Trend Alert: Skirts For Men
27 January 2009
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We've been hoping that this trend would never catch on but with Yohji Yamamoto, Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen all featuring mens skirts in their shows the trend may be the next big thing.
Yohji Yamamoto used skirts featuring leopards almost jumping through the skirt. At Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen the pieces were tailored to create with a clear cut silhouette.
As well as the pieces parading up and down catwalks it seems designers themselves are partial to the look. Marc Jacobs, who else, has been flashing his legs wearing a skirt at the Defiance premiere in New York two weeks ago and more recently to the Louis Vuitton show in Paris on Thursday.
The world might not be ready for this trend just yet though. Neiman Marcus's fashion director admitted they didn't buy any men's skirts to stock for spring, citing that it would be an especially hard sell in the middle of a recession.
We're hoping that this is a look strictly for the catwalks, we just don't think we can handle regular men on the street flashing their legs while they strut their stuff in skirts. Surely that is our forte!
And after all David Beckham has tried and failed in the past and if Becks can't pull off a look who can?!
FemaleFirst - Jessica Watson
Comments
by Martinus 31 January 2009
Hello all;
I think there is nothing wrong with men in skirts. It is just a garment which allows men to extend their wardrobe.
Yes, it is time that men should show their legs, and no... Read More
by mara 01 February 2009
Yes, men wearing skirts, finally.... and get the same chance wearing different styles like women.
Nothing wrong with that. Okay, men have to learn to wear it properly, but they will le... Read More
by Paul 04 February 2009
It is about time that men have a choice of what to wear!
by stephanie 10 February 2009
Oops; Men going their own way? What is wrong with this guys?
I think men have to learn that 'if they wear skirts finally we're at that point we're calling equality'. It helps us to m... Read More
by VM 22 February 2009
hi
messaging from a hot Cape Town, and YES, it's cool to wear a (mini) skirt (as a man)
and i speak from personal expeirience;
go out there - the nall, beach, promenade, neighborhood... Read More
by maxx 25 February 2009
Might be okay with skirted men. But I didn't see these men in public. Where are they? (probably sitting in cars and drivin' around??)
50 years ago we had the same problem with women ... Read More
by meike 08 March 2009
David Beckham wasn't the right model but he made it public. Men should wear skirts - what wrong with that. Just thinking that we have women's month and men would help getting full emanc... Read More
by Manna 29 May 2009
Reading the article I must say, that some people never will be ready ... for anything.
What kind of question could it be? Ready for a skirt on men? If men are ready, skirts already ex... Read More