I would love to be in a conversation about gender expression where I could use the line "I just identify as cool"!
Dutch Seamstress Makes Dresses fo Boys
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The dichotomy I find most amazingly perplexing is that of the difference between two groups of peoples’ thoughts on men in skirts. There’s the “F that, I ain’t wearing a girly thing” to the “that’s awesome, you’re expressing yourself so boldly”. The first write things like the “pussification of men” and the others write “men in skirts are hot AF”.Myopic Bookworm wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 11:03 amI would love to be in a conversation about gender expression where I could use the line "I just identify as cool"!
As both are opinions, neither are right nor wrong.
But if you think about who you want as a friend, regardless of what you don below the waist, I’ll take the positive person over the negative any day.
The negative folks are likely those with low self esteem who denigrate others to make up for their own sense of failing
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Sadly, I believe the business failed. In my 84 years I have observed two companies marketing dresses exclusively for boys. In Britain in the 1960s there was a company y called Boy Design. They made the boys Departments of main street stores and I even saw two other boys wearing their dresses in addition to my own son. Sadly they too stopped trading after a couple of years. The Prinary unisex model is best and their prices are reasonable. It would be interesting to know how many kilts and Utilikilts are sold in kids sizes by the major kilt companies. But I guess even that is at best only in the low hundreds. it is so sad really as my personal hunch is that more boys than one might think would probably like to wear dresses. But they and their parents are afraid. Abd the very few with the courage to do it probably buy from the girl's aisle anyway as that's what the boy probably really wants.
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The only times I tend to see large numbers of women wearing skirts / dresses nowadays is in hot weather, or for dancing. In both cases they have practical function.
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I think you are correct for many women. However I think there are a number of women that use skirts as part of their personal style on a regular basis. In a similar way, a few men use skirts as part of their personal style.....robehickman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 02, 2026 11:18 am The only times I tend to see large numbers of women wearing skirts / dresses nowadays is in hot weather, or for dancing. In both cases they have practical function.
Daily, a happy man in a skirt...
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Damon,Damon wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:41 pm my personal hunch is that more boys than one might think would probably like to wear dresses. But they and their parents are afraid. Abd the very few with the courage to do it probably buy from the girl's aisle anyway as that's what the boy probably really wants.
On this point I would concur with you absolutely.
As for the retail side, up to puberty kids clothes are really unisex in the truest sense so whatever demand exists is easily satisfied.
The end user of girlswear purchasing is even less identifiable than from the lady's department so we will never have a definitive answer to your "hunch".
I can tell you that kilts are available for boys from infant sizes upward though.
Steve.
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That is so true.robehickman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 02, 2026 11:18 am The only times I tend to see large numbers of women wearing skirts / dresses nowadays is in hot weather, or for dancing. In both cases they have practical function.
When abroad, the places I visit tend to be during the warmer weather and women are often is swim wear or wear dresses with not much on underneath as this is more comfortable in warmer weather, It’s also more stylish in ,my opinion as well. My personal opinion is that the Uk have money women dressing like men than some European countries. Which is a shame, The French of course ore very chic wherever they are which I love to see and which is why I love holidays in France.
Not that I’ve visited London that often but when I have recently there seems to be more women wearing skirts and dresses than where I live and the Asian women seem to love lace dresses of all sorts which nice to see and my kind of clothing if i could get the chance to wear it.
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Stevie wrote
Unfortunately one still encounters people who believe that kilts for boys are expensive. And Scottish filmmakers kilts certainly are. I remember when I got my first kilt 78 years ago I was told it cost twice what a police constable earned in a week. While they are not nearly so expensive nowadays few people are spreading the word.I can tell you that kilts are available for boys from infant sizes upward though.
Steve.