Spotting men in skirts

[AMM]

Cannot but agree with Bob, Skip & R1g0r. If the idea of deliberately flaunting underwear is 'provocative', just what reaction are you (or anyone else, for that matter) trying to provoke? The likeliest (probably unspoken!) reaction from the ladies will run along the lines of: "Just look at that poor bloke trying to wear a skirt! Cannot even manage to control his underwear! Shouldn't be allowed out on the streets!"

Well, there are slips (a.k.a. underskirts/petticoats) that are intended to show. A common "country" style is to have a medium to long skirt or dress in colored or patterned fabric with a slightly longer underskirt/-dress in white (sometimes black or some other plainer color) that shows. Often with a fancy edge.

Viz.: "Alice in Wonderland" or Dorothy in "the Wizard of Oz".

I'll probably do something like that for a summer skirt or (if I have the courage) jumper for contra-dancing (that's my main opportunity to "dress up"), once I finish a few of my plainer ideas.

[AMM]

I just watched Godfather II this morning for about the umpteenth time and noticed something I never really noticed before. ... their first child, is playing on the rug at about age 1...He's wearing a dress. A regular girls dress.

If you read old novels (e.g., Silas Marner), you would realize that up to a certain age (4 or 5?), both boys and girls were put in dresses as a matter of course. I gather one reason was that since they had to be cleaned up all the time (remember, they didn't have disposable diapers, wipes, etc., and washing clothes was not a simple matter of throwing stuff into the washing machine), the simpler the clothing, the better. You could hand-weave and -sew a couple of simple dresses (gowns) in the time it would take to make one shirt and trousers set. (Say, 6-12 months, given that women would do this in their very limited spare time.)

Such practical considerations affected older children's clothing, too. Up to a certain age, boys only got short (and knee socks, or over-the-knee socks), no doubt because of boys' propensity for wearing through the knees of long pants. Even in my parents' generation, one spoke of the age when a boy was considered old enough for long pants.

I think that's why little girls' dresses are knee length -- again, no cloth in the areas that are most likely to get dirty or worn through.

-- AMM

[Since1982]

YES, a petticoat is supposed to be shown when contra or square dancing, but wearing a normal slip under a normal skirt (unless the wearer is into voyeurism) the slip is supposed to stay out of sight, and just BE there so the possibly rough inside of seams or denim material are touching the slip and not the legs where they could be nearly as uncomfortable as trousers. I wear slips all the time as nearly all of my skirts are either twill or khaki or denim material.

The only time I don't wear a slip is when I'm wearing one of my 3 cotton skirts that are very soft to the skin and pencil shaped enough that no one could see anything untoward unless they were on the floor looking up as I walked over them.

And yes I do know that many young women DO wear very lacy slips that are longer than their skirts intentionally to show the lace to the world. But that's still not the norm and unless we are trying to pass as a female, doing that, IMHO is not in the best interest of the MIS/MIK movement. You're welcome to disagree, everyone has a right to his own opinion.

Opinions are like noses, everyone has one, even Michael Jackson, even if HIS is plastic.

:stir:

[cessna152towser]

Yes, women with their slips hanging below their skirt hems can look quite titillating but I just think a slip showing below a man's kilt or skirt would look a bit silly.

[Since1982]

Somewhere in my copious possessions I have a similar picture, a 2 year old wearing a white baby dress, 2 foot long white blond hair, a hair clasp, tiny baby shoes and white frilly socks. It's not my grandfather, grandmother or mother or dad...it's me.

I was born with long blond straight hair. I'm now 64 so when I was a baby, nearly all photography was in black and white and I really don't know for sure what color my dress was or my socks or anything else I was wearing was.

That picture was of my mom's first live baby. She had had 6 miscarriages prior to me, all were female fetuses and she'd bought nearly complete clothing collections for her first, second and so on daughters that she was told she was going to give birth to. Unfortunately, in the late 1930's and early 40's no one had any idea about compatible or non-compatible blood types. My dad was A+ and my mom was ORH- completely non-compatible.

Her first 6 births were born premature and dead, when I popped out in 1941 my dad had used up all his life savings for hospital bills with 6 previous births and funerals and my mom was so INTO having a daughter that she just couldn't accept that she'd had a live boy (not completely live, I was born dead too but was revived) and insisted in using all the clothes they'd bought on me after I was finally released from the hospital after having whooping cough, measles, mumps and a half dozen other childrens diseases. After all I was born 1 month premature and blue.

To reiterate a story I've told on here before, but you weren't a member then, My mom raised me fem until I was 15 years old. Home schooling and all. we then moved to a new town where they didnt allow home schooling and I had to be enrolled in public school where I was forced to wear boys clothes. Which I hated. I was also forced to get a boys haircut which I also dreaded and hated.

I wasn't able to wear an unbifurcated garment again until I was 23 years old and visiting the Central Pacific and got into wearing sarongs. Feeling that wonderful feeling again of no cloth edged weapon slicing me in half vertically was a wonderful thing, wore sarongs until 1982 and started wearing skirts at home again. Only since finding this site have I had the courage to go public with skirts about a year ago. I'll never wear trousers again. I only own one pair of denim shorts in case I get arrested and have to spend a night in jail. Otherwise, I'm skirted until I die. I even have in my will to be buried in my favorite skirt. The fact that I started wearing skirts again in 1982 is why my screen name on here is "Since 1982".

[Skirt Chaser]

I'm sorry, I don't think we'll win any acceptance points by being mildly exhibitionistic in our skirting; people will just think that men in skirts are kinky.

But they are, at least as much as any other group of men. Acceptance when only sanitized skirts are presented is merely illusory acceptance. I don't see how a man being himself should feel constrained to consider the 'good of the movement' and restrict himself to plainer clothes. People of sense aren't going to judge others by the behavior of one person. Most of the time they won't even take notice of Me's lace, certainly not as much as he hopes. For those that see it, they will think of him as they wish to. For most situations lace peeking out is just not going to be classy no matter who is wearing the garment.

Liking to see variety in the world,

Quiet Mouse

[me012247]

For most situations lace peeking out is just not going to be classy no matter who is wearing the garment.

Might not be classy, but it for sure looks good. What else would be the reason to have a lace hem?

[jcal6067]

"I only own one pair of denim shorts in case I get arrested and have to spend a night in jail." Skip hate to tell you that when your arrested they don't sit around and let you change into something more to your liking. If your arrested in you birthday suit thats how your going to jail. Now there are some not vary many law enforcement types who will let you put something on if your naked but I have never met any that would let you change clothes so that your more comfortable going to jail in. I spent 20 yrs as a cop so I do have a little idea of what I am talking about. I have been involved in various arrest that the male was wearing womens clothing such as a skirt or just the underware and such and believe me none of the officers involved were going to let those being arrested change clothes because they were going to jail and didn't want to be seen that way. They went as they were dressed. I felt sorry for the ones who were in stockings, garters, panties etc cause you know what happens when familey comes and bails them out that what there wearing is how they will be turn over when bail is made. Not to mention all the people involved in the process of placing them in jail seeing them dress in such.

[me012247]

if I ever should get arrested in whatever I wear at that moment...well..so be it

[jcal6067]

ME!!! where down south is it snowing? the south pole I hope...lol. Skirt chaser will you marry me lol your probably not old enough but I sure like your thinking. Jim

[Since1982]

That term, has nothing to do with the weather. That term has to do with a person that's wearing a skirt and that person's white slip is showing along the bottom edge. "South" being down, like "North" might be considered up. One day, here at my house, I was wearing a white slip under a blue skirt and my slip was slightly showing along the lower edge. My SO pointed it out with "It's snowing down south" . I think that's what Me120etc. was referring to.

[me012247]

Rrrright, skip...Thanks

[Skirt Chaser]

Skirt chaser will you marry me lol your probably not old enough but I sure like your thinking. Jim

You’re in luck, Jim. I am as flexible in age as I am with clothing. However, since my thinking is all you’d get you don’t need marriage anyway. :p I don’t know though, your profile says you like camping and motorcycles so it is tempting. Oh well, my heart is already set on Brandy if things don’t work out with Quiet Man. For now I’ll put you down as a spare spare guy.

Hugs,

Quiet Mouse

P. S. Oh dear, on rereading my post I see I am beginning to sound rapacious after all. Maybe I really will live up to my user name.

[Since1982]

Could I be your spare spare spare guy? ~pray~

[Skirt Chaser]

Could I be your spare spare spare guy? ~pray~

I'd never horn in on Judy's turf, Skip. We skirt chasers have to be supportive of each other.

With a hug for each of you,

QM