Now, don't laugh, but I've made sketches of semi-dresses that should be made from leather overlapping plates, leather straps, leather belts, leather scales and studs. (All brown leather, copper or nickel studs.)
With a semi-dress, I mean just over half a skirt on the right leg, running diagonally up, thus reaching over the privates, and overlapping the second part, quarter of a skirt, on the left leg, attached to the leg with straps. Right leg leather scales, left leg soft leather overlaps (plates) each one bearing a row of studs.
All this attached to a broad band consisting of leather, with numerous leather straps on it, to wear as a sort of corset. Wear a tight green longsleeve t-shirt underneath the 'corset' so it fits nicely, and shows the contours of the chest quite well. Also, stud the 'corset.'
Wear a green pair of army trousers underneath the 'skirt' part.
Use some goatskin (With fur) and the brown leather the make bracers that cover the entire lover arm, but not the hands. (Use the skin with fur as a layer underneath, to be able to make very neat symbols or carvings.) Stud these aswell.
Now, use the same technique you used for the bracers to fashin some pauldrons. (Like the armour-pieces for the shoulders.) Not too big, mind. Use some more leather straps to fashion these to the 'corset.'
Now you have a feminine dress made for men. Masculinity and femininity in one; it's a very feminine outfit; a skirt and corset, but most definately masculine.
However; it's not exactly your everyday garment, I'm afraid, as it's practically light armour.
Still, I intend to make it, and wear it. If only I had more patience... Or a machine that could sow leather. Or good quality leather, for that matter.
I know leather might be thought of as kinky, but this really isn't, in any way whatsoever, kinky at all.
(I suggest a use of black and red for dark haired people, though. Black leather, red cloth. Die the fur red, too. All colours previously noted simply go well with a red-head.)
So.. Basicly I'm just looking for a dress that doesn't make me look like a weakling. (Like most 'gothic' styled dresses for men do... They make you look positively runny.)
