Magazine The Moment - Mens Fashion - Kilts

[Larry124]

From the magazine The Moment.
On Men’s Fashion.
Kilts!
Of a sort…
Or not so much...
Or not at all.

http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2...-E-AT-0204-L20

I know. MY EYES!
I think that the comments are as interesting as the photos. Or more so.

[beloitpiper]

Ehhh, not so much.

I'll stick with tartan, thank you very much!

[chasem]

at least the first one appears kilt-like in construction. Can't say as I approve the accessories.

[7 miles]

Why do they all look dead? I wear a kilt and it makes me feel alive.

[Nick the DSM]

please don't let the kilt become a fashion! PLLLEEAAAAASSSSE!!!

[chasem]

please don't let the kilt become a fashion! PLLLEEAAAAASSSSE!!!

Don't think you have to worry about that... as these "kilts" look nothing like true kilts.

[SteveB]

Some of those things look like the stuff Goodwill threw in the dust bin, then someone drove over them in a truck leaking oil, then got wrapped around some young men that look like they are not pleased with the "fashion" either. Send them to P1M's dos and don'ts thread.
Slainte,
Steve

[Nick the DSM]

Don't think you have to worry about that... as these "kilts" look nothing like true kilts.

Think of the future!! First it'll be this, then soon...THE KILT!!!

Yeah, I'm exagerating(sp??).

[piperdbh]

As we say in Western North Carolina, "They, law have mercy!"

[Nanook]

Don't think you have to worry about that... as these "kilts" look nothing like true kilts.

They don't look like "true kilts" since they are NOT "true kilts" but skirts intended, one way or another, to be worn by men--- by design or by the intent of placing the said garment on a man. But are those "kilts" from the Pacific Northwest any more kilts than these skirts? Highland dress they are all not.. but then most clothing worn by most people in Scotland is not Highland dress either...
In all fairness, however, we need recall that most shorter skirts (including all knee length) that are widely considered the standard of womenswear are--- less so than their pants (which can be traced to woman's trousers as seen in portraits from the Sui and Tang dynasties where we see also Hufu style and military influences)--- firmly based upon men's garments. Skirts (most with a direct heritage to the kilt), tights (a men's garment until new production methods allowed the developed of cheap nylon "panty hose" in the late 1950s and then throwing back into pattern paired by Mary Quant with mini-skirts in the mid 1960s), pumps (based upon court shoes), high heels (quite fashionable for both men and women in the 17th century and the source of the phrase "well heeled").. for that matter wigs (worn by court judges in the UK for the past 300 years) and even make-up were a man's domain throughout most of history--- albeit, at different times, shared with women.
Do these outfits look good? I don't care for Marc Jacob's style.. in shorts or skirts, sandals or high heels..
Are these styles for the mainstream... As has often been pointed out over the past 40 years of trying to bring short skirts (back then the Dorcus He-Skirt), as the logical next step after getting acceptance of "Bermuda shorts" to men... one needs the right legs... (same can be said of women).. Not quite the formula for an increasingly sedate and obese "mainstream"..
Yet another failed marketing blitz even after the well received "Men in Skirts" show? Or is it different this time? Times are, I think, changing.. If sales of male cosmetics, tights for men, non-facial hair removal trends and the number of pictures showing up in the popular fan and movie magazines are a gauge.. then.. perhaps.. perhaps.. perhaps...