MIni Dresses & Skirts for Men

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Re: MIni Dresses & Skirts for Men

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My first step towards MIS was when I noticed a man wearing a utilikilt. My reaction could be summarized as :?: :!: . My first purchase was a utilikilt, Mocker version. Utility kilts appear to have persisted, instead of disappearing.
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As for history, I have posted that bloomers and culottes gained traction during the tail end of the 19th century, as womens' athletic wear.

1911 was a notable year for the French fashion designer Paul Poiret. His harem style pantaloons enjoyed a brief vogue among a small number of women.

Without the impetus of the world wars, I think that at least some sort of design would have gained traction. Maybe a harem thing, as their seemed an interest in something not worn by European men.
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Uncle Al wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:57 pm :hmmm:
If you take a T-shirt made for Big & Tall men, give it to a regular height male,
you've(potentially) given him a 'Mini-Dress'. Same for a Big & Tall men's Polo shirt.

This model is 6' 9" tall. Notice where the hem line is.
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Put the same shirt on a 5' 10" tall person, you get a "Mini-Dress" or in Star Trek words, a Skant.

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(Just wear color matching underwear ;) )

The 'Mini-Dress' for men has been here and gone away. :(
Personally, I would not wear a 'Mini-Dress' as I want more material covering my back-side
when I sit down or bend over. If I bend at my knees, I can't get back up :|

Sign me 'Old and Decrepit' ;)

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It has been commented that the Star Trek costumes were actually a version of divided skirt (culottes).
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Uncle Al wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:57 pm :hmmm:
If you take a T-shirt made for Big & Tall men, give it to a regular height male,
you've(potentially) given him a 'Mini-Dress'. Same for a Big & Tall men's Polo shirt.

This model is 6' 9" tall. Notice where the hem line is.
Image

Put the same shirt on a 5' 10" tall person, you get a "Mini-Dress" or in Star Trek words, a Skant.

Image
(Just wear color matching underwear ;) )

The 'Mini-Dress' for men has been here and gone away. :(
Personally, I would not wear a 'Mini-Dress' as I want more material covering my back-side
when I sit down or bend over. If I bend at my knees, I can't get back up :|

Sign me 'Old and Decrepit' ;)

Uncle Al
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That's true, 'longline' was also a thing for a while. The main reason that particular dress reads as 'weird' is because the skirt is too short to balance his shoulders.
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Re: MIni Dresses & Skirts for Men

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Grok wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 5:59 am
Uncle Al wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:57 pm :hmmm:
If you take a T-shirt made for Big & Tall men, give it to a regular height male,
you've(potentially) given him a 'Mini-Dress'. Same for a Big & Tall men's Polo shirt.

This model is 6' 9" tall. Notice where the hem line is.
Image

Put the same shirt on a 5' 10" tall person, you get a "Mini-Dress" or in Star Trek words, a Skant.

Image
(Just wear color matching underwear ;) )

The 'Mini-Dress' for men has been here and gone away.
Technically all shirts are mini dress, thus means mini dress for men hasn't goin away. Internet search how to make a mini dress out of man's shirt is simple, find a shirt that covers the hips and it is a mini dress. whether you wear the shirt tale in or out it is still a mini dress. If a woman is citing a man's shirt as mini dress when she wears it, why isn't still mini dress if a man is wearing it? The garment stays the same no matter what label is put on it. Which person putting label on it matters?
Definition for mini dress is a shirt tail that is several inches above the knee. How many shirts men own meets this definition?
Today Incerun is selling t-shirts that are knee length and being label as t-shirts not a dress.

To many labels for one same simple object is a problem. If a woman cites a shirt as a mini dress, why don't we all go along with it and say it is a mini dress regardless who is wearing it? Churches agrees with the woman man's shirt is a mini dress, then all shirts are just dresses.
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that uniform might have worked if they made it just a few inches longer.
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