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Friday 5...Man Fashion/Mashion 

14/12/2012

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We don't know if whale's a girl or boy or if those leggings or meggings
We are sure you've heard, after the dawn of guy-liner it was inevitable really and now Bieber's been spotted wearing a pair they are officially A Thing. What are we talking about? Oh come now, haven't you been reading Vogue Hommes International (aka Man Vogue)? Meggings! They are a thing now! Oh, you're probably wearing them. This week The Guardian sent out an intrepid reporter to try this meggings trend. It was pretty hard hitting stuff: “Quite why leggings have to be gendered in this way is a moot point. We all have legs – boys and girls. It's not like ladies' leggings are called feggings.” What Mr Kingsley had neglected to learn was that the L in leggings is for lady. The gender neutral term for these leg garments is of course eggings. We wondered what other clothing was in need of some gendering...

1. Well this cross over clothing turned out to be the most horrific addition to my secondary school uniform. The infamous kilt. This ancient traditional Scottish garment, worn by kings and warriors alike, hit South London with a vengeance as a girls school skirt. The itchy material and garish colours did not suit me, I like my kilts on hairy, shapely man legs, not on the fuzzy twig that I was sporting, Britney (before the bitch was added) would tarnish this National dress further by hitching her school kilt as high as she could, making it the girliest thing you could have in your wardrobe. Squeamish Nicola

2. I kind of love the idea of putting the word Man in front of a word in the hope it will appeal more to men. It's the male equivalent of pinkification for women. Because we live in the future and I believe any fashions should be accessible to anyone that wants them – anybody remember that time Blur's Alex James and Betty Boo formed a band called WigWam and James wore a skirt? My hope is that, slowly, we shan't have need of words such as mirt (man skirt) or manties (man panties) or of course meggings. But I'd like to see mras inflicted on men. Squeamish Kate

3. I really don't understand why we need 'male' versions of mascara, lipstick, etc - if you want to wear them, just wear them! Adding gender to an inanimate object is stupid - whether it is this leggings as meggings deal, or selling pink tools as otherwise girls or women won't understand what they are! With that in mind I suggest 'mockings'. They are exactly the same as stockings, but I will take the piss out of you if you buy into any advertising that they are somehow manlier than normal stockings. Gareth

4. Manpons for the mangina during the manthly manstruation. Man man man. Oh, wait, you were expecting a real answer? Let me put my mand to it... F1Kate

5. I am a big fan of moustaches and I don’t see why men get to have all the fun with their facial hair. I reckon a twirly moustache would look good with any outfit, obviously what is needed is some rebranding. The fetache sounds like a swanky accessory Cosmo might tell you to add to your festive outfit. Time to get smearing rogaine on my upper lip… Squeamish Louise
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F1Kate
13/12/2012 05:57:43 pm

I take it that Gareth doesn't speak any foreign languages... Adding gender to neutral items dates back at least to Latin, if not earlier. It might be annoying, but it's got precedence.

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Squeamish Kate link
13/12/2012 06:16:50 pm

Don't get his mockings in a twist

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Gareth
13/12/2012 07:08:36 pm

I am aware of that, but I don't agree with that foreign muck.

If we start allowing words to have gender it is only a matter of time until we import other filthy continental habits like a drinks culture than doesn't revolve around binge drinking or cheap, reliable trains that actual understand the concept of a time table.

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Brij
13/12/2012 09:40:07 pm

Am I allowed to defend the kilt? Long, wool kilts (with attendant sporran [Scottish man-bag for holding cigarettes, whisky, and other masculine paraphernalia]) are the only things that make Edinburgh's fondness for playing Gangnam Style at parties bearable. Note that Britney's interpretation of the kilt is still frowned upon, as are the purple non-clan kilts-for-girls available in tourist shops.

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Gareth
13/12/2012 09:56:44 pm

Kilts are the manliest of clothing - you wear a knife strapped to your thigh while wearing them! That's proper action hero clothing right there.

Speaking of ghastly tourist abominations - last time i was in Edinburgh I saw they'd released a special memorial Diana tartan. I've yet to find anyone who can explain why the former Princess of WALES has an 'official' tartan.

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Brij
13/12/2012 10:15:36 pm

Kilts are possibly the only item of clothing that can make a scrawny, spotty teenager look masculine. Despite their ineffectiveness against itching in sensitive areas from Scotland's national flower, they're proper man-clothes. Maybe it's that we know the wealth of man-paraphernalia kept in sporrans or that you can get hunting versions of most tartans, but the man-kilt is the only genuinely butch skirt. (I do make an allowance for the South African trend of the khaki cargo skirt in the late nineties as a heat relief/man-junk storage solution. Surfers rocked that one. They also rocked sarongs...maybe long-haired surfers are confident/androgynous enough to pull off any look)

Why?! She's not even from the Highlands! If our Lowland cousins don't get a tartan, she shouldn't have one either, no matter how famous/beloved.

Squeamish Kate link
13/12/2012 11:32:32 pm

I think Squeamish Nicola was saying she didn't like the kilt crossing over into school girl wear, not that it shouldn't be worn by men.

Brij
14/12/2012 01:22:56 pm

Squeamish Nicola makes a good point. Whoever made girl-kilts (aka the lamest of skirts) should be had up for treason against the Scottish crown (twinned with the English crown since James I[VI] inherited the English one from his Aunt Elizabeth)




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