Dear Abby: I Wear Skirts. P.S. I’m A Man
Posted by: Susannah Breslin
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8:00AM, Friday January 2nd 2009
We’ve written about men in skirts on the Frisky previously, but apparently the trend has it the epidemic level. One Joe in Pennsylvania wrote Dear Abby about his predilection for sporting skirts. “I’m a married man, confident in who I am, who wears skirts for comfort.” Um, OK. But why? “I feel that skirts are more comfortable than pants, which I find tight, restrictive and uncomfortable. I wear skirts around the house, when I’m out running errands and when I attend church. My clergyman has raised no objection to it.” My, what a liberal clergyman you have. Joe’s wife is supportive of his style choices, but their extended family isn’t thrilled. Abby pronounces: “As long as you have the testicular fortitude and shapely enough legs to wear skirts, then you have my blessing.” Well! Problem solved then. According to the Cut, 2009 is the year of the man-skirt.
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Lynn
wrote on January 2 2009 @ 01:00 pm: [report]
Hmmm. It seems he might have eased everyone into it a little easier if he’d started with a kilt instead of an actual skirt, but I’m glad that someone who is doing something so out of the norm found someone who is OK with it! Because I have to be honest, I’m not sure how I would react if BF wanted to start wearing skirts.
LaGiulia
wrote on January 2 2009 @ 02:32 pm: [report]
Even Marc Jacobs looks terrible in a skirt, but I’m wholly supportive of Joe’s wish to lose the menswear. Less than a century ago it was considered unbecoming for ladies to wear trousers, and Katharine Hepburn was a pioneer. Now we do it all the time. I say go for it, Joe in Pennsylvania.
Humble Bee
wrote on January 2 2009 @ 04:22 pm: [report]
I’m all for it, Oscar de la Hoya looked great in fishnets…
flaunt it joe!
InTouch
wrote on January 2 2009 @ 05:10 pm: [report]
so, are we talking kilts or actual skirts?? I’m not sure I can picture Joe (Joe the plumber?) in a D&G;ruffled skirt… on the other hand I love my utilikilt.
vanya
wrote on January 2 2009 @ 11:12 pm: [report]
He’s not into “tight, restrictive and uncomfortable”.. so he’s not wearing stockings & heels with these skirts, eh? (though, in all fairness, there are some heels that are pretty comfortable)
Humble Bee
wrote on January 4 2009 @ 11:40 am: [report]
just do us a favor joe, wear some underwear.