Skirt Cafe is an on-line community dedicated to exploring, promoting and advocating skirts and kilts as a fashion choice for men, formerly known as men in skirts. We do this in the context of men's fashion freedom --- an expansion of choices beyond those commonly available for men to include kilts, skirts and other garments. We recognize a diversity of styles our members feel comfortable wearing, and do not exclude any potential choices. Continuing dialog on gender is encouraged in the context of fashion freedom for men. See here for more details.
Grok wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2026 5:16 am
BTW, while I find fancy sleeves interesting to look at, I don't believe that I am qualified to comment on them. Perhaps some members could make such work well in a rig, members who have a special eye for clothes that I lack.
I would not put yourself down like that Grok, you are the man that has brought us all these style elements to improve our understanding and therefore looks.
On the subject of sleeves, I have always my whole life, run away form anything sleeveless, preferring anything from cap sleeve and longer. Since I have always loved leotards, one of the distinctive features of them in my early life was having sleeves that finished just below the elbow. Due to that early love and memory, any garment with a similar sleeve length, always gets my attention.
JeffB1959 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:47 am
I beg to differ. I wear bracelets with my outfits during spring and summer and I don't think it detracts from whatever outfit I happen to wear, nor does it draw attention away from my ensemble.
My view point started to change when I thought about skirt-as-peacock-tail, and, later, more so when I started to think about skirt-and-hat rigs.
I now think that a rig can work as an ensemble with several different focal points. Some of these, such as hats, may be more prominent than others.
Funny you should mention hats. After seeing what Mouse routinely wears on his outings, I gave hats a try this past summer and liked the look. Not only did they shield me from the sun, hats added an element of flair to what I wore. You might want to give a hat a try and see what they do for you.
I don't want to LOOK like a woman, I just want to DRESS like a woman.
yardstick wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2026 10:32 pm
Both Uncle Al and Mouse show that the visual aesthetics of having half patterned and the other half plain is the optimum as it draws the attention to the patterned item, if the whole outfit was patterned then some of the attention would be lost.
While in general this is true, I have seen examples of multiple patterns working (top+skirt+tights). I think as with all "rules", there are exceptions and one shouldn't be discouraged in experimenting.
JeffB1959 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2026 8:16 am
Funny you should mention hats. After seeing what Mouse routinely wears on his outings, I gave hats a try this past summer and liked the look. Not only did they shield me from the sun, hats added an element of flair to what I wore. You might want to give a hat a try and see what they do for you.
Last year I purchased a brown fedora. Similar to the hat worn by Indiana Jones.
Of course, most of my recent posts have been about designs that were historically womens wear. Bodice/tops have included a wide variety of necklines, collars, and sleeves, with embellishments such as shirring, smocking, ruffles, lace....
Frilly socks. Shoes that are actually interesting to look at (unlike mens shoes, which are based on oil tankers). A diversity of jewelry. Items worn in the hair, such as barrettes. Nail polish.
In my youth I could at least enjoy looking at these, even if I wasn't permitted the enjoyment of wearing of this.
Grok wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2026 4:39 am
.......In my youth I could at least enjoy looking at these, even if I wasn't permitted the enjoyment of wearing of this.
Yes we all have similar thoughts. Can I have a reset and start my life again and make different choices??????
However, we are here now and we can't go back. We have limited time left to wear what we like, so if it matters to us, we should endeavour to wear our favourite clothes today, since tomorrow............It is one of the reasons that after COVID, I pushed to wear skirts in my work life, since I figured that my work time was a large part of my time left.
