Skirts for Men Trend Hits Runways in Paris and Milan

I don’t understand the problem people have with men wearing skirts. Apparently, the double standard, that so many women have fought to kill, is alive and well when it comes to clothing. Or is it that too many men have such fragile egos and are so afraid of what others may think of them should they dare to stray outside of the heavily fortified confines of their fashion box? I say it’s time for men in the U.S.A. to show the testicular fortitude God gave them and put on a skirt (knee length and pleated, please) and not give a damn what other people think. Why should only women have all the clothing comfort?

Concerning legwear, men are finding that hose are of a great benefit.  Muscle support, warmth and yes even asthetics are taken into consideration when men CHOOSE hosiery.  Shaving the hair off of one's legs is simply anothor choice one makes, whatever the reason.  No one has a problem when we shave our face.  In my mind the precedent is set.  There is no room for hipocrasy here.  And sexual preference is not is the mix either.  If anything, it takes a man who is VERY secure in who he is to wear a skirt and hose in public.

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"So guys, if you've not tried a skirt because you're too frightened to be seen "dressed as a girl" give it a whirl, you never know you may like it..."

But Smart, If I wanted to dress as a girl, I'd wear pants. Most female clothes catalogs don't even carry skirts as a choice, just racks and racks of pants. Check Roamans for instance, no skirts, only dresses and pants.

Recession or not, I think men's skirts will always be a tough sell.

Hi, I made a men's collection including a skirt. Before i made my designs i did research about what men would like to see in men's fashion. There were a few who wanted a skirt. So there is an interest... 

Ah, my brothers, there is nothing as timeless as a kilt. Add bagpipes and the world's your stage!

If the designers can display men's skirts and legwear as something serious and not just as a novelty item on the runway, maybe it will be taken more seriously and finally we will have something to replace those god awful trousers and shorts forced upon us by the females who suggest it's not a good thing to see us with fashion variety.

Come on and support the cause and defeat the trouser tyrants of this over conservative world.

hi, from cape town; guys, come on + try for yourself, it's SO COOL, espcially on hot days, and above all, it is SO comfotable too. i wear a (mini) skirt occasionally in public (in confident manner, and NOT as a femeale, but as a guy), and even receive greetings / compliments (!), but also the odd look sometimes (who cares!), MOST importantly, it feels SO good and i can really really really recommend it to you, try once .............

Sorry guys, I can't understand your problem. Why does it take 5 years to come to point that one man has to show you that a skirt is suitable for women and men, too? Why do you have to ask what is suitable for you? YOU have to decide, nobody else. And if men don't like a skirt on men, okay, that's their problem because they have a problem with that, it isn't yours.

Don't tell me it does not look good to see a man in a skirt or kilt (a kilt is a kind of skirt nothing less, nothing more). Man, do you think your'e looking 'wonderful' just in pants? No, it is the person which makes a man, and not the kind of dressing or clothing.   

Yes men have always worn skirts---as men, not as female impersonators.  Roman soldier films show them in skirts.  Same with Alexander and his Macedonians.  Same with the ancient Egyptians.  Along came horseback riding by the Mongols, and over long centuries, all European armies used horses.  Pants are the horseback riding garment.  So pants shoved men out of their skirts.  Meantime, far fewer women than men rode, so they retained skirts.  In 1910 a German psychiatrist coined "transvestism" in attempt to freeze both sexes into polarized costumes.  Then came factory work in two World Wars and put millions of women into pants.  Eventually society stopped calling women in pants "cross dressers."  But men got stuck without choice in pants.  Using reasoning by association, men say, "only women wear skirts" and men think "women are inferior" so they won't wear a skirt.  They therefore defeat themselves by loss of choices.  Greeks still wear a pleated skirt called a "fustanella" see Greek dolls on E Bay (where I'm bidding on a FABULOUS pleated skirt NOW.)

I think what needs to be done is to have massive advertising so that women and society in general accept that there nothing wrong with men wearing a skirt, or even a dress. The advertising will also help children understand that there is nothing wrong with their dads wearing what is mistakenly referred to as ''female clothing''. People need to be taught that wearing beautiful things, whatever the make, is not the preserve of one gender alone. In this respect, I was very impressed to see Victoria Beckham walking side by side with a man in a skirt in one of the pictures. I wear skirts during the weekend but it is sometimes a source of conflict with my wife. Massive advertising would definitely help people like me.

Men do not need any permission to wear a skirt. Just do it, be confident and encouraged to do what you want. Skirts fitting men, no doubt at all, so let's get started. Absolutely nothing wrong when men want to waer a skirt or dress because originally it is their wardrobe - worn for several thousand years. And skirts are comfortable - very comfortable.

mara 

I am going with the new fashion trend for men, finally something different to wear.
It is sad that we have to discuss if it is appropriate for men to wear skirts and dresses. Did we discuss was is appropriate to wear for women? It's a pitiful sign of in-equality of sexes. And some men and women do not see the reality what is really going on with that.

Of course, men can wear skirts and dresses, and I am not looking in the past when they did it, just use a little bit common sense and everybody knows that there is no better wardrobe available which fits best for males body shape. So, why the questions? What is more important, health and comfort in contrast to old fashion imagination? Can't wait to see some answers to my question.

Certainly in North America, anyhow..

They seem to try the skirts for men thing every five years or so.  It doesn't work. Men won't wear them but they refuse to give up. 

i've seen a couple so far this year and they definitely made me do a double take. I think it takes someone with a certain flair to pull off the skirt look, but done well is smokin hot

Kilts!

Oh my! I'll watch to see if it takes off!

DO NOT WANT

i'd like to formally apologize for attracting the above retard to the forum. 

No name calling, please.

Apologize for your temper tantrum.

       The industrial revolution is over so men can go back to dressing the way they used to .

Hey, if you do NOT want it, it's your problem. Did you try it already to wear one? If not, how can you have this opinion?

There is nothing better and more comfortable than a breezy garment, a skirt. Call it a kilt if you want to,  

The styles are terrible in my opinion.  And probably going to be overpriced too, $595 would not surprise me at all.  I don't find anything wrong with guys wearing skirts, sarongs, kilts, whatever. I switched to skirts about 6 months ago for around the house use.  Damn comfortable, I shouda tried them years ago.  And I suggest other guys to try them too. Being built small,  (5'5"/ 120 lb).  I have a problem with clothing size, so I went with women's skirts ( size small in most cases). 

I agree, men's skirts are mostly overprized. This skirt at the picture maybe looks not good because there are many more which are really looking very good on men.

No, there is nothing wrong with guys in skirts, it is just a new garment, and very comfortable. By the way, a lot of 'women's' skirts already made unisex, so you have to look/search what is a 'manly' style which fits.  

Skirts for men? Why not? I suspect it will not be a sudden "big thing" unless some of the cooler people start to wear them and the bigger chain stores bring out their own interpretations of the designs for prices similar to those they charge for casual pants.

If a few men have the cajones to wear them out and about and then tell their friends how comfortable they are (and what wonderful babe magnets they make), who knows, they may even catch on.

So guys, if you've not tried a skirt because you're too frightened to be seen "dressed as a girl" give it a whirl, you never know you may like it...

Hey,

Brad Pitt pulled the look off in the movie Troy. Now, if we all had his build.....

I want know why a kilt is okay, but a skirt isn't??  It's the SAME thing!  Breezy, flowy, and NO inseam.  As a matter of fact, I've always thought a kilt looked more feminine than an A-line skirt because it's pleated.

Get over the terminology, wear what you want!!  Life's WAY too short and there's too many people out there just looking to put someone down for ANY reason just to build themselves up.