Skirts for Men

Since1982 · Post by **Since1982** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:05 am

I'm going to create a straight men's skirt with patch pockets, 2 on the front and 1 on the left rear. Made similar to a denim skirt but not denim. I'm going to use a fairly heavy (like denim thickness) cotton fabric and it will be patterned not plain. Either American Indian, Fish or armadillos patterns. These are the fabrics I have here now. If I get in the business then I'll have plain ones also. I've made all of these patterns into skirts for myself and know how comfortable the fabric is. I probably will add belt loops, haven't decided yet. It will fit a man with a 32 inch waist. When I get it done I'll put a thumbnail of it on here and on IMFF. Take a look and let me know if it might be something you may be interested in. If I get enough interest, I'll create an AOL website, (I get one for free) and show my skirts there. After I get feedback on the first one. I'll decide if I want to sell them and for how much. I'm retired so I don't think it will be a lot.

I have a friend that will give me men's measurements, but if anyone with a 32 inch waist would like to donate measurements I'd appreciate it.

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:02 am

I like the idea. You should go ahead and give it a try and see what happens. I don't have a 32 inch waist myself. If I were to wear a straight skirt I think I would like it to be ankle length about 38 inches in length.

Big and Bashful · Post by **Big and Bashful** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:10 pm

I hope you are going to cater for the wider man! if you do go into business doing this and if the length is 38 inch(ish) then you would have a transatlantic customer!

Since1982 · Post by **Since1982** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:25 pm

"Wider Man" Great terminology. I'm one of those I guess. 46" waist currently. I have dropped from a 66" waist last February to 46" currently and expect to continue to lose. I'd love to target the "wider men" among us. Unfortunately, the amount of material to make an ankle length skirt for a wider man would have to cost a bit more than the 32" waist, knee or upper calf length I quoted $50. for. If you're interested, let me know and I'll figure out how much more it would cost.

Big and Bashful · Post by **Big and Bashful** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:36 pm

I am definitely interested (even spelt definitely right I think!). Go ahead and work out a price please. By the way, I have just bought my first proper skirt off Ebay. A black long gypsy lined skirt which is a UK (Kingdom, not utilikilt) size 26, I eventually figured out that that size is around 44 to 46 inch waist, with a bit of help.
Trying to take my mind off Fridays 3 hour examination by thoughts of skirtery.
Unfortunately I also have bid on a size 30 denim number which I now think is about 50" in the waist. Still the way I am expanding in this hotel I will probably grow into it by christmas!

Website · Post by **crfriend** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:05 am

Since1982 wrote:"Wider Man" Great terminology.

That's a grand term! Thanks B&B!

Since1982 wrote:I'm one of those I guess. 46" waist currently. I have dropped from a 66" waist last February to 46" currently and expect to continue to lose.

Please allow me to offer public congratulations on this. You deserve a round of applause for facing it down head on!

Since1982 wrote:Unfortunately, the amount of material to make an ankle length skirt for a wider man would have to cost a bit more than the 32" waist, knee or upper calf length I quoted $50. for.

Out of curiosity, how many blokes do you know have 32" waists? I used to be one, and, when I was I looked like an escapee from a concentration-camp. I suspect that most blokes, once they get much above 5'10" have more circumference than 32 inches. To take that one step further, I suspect that a goodly percentage have waists that have larger circumfrences than their hips; what are the "rules" for wearing suspenders (braces, I believe, for our British and European friends) with skirts? That might make for an interesting look.

DrWu · Post by **DrWu** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:42 am

I'm 5'11" or 6 feet and wear mostly 30" waist pants (yes, that word, and trousers to you Europeans, so there's no confusion) which are somewhat loose, but not enough to require a belt. A 29" waist might be ideal for me, but anything below 30" is quite hard to find. 28" is a bit easier than 29" (by which I mean it exists) but still, I doubt I could find it outside of eBay. In the men's section, anyway...but certainly no one here would advocate buying anything from the women's section, am I right? :no:

But then I'm on my college's cross-country team and regularly hang around guys who would be underweight even if they were girls at the same height and weight, and they (and I) eat a lot. I don't think they look like concentration camp escapees, but my perspective could be skewed.

gshubert · Post by **gshubert** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:01 am

I used to have a 32" waist too. It's a bit under 33" now. I'm 6'0" and 155 pounds.

Big and Bashful · Post by **Big and Bashful** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:57 am

Skip,
Yes, well done for that amazing weight loss! I would settle for a 40 inch waist, but losing weight is not a priority this year, too much knowledge to squeeze into my brain before thoughts of giving up wine and eating less.
Exam now done, They were three of the smallest hours I have ever had the misfortune of living through. Still I managed to scribble something down for most of the questions and think I probably passed. I hope!
And now, a weekend of a highly overpriced hotel and a laundrette. Oh joy!

MtnBiker · Post by **MtnBiker** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:48 pm

DrWu wrote:But then I'm on my college's cross-country team and regularly hang around guys who would be underweight even if they were girls at the same height and weight, and they (and I) eat a lot. I don't think they look like concentration camp escapees, but my perspective could be skewed.

It is skewed .... since these are the people you are mostly around, they look normal. My niece was on the cross country team in college and when I saw her after a few months of that, it took my breath away -- she looked liked she was a starving Ethiopian. And she thought she was fat.

When I was at my fastest, I weighed only 165 (at 5'11") and was considered a 'big' cyclist. I wore a 34" pant (sometimes 32"). My family was concerned for my health. These days I'm 210 lbs (or so) and wear a 36 and sometimes a 34. Personally I think I look much better at this weight -- until I show up at the fast rides, where all the guys are 150-160 lbs and I'm the 'fat guy' who can still ride.

DrWu · Post by **DrWu** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:18 pm

MtnBiker wrote:It is skewed .... since these are the people you are mostly around, they look normal. My niece was on the cross country team in college and when I saw her after a few months of that, it took my breath away -- she looked liked she was a starving Ethiopian. And she thought she was fat.

Sounds like this was well in the past, but that could have been something to worry about...a lot of female college distance runners, and probably a disproportionate number of males, become anorexic.

I don't know about the girls, but the guys on my team, fortunately, aren't. I could tell a couple of stories about our eating exploits.

When I was at my fastest, I weighed only 165 (at 5'11") and was considered a 'big' cyclist.

Here's my skewed perspective again...Only? I didn't mention it, but I weigh 25-30 pounds less than that. This kind of body structure is typical for my teammates. We do have one guy on the team at around 5'10", 160# -- he's the #3 runner right now -- but he's definitely on the high end as far as weight goes.

I wore a 34" pant (sometimes 32"). My family was concerned for my health. These days I'm 210 lbs (or so) and wear a 36 and sometimes a 34. Personally I think I look much better at this weight -- until I show up at the fast rides, where all the guys are 150-160 lbs and I'm the 'fat guy' who can still ride.

It's a joke among college runners that when you go home for the holidays and hear, "Hey, you look good!", it means you've gotten horribly out of shape, gained weight, and your season is already shot to hell. And it sounds insane to me that your family would worry about your health at that height and weight. A friend of mine has a couple of times, but this seems to be, strangely, when I've actually gained a few pounds.

Big and Bashful · Post by **Big and Bashful** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:21 am

Skip,
Are you still thinking about becoming a skirtmonger?

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