Denim again

[Boatman398]

I would say acting normally is acting masculine for most men. Here in Florida shorts and short skirts are the normal year round. Long pants or skirts cause one to look here. Having painted toe and fingernails is not normal masculine behavior. Shaved legs , pantyhose, high heels is not normal for men. Your right niether is skirt wearing normal for a man but just a solid color skirt everything else normal and it doesn't cause much attention. When the man arrived I was making stainless steel flanges on my lathe in my garage a normal thing for a man to do. Later I was sorting out the parts of my truck engine layed out on my work bench. These are things one would not expect to see a man who wears a skirt doing. If I were sitting at my sewing machine (which I do and enjoy) sewing a new skirt I am sure the preception of me would have been much differant. The guy I work with (mister macho type) is the last person on earth I would expect to accept my skirt wearing. We have worked together for a year and he has seen me welding, machining, and rebuilding large diesel engines. He came over one day when I was cleaning my garage wearing a skirt and no comment. It was just me doing normal things and acting just like I always do but wearing a skirt. I thought he would joke about it to no end but as yet hasn't even made a comment. My point is if the only female attire you have on is a skirt then people don't take much notice and you are being masculine. If you want to paint your nails , wear hose and high heels you are going to reach apoint where being masculine looking is lost. Not knocking those who want to go further but don't complain if people don't accept it. I wear skirts most of the time except when it is not practicle. Crawling under my truck and leaning upside down removing the engine would be a bit showy and not practicle. I have cordoroy, canvas, cotton and other solid color skirts and all have the same reaction.

[iain]

I think you summed it up so well. A person has to be practical, whether male or female.

There's a big difference between a male-looking guy in a skirt and a feminine looking guy in a skirt; the difference might be what causes some people to be rejected by partners and some accepted.

Actually, I can't say it any better than boatman so I'll leave it at that!

[skirttron]

Well, I wore my denim skirt out and about the last time I was on my own for a few days. It is about knee length and attracted no comments on that occasion. I would describe my skirt as a "kilt plus" in terms of the joy of wearing it, and also in terms of comfort, as it is much lighter. The rest of the time I wear one of my several kilts.

[AMM]

... I don't think I could walk like John Wayne, either....

Well, I think I've finally found out how to "walk like John Wayne."

I went skiing yesterday, and was walking back to the car in my ski boots in that heavy-footed way you do in ski boots, when I suddenly realized, "I'm walking like John Wayne!"

-- AMM

[staticsan]

I saw a YouTube clip a week or so ago that to my mind defined rather well what could be meant by 'walking masculine'.

It was a clip of a male model in a black kilt and a female model in a short tartan kilted skirt. Whilst both of them tried to walk down the catwalk using 'the model's walk' (i.e. over-crossing their feet in their stride), only the female model succeeded because the male had an RC car he was trying to guide down the catwalk in front of them. I say trying because he wasn't a very good driver and it flew off the edge several times, necessitating he jump off to retrieve it. His normal movements off-of and on-to the catwalk showed how definitely masculine in his movements he was - and it actually made the kilt look good.

Don't forget there is something different in the hip geomety between males and females. Although the differences are small and males can be taught to walk like a female and vice versa, they do exist.

[Sashi]

Some of the "tiered" "hippy" skirts that were in fashion this past year work really well on men. The sizing is pretty hard to make a mistake with as they tend to have elasticised waists and some even have drawstrings. They're very comfortable, and, depending on the fabric and how the skirt is cut, have lots of "flow" to them. I have three (and occasionally borrow a fourth) and think they're great.

Ooh, that sounds nice! I'll have to look into those sometime.

Sashi - believe it! I have had people poke fun at a hat I was wearing while being utterly oblivious to my denim skirt! My denim skirts tend to be around knee-length, so I can understand AMM's comment that his long skirts were noticed, but short ones really are invisible.

Some men actually like to be noticed for the fact that they are wearing skirts and, if you are one of those, then keep away from them because you get zero reaction when you wear them.

Try it. You'l be amazed.

Stu

Well, I don't like being the sole center of attention, although I do like people paying a lot of attention to me as long as they also pay some attention to others around me to keep me from getting overwhelmed. Anyways, I think the denim skirt idea would work great for getting me used to being in a public situation skirted, but after some confidence boosts I'd definitely be moving away from it.

Hehe, sorry for not being around much recently. I've been really busy recently, working on getting a specific, really good starter job. I'll be making a few dollars more than minimum wage, which is good. Just check my blog (website) for more info if you are curious. If I land this I'll be able to start work on skirt wearing pretty quickly, at least after I get a few things I need to purchase out of the way. Hopefully I can get in a better groove with preparing for applying to this job, which will help me keep up with you guys here :ninjajig: