"Men In Dresses" Will Be Unstylish Come September
by: Autumn Sandeen
Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 04:00:00 AM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5200 (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5200)
Okay, religious right pundits! Take head of this from the New York Times (emphasis added):
ANYONE who pays attention to fashion may want to know that those in charge of deciding these things have pronounced doom on the dress. They, meaning mainly fashion editors and designers, claim the
"The dress has been done to death," Ms. Slowey added, "not to sound really cliché."
I, for one, would like to point out Ms. Slowey, how cliche that sounds. Trite even. I, for one, would think that its 'fashion editors' who have been done to death.
I wear dresses and skirts in the summer and pants in the winter.
From a comfort point of view it really seems more practical.
I think a lot of women have those same thoughts.
-Sandy(Skirt time soon!)
I went and read those little links at the bottom about the conservative Christian view on women in pants. Oy vey. I think my IQ dropped by like, 20 points just reading that stuff.
Sigh.
~Simone.
Quote from: lady amarant on April 28, 2008, 02:01:19 PM
I went and read those little links at the bottom about the conservative Christian view on women in pants. Oy vey. I think my IQ dropped by like, 20 points just reading that stuff.
Sigh.
~Simone.
http://qfmamato4.blogspot.com/2008/04/women-in-pants.html
5. "In bible Times they all wore robs."
Must have been a lot of robs in those times :icon_weirdface:
They all wore robs? As in robbery? No wonder there were so many thieves in those days.
And, just when exactly, were 'men in dresses' in style?
Quote from: tekla on April 28, 2008, 04:47:13 PM
And, just when exactly, were 'men in dresses' in style?
I missed that fashion craze, must have been the 15 minutes that I wasn't paying attention. :laugh: And when I
was doing it, nobody copied me ;)
Z
That's what I was thinking, I must have been napping that afternoon.
Quote from: tekla on April 28, 2008, 04:47:13 PM
And, just when exactly, were 'men in dresses' in style?
The mid-15th century? The houppelande was pretty much unisex, although only men had the option of wearing it short enough to show their ankles. ;)
Nfr