I pulled this from a previous post and it still sums things up pretty good, seperating boys and girls.
-- Brandy
I did find a quote from another website today, this is one high point in a generally negative “men in skirts” thread. The last sentence sums up nicely the differences between “man in skirt”- me, and other males who have gender identity issues.
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f4 ... 55-14.html
Yasmin writes:
^ True, and while "menswear" trends are a bit more common in women's wear than "metro sexual" trends are in men's wear, it's like the same rule applies:
Go ahead and add some other elements of the other gender's cultural territory (eg., males, put on some nail polish, females, slap on a tie) but, if you don't want to be considered in drag, this part is essential, you MUST pair these territory-breaking pieces with something very traditionally "your" gender territory. Ladies, wear sexy makeup (maybe red lips) with your tie (standard men's wear look), and gentlemen, wear masculine/aggressive looking clothing with your nail polish (emo, punk).
If we do not make it clear to the observer that we are intentionally taking from BOTH territories, it's not surprising if the observer concludes we are trying to switch camps. Typically, when a person is decked out in only what the other gender traditionally wears, they really are trying to identify as the other gender.
-- Brandy