I would like to see more men in Western society wearing skirts. It is a very common thing in other parts of the world. The closest thing to a skirt being worn and pretty mainstream would probably be the kilt, which is pretty darn dapper. It is quite interesting how a piece of cloth has become so identifiable with a particular sex. Women wear skirts and trousers. Why can’t men do the same? If anything, a skirt would probably be a lot more accommodating. Imagine walking around with your legs totally unencumbered and everything perfectly aerated. What’s not to like?
Until now, men have considered the idea of wearing something other than pants or long shorts in public to be nothing less than a sacrilege against humanity. Although, throughout history, the concept of men wearing skirted garments was all too common. After all, pants were not widely used by any society more than three hundred years ago. – Pants were originally an invention to make it easier to ride a horse. The idea stuck, and the two-legged garment became standard apparel for working men to stave off cold and abrasion.
At the onset of the industrial age, Levi’s were probably the most popular mass-produced garment made for men. Sewn of heavy canvas, Levi’s jeans were designed to stave of the scrapes of workman’s toil. The political rise of the working class in the 1800′s transformed the workman’s attire into a symbol of raw power against the pompous and flagrantly dressed gentile statesman at the polar ends of the political and fashion spectrum. The power struggle of the working class has since grayed into the history books. So many men today live comfortable lives transporting themselves from their cozy homes, to their climaxed controlled cars, and into their environmentally shielded workspaces. Their female counterparts, transgressed long ago into the once male-dominated career lifestyle, are comfortably donning non-bifurcated garments as they go off to work and play.
Obviously men are shaped differently to women, so a miniskirt or pencil skirt would not be suitable for a man’s narrower hips and more streamlined body. I think the hardest thing to get over is the psychological aspect, how we have been programmed to think men wear trousers, women wear skirts (and trousers). Your brain is conflicted, thinking hey that is unusual.. but it is just fabric, nothing else.
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