mishawakaskirt wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:49 pm
ScotL wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:12 pm
Midas wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:06 pm
I disagree that we want ‘men’s skirts’. They would be over-engineered like most other men’s clothes, heavy and drab. What we need is for men to feel free to wear anything from the other side of the shop, just as they please. There are, in any event, already skirts made for men, such as kilts and I for one don’t want to wear one.
I think we’re saying the same thing. We want not overly expensive skirts for men that aren’t only sold in blue, brown or black. I think it’s gonna be a process though. If men wearing skirts becomes mainstream, most men will slowly get into them but only when they closely resemble clothing they’re used to wearing. Otherwise it’s too big a leap. But going from a brown pair of shorts to a brown skirt that looks like someone just opened up the bifurcation is similar. Then it’s a slippery slope.
I would want my skirts to be durable, while not being being heavy. I have a twill utility kilt that weights in at 3 lbs. Or 1.36 KG
It gets heavy and hot rather quickly, even in the fall and spring. I have a lot of skirts that are way better balanced in the comfortable design and weight. Than any of my kilts.
Not only the heavy weight is a issue. Pleats are uncomfortable to sit on for a long period of time.
And they take additional care and maintenance.
I want clothing that you can wear, not have to baby it.
Worry about pleats, snagging it, it floating up in a light breeze, dry cleaning it, ironing it, having to hand wash it.
Most of the time I reach into the closet and grab a denim or twill skirt, before I grab a kilt. Something easy care.
You have some impractical women's skirts.
An at the moment most all men's skirts are impractical or high priced.
So off I go to the second hand women's skirt racks.
Skirts with solid colors don't bother me although I only own a few, most are typically male colors.
I know this will bring disagreement from some but floral prints don't look right on us guys.
I think those are best left in the women's department.
Actually I think that would be a good dividing line between genders. Both can wear trousers, both can wear shorts, t shirts, both can wear any color. Both can wear skirts. But floral prints are for women. Plaids are for men.
So the prefect men's skirt? Who made it? Where can I get one? It's out there.
It does exist, It's about 1/4 of the skirts that can be found in the women's department. It's Time for skirts to be considered unisex.