I can wear a dress to work and nobody criticizes me. I’d be really sad if I had to wear pants all the time, they’re just not as comfortable. Let’s normalize pretty dresses for dudes!
Yea, but let’s design some to work on male bodies. Dresses are generally built for female body shapes, and rely on curves most guys just don’t have in order to complete the shape - so we end up looking like Graveyard Barbie in them.
Guys tend to be a lot more oblong, and the overall design would need a rethink in order to actively work with that shape, instead of unsuccessfully trying to compensate for it.
No, I don’t know how to do this.
Honestly, one thing I hate about being biologically male is that men’s clothes all look so goddamn generic.
Oh, you’re wearing a suit. It’s. A suit. I guess. They all look the same.
You’re wearing jeans. And a t-shirt. And they all look basically the same.
Khakis and a polo? You madlad. Well, you and everybody else at the country club. Who all look exactly the fucking same.
The thing that really gets me is, it didn’t used to be this way. You look at pictures of people in paintings and whatnot and men had some wild shit going on. There was variety, if somewhat less, even into the early 20th. But… seriously tell me if I’m wrong here… it feels like we got to WWII and men’s fashion just stopped. Like an entire generation of men put on uniforms and eighty years later we still haven’t completely taken them off.
Some workmates and I petitioned our boss for the return of 70’s office shorts over the course of one hot summer, to no avail.As a man I never considered pants to be uncomfortable. They are the perfect mix of range of motion, hiding the private parts. and support. Dresses, skirts, and robes seem like a nightmare to wear. You either restrict your range of motion or have to constantly worry about showing your underwear. And I would wear boxer briefs underneath by choice anyhow, so I still end up wearing pants.
I think the bigger issue is that most of us men are too lazy to look for different kinds of pants and end up wearing the same stuff year-round. Which can indeed become uncomfortable due to changes in temperature. But that issue wouldn’t be fixed by having access to dresses or robes. As again, some would either be too cold or too hot.
Nah no pity here, we got pockets best thing in the world you should probably feel more envious really
I wouldn’t mind dressing in tunic+toga.
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A toga is my go too outfit when I can’t be bothered to get dressed to walk around the house, I just grab a blanket and drape it over myself.
A friend has a degree in fashion design and her senior project was a clothing line that you ordered by measurement instead of men’s/women’s sizing so it was supposed to fit a person not a gender.
I think those are called kilts, and some of the cooler ones come with pockets (just like the cool lady dresses.
I’ve worn a kilt to participate in Scottish heritage festivals and the Highland Games. It’s a far, far better garment than pants or shorts in hot weather and super comfy in general. Pants are great, but for just hanging around and casual wear kilts are amazing.
Utilikilts (the ones with pockets) are awesome, but with a traditional kilt you can accesorize with a nice belt and sporran (the little pouch in front).
All in all, I’d be really happy to see more kilts and similar garments in day to day men’s fashion.
I personally don’t like utilikilts because the sort of folk who wear them at faire aren’t always the most savory, but I fuck heavily with a traditional tartan and a sporran.
Where are you getting lady dresses with pockets?!
Completely agree. While both pants and dresses have their pros and cons, it should be everybody’s own choice which one they want to wear. I hope that this is something that will change over time.
A few summers ago I brought up the idea that men should be allowed to wear shorts to the office if women can wear dresses and my boss literally laughed in my face. We work in a small-ish office and are not client facing so who tf cares what we wear? A while later they made a whole big deal about us being allowed to wear jeans to the office ever day (vs only on Fridays) you could hear a pin drop at the staff meeting. It was painful but satisfying to watch. Fuck those assholes…
If the corporate policy doesn’t explicitly require you to wear pants (or prohibit shorts), then just go ahead and wear em I reckon, they can’t fire you for wearing shorts.
they can’t fire you for wearing shorts.
True, but they can disrespect you for failing to fit in with the corporate culture. Honestly, I’d rather be fired.
There are plenty of workplaces where you can wear “whatever you want”, and I’m happy to work at one of those… But the clothes you choose to wear still has consequences. I can totally turn up to work in a full suit/tie/etc if I want. But I’d stick out like a sore thumb.
At least if men wore more skirts and dresses then manufacturers would add pockets.
Real talk.
And why shouldn’t you get pockets, after all it is your garment.
My wife wears (almost) exclusively skirts or dresses when she is out and about. She refuses to own any without pockets.
Always thought this guy was a boss!
The fucking SWAGGER. Thanks for sharing that, it made my day.
An inspiration, for sure!
Boxers-while-working gang rise up.
Boxer is great, but I assume dresses are better
While I can appreciate the freedom of boxers, I don’t like the gentlemen down below wandering all day long. A nice mesh boxer-brief is where it’s at. If I were rich, I’d have a full set of the Saxx Quest Ballpark™ Pouch boxers - those are my go-to for travel days. Sadly, they’re also $30+ a pair.
Wear whatever the hell you want, right? Screw genders and made up rules around them.
Gender Abolitionism/Accelerationism ✊😤
Right? I’m on this train. Hell if you want to be naked do it. But hell…being naked is uncomfortable and impractical.
Yes. But. Not sexual nudity. Nudity is fine in itself, but the fact that most people see it as sexually explicit, sexually suggestive, or an actual sexual activity, is the problem. Consciously I am for this, but subconsciously I’d still react to nudity as sexual (as most other people), because I’ve not yet encountered enough non-sexual nudity to get used to it. It’s like going to a beach - at first it’s “niiice sexy bodies”, but on the second day it’s like “meh, people making it hard to get to the water”. It’s the novelty.
Yeah so true! Go to some festivals or a nude beach!
Bring back the kilt!
