sure. I imagine most are. It's one of the things they're hoping to challenge by doing it isn't it?...which any man putting on a dress for a photoshoot ought to be aware of.
sure. I imagine most are. It's one of the things they're hoping to challenge by doing it isn't it?...which any man putting on a dress for a photoshoot ought to be aware of.
Maybe hoping's not always enough, though.sure. I imagine most are. It's one of the things they're hoping to challenge by doing it isn't it?
I'm not sure what you're getting at here. Do you think it's right that men risk being ridiculed if they wear anything even slightly outside a very rigid range of clothes & colours? Do you think this is ever going to change if some men don't take that risk?Maybe hoping's not always enough, though.
Cobain wearing a dress was showing the finger to the macho bluster around in rock at the time. Him wearing a dress meant he felt secure enough in his masculinity that wearing a dress made him no less of a man. Men who think that a man embracing his feminine side is only fit to be laughed at, strike a little too much like they have something to prove.Maybe hoping's not always enough, though.
My take is it's not a subversive, challenging or even particularly worthwhile image, beyond being a reasonable photo. It's picture of a man looking slightly uncomfortable in a dress. There's nothing in it to tell you any other story.I'm not sure what you're getting at here. Do you think it's right that men risk being ridiculed if they wear anything even slightly outside a very rigid range of clothes & colours? Do you think this is ever going to change if some men don't take that risk?
FWIW I don't think Cobain looks like a comedy drag queen in that pic, he looks pretty relaxed & normal. It's all in your head.
At yet it's nothing Guns 'n' Roses wouldn't have done.Cobain wearing a dress was showing the finger to the macho bluster around in rock at the time. Him wearing a dress meant he felt secure enough in his masculinity that wearing a dress made him no less of a man. Men who think that a man embracing his feminine side is only fit to be laughed at, strike a little too much like they have something to prove.
Except to you - and for many other people, because the rank culture we live in pushes us towards thinking like this - he looks not just like a man looking slightly uncomfortable in a dress, he looks like a comedy drag mother-in-law character. You think there's nothing subversive or challenging or worthwhile about going up against that?My take is it's not a subversive, challenging or even particularly worthwhile image, beyond being a reasonable photo. It's picture of a man looking slightly uncomfortable in a dress. There's nothing in it to tell you any other story.
I don't want to be too argumentative, but:A woman who dresses in an androgynous manner is not a male fashion icon, she's still female and she's a trendsetter for female style. Where is the point in suggesting to men to wear a man's suit, which is what they do anyway ? Her look is edgy on a woman, but not on a man, that's the point. Also, denying a woman her femininity for daring to take on some masculine attributes is dicey.
Fwiw, I'm still trying to untangle what I feel about that Rowland Howard picture I posted above, gender-wise - to me, he kind of feels like a female style icon in that.To turn this around, was Kurt Cobain a female style icon for having worn dresses?
not coincidentally, I had a tab open to look at some pics of him in dresses and spotted the suit with no shirt pic as I was scrolling...Coincidentally, also a guy who isn't afraid to wear a dress
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I am still proud that my nickname in 6th year was Brian Molko(I'm female) when I had same hair etc
That double denim risk, but yes he nails itMiles Davis had STYLE:
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That double denim risk, but yes he nails it
nothing wrong with a texas tuxedo, big fan here
Me too.
And I’ve pushed it to triple and even quadruple denim on occasion. Because why not.
Jeans, denim shirt, waistcoat, and jacket. With old stool studded belt, square toed cowboy boots and a leather military overcoat. With a chunky chain and loose silk scarf. Sometimes a burnt orange suede trench coat. I might go all out and wear a leather cowboy hat with it someday.
That's power dressing! Bet no one wants to mess with you in that get up. Or at least they think twice. Consider a mustache to match.
I have been unable to find the right cowboy boots, so I try to take my denim in the direction of the redneck look (jeans + denim jacket with sleeves cut off, vest, ragged red knotted scarf, chunky chain bracelet, maybe baseball cap). Or just follow my dad...My sister complained about our father dressing like an "Eastern European dad visiting the West" in his double denim, and I see her point, but it's a good look. He likes jeans with denim jackets and I was recently gifted his old Wrangler jacket. It looks like new even after all the years (though it's very oversized and I have to fold back the sleeves).