary and verify that as you may very well be right. (Note: This will not be the first time I've been wrong.)
It can be either way as they are figments of the imagination any way.
Sad as that may be. I enjoy flights of fancy and mythology in general.
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Sinned wrote:Fred, you mean centaurs don't exist? Just because I've never met one doesn't mean that there aren't any. I've never met a duck billed platypus either and that doesn't mean they don;t exist. Go on. You'll be telling me that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy don't exist either.
The Easter Bunny just told me that the Tooth Fairy has been extracted because he was keeping the money intended for the children.
"It is better to be hated for what you are than be loved for what you are not" Andre Gide: 1869 - 1951 Always be yourself because the people that matter don’t mind and the ones that mind don’t matter.
Daryl wrote:It occurred to me that there is something about the top-bottom division that is ingrained into our eyeballs or visual cortex or whatever, and that this is why I can wear a fairly femme skirt and a fairly masc top and not experience or cause all that much cognitive dissonance.
That seems to be a delightfully literate justification for my long adhered to maxim: , Skirts and shirts, blouses and trousers.
The other combinations I find are either too boringly masculine or too feminine.
Daryl wrote:It occurred to me that there is something about the top-bottom division that is ingrained into our eyeballs or visual cortex or whatever, and that this is why I can wear a fairly femme skirt and a fairly masc top and not experience or cause all that much cognitive dissonance.
That seems to be a delightfully literate justification for my long adhered to maxim: , Skirts and shirts, blouses and trousers.
The other combinations I find are either too boringly masculine or too feminine.
Skirts n shirts, blous n trous.
I can definitely see that maxim working, though not for me since I've stopped wearing pants most of the time and when I do it's almost always for the social comfort of people in their nineties.