{"id":38384,"date":"2026-01-26T22:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=38384"},"modified":"2026-01-26T22:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:23:33","slug":"briefly-fashion-designers-pushing-men-to-wear-skirts-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=38384","title":{"rendered":"Briefly: Fashion designers pushing men to wear skirts \u2014 again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Midi-skirts-for-men.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38385\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Midi-skirts-for-men.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Midi-skirts-for-men.jpg 920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Midi-skirts-for-men-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Midi-skirts-for-men-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is it an attempt to blur the gender line between men and women? Or is it some weird tribute to the traditional Scottish kilt? It\u2019s hard to say, but fashion designers keep pushing for men to wear skirts in the last few years. Both men and women in modern fashion seem oddly androgynous, as though it would be offensive for a man to look manly or for a woman to look feminine. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/26\/style\/paris-mens-fashion-week-fall-winter-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN article<\/a> about the latest fashions from Paris caught my attention Monday and left me wondering about the ugly clothes the designers are hawking. If a man wants to wear a skirt \u2014 or a kilt \u2014 that\u2019s OK with me, but I\u2019ll stick with a traditional dark suit with a white shirt and tie. (Well, when I\u2019m not wearing t-shirts and sweats, of course.) I always wonder who actually buys the outlandish garb from fashion designers anyway. I would be humiliated to be seen in any of this stuff, but I obviously have no sense of high fashion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it an attempt to blur the gender line between men and women? Or is it some weird tribute to the traditional Scottish kilt? It\u2019s hard to say, but fashion designers keep pushing for men to wear skirts in the last few years. 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