{"id":6148,"date":"2012-01-30T02:47:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T09:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=6148"},"modified":"2012-03-04T22:48:03","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T05:48:03","slug":"formed-opinions-men-in-skirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2012\/01\/30\/formed-opinions-men-in-skirts\/","title":{"rendered":"Formed Opinions: Men in Skirts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>When is a kilt just a skirt?<\/h1>\n<h3>Formed Opinions: Men in Skirts<\/h3>\n<p><b>By Bridgett Rex<\/b><br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"reviewermag\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div><strong>skirt \/sk\u0259\u02d0t\/ 1. A woman\u2019s garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs. <\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Although we Americans like to consider ourselves fashionably progressive, with our opinions printed on t-shirts and gimmicky nail-stickers that boast our political party, only a handful of men today would dare to get up in the morning and choose a skirt as their bottom piece.  Similarly, most American men would not be caught dead wearing a dress, as it is nothing but a skirt with a top attached to it.  So while we may think we have come far, we can\u2019t celebrate yet. This Spring 2012 fashion season, skirts have wrapped their way into countless designer\u2019s menswear collections. While this is a first step into the skirt becoming a regular clothing choice for men, we still have a long way to go.<\/p>\n<p>Givenchy\u2019s Spring 2012 men\u2019s collection features moss green, forest green and crisp white outfits with the bird of paradise flower pattered across select pieces. While the exclusivity of couture is immediately reinforced by these items prohibitively high price, why hasn\u2019t the average man worn any ol\u2019 skirt in the first place? That is, besides the die-hard death metal band members or run-of the mill New York yuppies. Both of which you wouldn\u2019t be caught dead even smirking at. <\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6148 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/givenchy3-e1327916052509.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/givenchy3-e1327916052509.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6182\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6182'>\n\t\t\t\tGivenchy Spring 2012\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/givenchy2-e1327915951366.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/givenchy2-e1327915951366.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/givenchy2-e1327915951366.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/givenchy2-e1327915951366.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6179'>\n\t\t\t\tGivenchy Spring 2012 \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/givenchy1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/givenchy1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/givenchy1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/givenchy1.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6178'>\n\t\t\t\tGivenchy Spring 2012\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>When observing the skirts in Givenchy\u2019s 2012 collection, the male models do not look like \u201cmen in skirts\u201d but rather men in couture. In fact, the men appear not only avant-garde but also privileged. The bird of paradise motif and casual baseball cap only reinforces the elite and undemocratic feel of the outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Fabric density and the tightness of a skirt either emphasize the body or erase it. The skirt at its most basic design is a cylindrical form with an opening at both ends. Once the wearer steps into the skirt, the top gap is plugged with the hips of the wearer. The reason why it works for this model is as the cylinder shrinks to the wearers body, as is seen in pencil skirts or bandage skirts, the more feminine the skirt becomes. Here, on the other hand, the skirt acts more as a loose but straight edged wrap.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/27.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_lyluuoRhHT1qdnydho1_500.jpg?resize=320%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The skirt\u2019s open form has become historically feminine in European countries. In the 1930s and 1940s, \u201cskirt\u201d was a derogatory name for a \u201csexually attractive woman\u201d, and this crude and sexist use still pops up now and then decades later.  <\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2007\/11_02\/OldFashion1RAY_800x501.jpg?resize=480%2C350\" width=\"480\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">19th Century French Fashion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bound by societal constraints, skirts were the only choice for a 19th century European woman. Men did not have the leisure to wear a skirt, but more importantly, society wasn\u2019t pressuring them to stay strapped into burdensome, layered skirts.  As the bread winners, men required practical wear such as pants and work shirt to allow them to move freely.  This phenomenon is also visible significantly further back in history.  In ancient Egyptian times, both Egyptian common workers and slaves wore loincloths made of animal hide, while the rest of society wore wrap around skirts. Only the Pharaohs and hierarchy wore wrap skirts on a daily basis. Skirts are hardly convenient for everyday use. <\/p>\n<p>   Right after the flower power decade In the 1970\u2019s,  Electric Engineer David Hall made himself  known as a \u201cpioneer\u201d in fashion . Hall was not gay nor a crossdresser and he wore a skirt daily despite his wife\u2019s disapproval. Hall felt that \u201cwomen wearing pants and men wearing skirts is equality of the sexes\u201d.  This certainly poses the question as to why women may wear pants and yet men are not socially \u201callowed\u201d to wear skirts. Hall theorizes that in American society it is socially acceptable for the woman to copy the man because he is considered superior.  Men cannot copy women because they are \u201cbeneath men\u201d and that would lower their status. <\/p>\n<p>     The average woman wears pants considerably more often than skirts. Therefore, who is to assume that men will catch on? Psychologist Knight Dunlap  says that \u201cwhich kinds of clothes happen to be seen on the streets in any decade depends on the strength of forces that favor personal display or concealment\u201d. For example, wearing a skirt in this decade in America, is not socially appropriate no matter what the style or shape.  Maybe America isn\u2019t ready for fashion revolutionaries such as Jean Paul Gaultier.  Once the form of a fabric transcends gender, hold the applause. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When is a kilt just a skirt? Formed Opinions: Men in Skirts By Bridgett Rex Tweet skirt \/sk\u0259\u02d0t\/ 1. A woman\u2019s garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs. Although we Americans like to consider ourselves fashionably progressive, with our opinions printed on t-shirts and gimmicky nail-stickers that boast our political party, only a handful of men [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,589],"tags":[1111,669,668],"class_list":["post-6148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","category-high-fashion-bikinis-swimwear-night","tag-high-fashion-bikinis-swimwear-night","tag-mens-skirts","tag-skirts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2250,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/03\/21\/fashion-spring-skirt-lengths\/","url_meta":{"origin":6148,"position":0},"title":"Fashion: Spring Skirt Lengths","author":"admin","date":"March 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"How Short Is Too Short?by Krystal Biehler classygirl.ca It is great to show a bit of leg. Whether you are a student on your way to class or a high powered executive in the boardroom showing a bit of gamb is a tasteful and feminine way to dress to impress.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2185,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/03\/09\/2010-spring-floral-in-womens-fashion\/","url_meta":{"origin":6148,"position":1},"title":"2010 Spring Floral in Women&#8217;s fashion","author":"admin","date":"March 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"[Fashion Opinion]What to wear in spring? Floral!Party Dresses - Floral By Krystal Biehler classygirl.ca Floral is a huge trend this spring but do not fall into the grandmother trap! We all imagine the ugly floral patterns on our grandmother's curtains or their incredibly tacky ankle length skirts. Always remember that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;archive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":664,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2009\/05\/02\/great-fashion-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":6148,"position":2},"title":"great fashion","author":"admin","date":"May 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Thomasscelli DesignsVideo interview and reviews by Reviewer RobJanese is a fashion designer currently living in Oceanside, north of San Diego, who makes fine garments for fashionable females by rescuing vintage clothes that are given to her from estate sales which she then reconfigures into new outfits. For example, she often\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;archive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/4eupeE9icxw\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":526,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2008\/10\/20\/beach-style-by-stephanie-freedman\/","url_meta":{"origin":6148,"position":3},"title":"Beach Style by Stephanie Freedman","author":"admin","date":"October 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"[Fashion Review]Beach Styleby Stephanie Freedman This season in beach style is definitely keeping up with the reoccurring trend of boho chic. Pacific Beach has been seeing a lot of floral prints with earth tones. Shirts and dressed are very loose fitting and flowy. A common trend I have been noticing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;archive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":87,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2006\/06\/16\/getting-broken-flowers\/","url_meta":{"origin":6148,"position":4},"title":"getting BROKEN FLOWERS","author":"admin","date":"June 16, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Rumple Phoreskin analyzes Chloe Sevigney in the BROKEN FLOWERS dvd I just wanted to comment here so I could see my name on top of Chloe Sevigny's. I think that scene where she shows full frontal was an integral part, nay, an indispensible part of the STORY. It paraded in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;archive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17679,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2020\/04\/23\/deliciae-vitae-printed-three-times-in-the-early-2000s\/","url_meta":{"origin":6148,"position":5},"title":"Deliciae Vitae printed three times in the early 2000&#8217;s","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"April 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"[4sale]Deliciae Vitae Only 3 Issues, For Sale. Translated, \"deliciae vitae\" means \"luxury life\" in English. Deliciae Vitae was an annually published fashion magazine printed on thick ultra-bookstock glossy paper for three years in the spring from early 2001 until 2003. Critically lauded it was hailed as a high water mark\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;archive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Deliciae Vitae Magazine ISSUES 1-3 in like-new to new condition are for sale here. Email editor@reviewermagazine.com.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/dv-all-three-20200423_020310-1000px.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/dv-all-three-20200423_020310-1000px.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/dv-all-three-20200423_020310-1000px.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/dv-all-three-20200423_020310-1000px.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6148"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6414,"href":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6148\/revisions\/6414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}