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Interesting that on the JW site there are extra pictures of the full person, so that you can clearly see the model is female, but on the M&S site those pictures are omitted and only the waist-down ones included, thus making at least /some/ attempt to hide the gender of the model.

Welcome Robin! Yes, I visited Bristol at the weekend and had the impression that (in the centre at least) it was quite young/cosmopolitan and you could wear anything without attracting much attention. You're lucky to have a supportive wife (as am I)... it makes all the difference. :-) Maybe see you ...

Thanks Mouse... I'd missed that thread and went back to read it... a useful cautionary tale!

Good outfit Mouse. What brand are those shoes... I wonder if they come in my size (43-44)...?

I'm a bit late to this as we're just streaming Sewing Bee on catchup and just this evening watched the episode with Kit wearing a skirt. My wife turned to me afterwards and said 'what a shame... I think he's probably gay... it would be so good if a straight guy was wearing a skirt...' He did look go...

Nice outfits Mouse. What are the brown and black canvas-looking shoes you're wearing there?

I recall a comment I once came across, a woman's reaction to MIS-"I don't want men to stop being men!" The problem I have with that sentiment is that it reduces 'being a man' (or 'being a woman' for that matter) to what you are wearing. It's the old 70s trope of men 'chasing anything in a...

When I saw the headline on this BBC piece today, I had high hopes: Shorts at work: Can men now get their legs out in the office? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlj0g43n18o Not really, I wasn't expecting it to suggest we wear skirts. But I was a bit disheartened to read that even shorts might be ...

My daughter is in her early 20s and goes to events like swing dancing regularly. She reports that there's usually at least one guy at any event in a skirt or dress, two at the last one she went to. Her generation don't really see it as that remarkable: they've grown up with much more diversity and w...

..and I have a robe that I wear round the house before and after showering. If it wasn't in heavy towelling fabric it would be called a dress

Hi John, from Castilla y Leon to the east of you! (And also Norfolk... I bounce between the two places!) Good to see you here and I echo your sentiments. No, there's not much skirt wearing to be seen in provincial Spain, even amongst women! However, I do feel that the Spanish are generally more tole...

I was quite please to see this article today, and encouraged by the way it started, then disappointed as it ended up talking just about drag. They didn't explore the 18% of respondents who wear 'women's clothers' just because they like the way they feel. https://wellbeingmagazine.com/study-reveals-t...

Thanks Mouse, that's a great help... I'll have a go at that I think!

I know this is about 10 years old now, but I keep coming across this image of a kilt made by Marc Jacobs, which strikes me as exactly what I would like to buy, or perhaps copy and make for myself. I can't find any for sale or any references to them online, and certainly no pattern that I could buy a...

I'm going to say in this case I interpret the 'for all' line as being inclusive of all body shapes, deliberately including plus-sized women. That it also catches men is a marketing bonus for them I expect.