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Marc in skirt X3

posted on September 11th, 2008 · by Laila Lu · comments (12)

At Marc Jacobs

At Marc by Marc Jacobs

At Andre Leon Telley’s party

We’ve seen many man-skirts at the menswear shows back in June and now Marc is literally rocking it… with his unshaven look (a sign of stress?). Yes or no?

images: nymag

12 Responses to “Marc in skirt X3”

  1. choubelle says:
    September 11, 2008 at 3:50 am

    As much as I loooove gay/metro guys, usually I think that guys can’t pull off skirts without raising the eyebrow of, well, everyone. Marc did a great job with his skirts though…I think they look really good on him, and the way he is sporting them they look masculine which might make people think more casually about man-skirts. In the future, I have a feeling that skirts will be more normalized in our culture for men.
    In a recent issue of Runner magazine, there was a woman in a “running skirt” on the cover and a whole five page article about the running skirt! Its like a wave of branching out and breaking down stereotypes of the functions and sexes that our daily clothes apply to, and its really cool to see happen!
    xoxo
    Choubelle

  2. D&G Luver says:
    September 11, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    The facial hair makes him look rugged and the hint of gray is sexy. His legs look divine in those skirts!

  3. bingboompia says:
    September 11, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    YUP!
    Statements?! or trying too hard??

    I think he looks fine and the concept of mens skirt, I’ve always been open about it.

  4. Kielo says:
    September 11, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    Men in skirts? Well, I think even women should avoid them, stick to overalls and all will be well…

  5. David says:
    October 13, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    I am a normal straight guy and I want to have the freedom of choice to wear a skirt. Society still criticises men who wear a skirt as being gay. I am sure of my own sexuality and I choose to wear a skirt. That doesn’t change me at all. If I could confidently walk around in public in a skirt without being harassed and made fun of, I would have been wearing the skirt back in the days of my teens. I am 26 FYI

  6. mara says:
    September 19, 2009 at 2:56 am

    That is overdue. I would love to see skirted men more often. That is the bridge I’m waiting for because when men wearing skirts women finally at that point we call emancipation with the same rights. I hate to say it, but I don’t like always the double standards we are facing every day. Men are allowed to that, women not, or, of course, opposite. Skirted men would bring the standardized, sexualized and uniformized world to an end, and more health to male bodies, too.
    However, the history tells us, that women adopted the skirt from the men, because women only were allowed to wear long dresses in past. Now we are at the end, pants already adapted too, back to the wardrobe of men with the refreshment of skirts – really, I could not find one single reason why men should not wear skirts.

  7. martinus says:
    October 23, 2009 at 2:59 am

    Just change…. to go for that what you like to wear. Men ususally afraid to try new things, especially when it comes to clothing styles which was manly used by women. This men just have problems with their masculinity. A straight man can wear what he want, he will always be straight.
    That is one of my points: Why we are sexualizing the world, we started with clothes and now even cars getting the same way? Just for business? Is that a purposly initiated diversity, but just focused to men? In case of dressing the world for women is completely open, they can wear what they want, there is no stop at all using “men’s” clothes and dressing style. Cars getting “women’s” cars because they like to drive it, it’s a cute car, looking nice, etc. And how about men?
    In old times gender played a role in the society for that what has to be done in the world, but all has changed. But not for men in common understanding. How come?
    How about using the right side of the brain too, which means creativity and innovation also for men’s clothes?

  8. strikemaster says:
    November 7, 2009 at 5:23 am

    Martinus, what’s new in skirts for men? Men wore different styles of skirts since clothes was discovered (about 75000 years ago). It’s nothing new, just return to the clothes which are better for our anatomy (trousers kill!). There are many types of men’s skirts in use in many cultures now (kilt, sarong, dhoti, catholic priesthood’s robe, lava-lava etc.). Main problem is that people aren’t considered, skirts are for men, and also skirts are better for men than trousers. There are interesting initiatives like Utilikilts, Midas Clothing, AMOK, Bravehearts against trouser tyranny. I’m wondering, why clothing industry does nothing in this case? Men’s skirts have shown but aren’t selling. Do shop managers know that if such garment reached the mainstream shall sell and create a new area of clothing market?
    And You’re asking, why we’re sexualizing the world? I really don’t know, propably is a relic of times, when women was treatened as worse humans. Now all, what is masculine is better than feminine, in fact, masculine could and almost all is unisex (in clothes), feminine is only for women. Thus I think, promotion of men’s skirts connected to some traditions (like kilt, sarong etc.) is easier than defeminization of skirt at all.

  9. martinus says:
    November 11, 2009 at 3:53 am

    Yes, Strikemaster, that could be a point of view. On the other hand I have to ask the business too.
    Checking some websites about the question “Men in skirt’s” I found that really nobody questioned that point ‘why’, and the comments telling only the point of view in case of traditional fashion.
    And I think that men’s clothes like you already said is unisex, womens clothes just for females. But almost nobody thinks about that, (nor consider) it is like it is. Period.
    I wear my skirts and kilts every day, whereever I go, also at te workplace, and never I had a negative comment. That mens to me that people want a change in the dressing culture, but don’t know how to start that.

  10. martinus says:
    December 15, 2009 at 9:46 am

    Again, there is nothing more comfortable for a man than wearing skirts. I am still wearing it, during this cold months, walking through snow, too, and I discovered that skirts are warmer than pants.

  11. David says:
    January 19, 2010 at 8:09 am

    Those that call men in skirts “gay” are either bigoted liars or not smart at all, because they should know that you can’t make an assumption about a whole group of people based on a few select individuals. For all I care, they can just go to hell. Also, it is anti – American to oppose the idea of kilts/skirts for men. Those that ARE against it are traitors and are just as bad as white supremacists.

  12. martinus says:
    January 24, 2010 at 4:58 am

    David, these people who call men in skirts “gay” have a very small intellectual horizon, that’s all, and the problem is just they don’t know it. You shouldn’t listen to that!
    We all know that clothing does not make nor change sexes, and the way how to express a personality are very different. And wearing a skirt or kilt is expressing a personality, and it is a way to show creativity, innovation and elegance.

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