How short is too short for men's skirts?

[A+J]

HI Kirbstone

No I´m not a girl. I´m just feeling it would be the right thing for me to follow the dress code at the office. To stand up for the girls, so to speak. To support them. You know they have supported me in my skirts wearings. I think its only fair that I should support them following the dress code.
You know the girls would love to wear mini skirts just like me, but at the office its not ok. I don´t feel it would be right if I the guy, should wear a mini skirt and not they.
Therefore I´ve taken this step to follow the girls in not wearing mini skirts to the office.

[jeanfor]

It all depends where you go and what you do. I like my skirts to be between 14" to 19". For the kilts 19"-20" that makes the hem like just above the knee. When I am home I am used to be in my underwear only, with the shirt over which in fact looks like a dress (unless we have guests over)

[Pythos]

I have all ranges of skirt lengths.

The absolute shortest I have in my first cotton spandex mini I wore for clubbing with my GF who gave me the skirt.

I will not wear anything shorter than this skirt, and rarely wear this skirt. It is very hard to sit in, and REALLY shows the legs (the latter I have no issues with). When I wear it, I am always in tights, there is no way I would go commando under it (for that matter I don't think commando should be done with most skirts.)

Frankly for a man, I think the shortest a skirt should be is one with a hem that falls at least 2 inches below the bottom of the buttocks. Any shorter and you are entering dangerous exposure territory. For those that go commando, no less than 3 inches below the....ahem, male member. Sorry to be graphic but I have seen some pics of fools wearing short skirt with their manhood just hanging out there, and NO it does nothing for the acceptance of males in skirts. In fact it is the image I think most ignorant people think of when they think of men wanting the freedom to wear skirts.

[Since1982]

I think if you can see any part of a man's private area, whether standing, bending at the waist or squatting, the skirt is too short. Women don't really have that possible problem(The Male body part) so they can get by with much shorter skirts.

[crfriend]

I think that there are two criteria at work here which are not necessarily mutually exclusive:

• The skirt should be long enough so that the guy won't get arrested for indecent exposure unless he wants to.
• The skirt should look good on the guy and take into account the differing mass-distributions that men have versus women.

The former of those is easy for even the densest of men to grasp, and it's up to them to make the determination for themselves as to whether they want to spend the rest of their days on a "Sex Offenders'" list or not. (In these parts, exposure can get you on one, and, once on, it's impossible to get removed.)

The latter, however, is more a matter of an eye for proportion and balance. A big barrel-chested guy is going to have a much more difficult time believeably pulling off a mini than a healthy young woman because the centers of mass are completely different. Guys, for the most part, carry a lot of mass above the waist that women don't, and the idealised male form doesn't have much at the hips, unlike the idealised female form; the net effect is that guys tend to look like triangles standing on a point instead of on the base; healthy women tend to be narrow at the top and wide at the hips.

Now I am not saying that minis can't work on guys; what I'm saying is that they won't work well on many guys. I have two 17-inchers that I really like in the summer, but which look "odd" on me due to mass-distribution (I'm top-heavy). It'll be up to each individual whether he thinks short skirts can work well on him.

I think if you can see any part of a man's private area, whether standing, bending at the waist or squatting, the skirt is too short. Women don't really have that possible problem so they can get by with much shorter skirts.

Two words: "Britney Spears". The gals have the "problem", too, save that they don't (usually) wind up on sexual-offender lists for it.

[sapphire]

My own opinion is that unless you are a dancer or an ice skater, don't show off your crotch or buttocks and keep the overing of those opaque.

I love seeing Carl in skirts. I also love the very "put together" looks that he creates. Those looks are not directly relatable to the length of skirt. As he states, his minis don't work well because of the effect the ensemble creates. Length of skirt is just one factor.

Keep it proportionate and balanced and don't flaunt in public that which should be flaunted in private.

[kingfish]

I think that there is a certain sense mystery regarding the configuration of what the skirt or kilt conceals. (E.g. commando or not, etc.) And the shorter the skirt, the greater the risk of "exposing" the object of that mystery, and therefore the more tantalizing that mystery becomes.

First, don't go shorter than what it takes to keep that mystery going. If it gets exposed, (that includesundergarment style and color, not to mention presence altogether) you've blown the mystery. Do not pass go, do not collect 200 priceless looks.

Second, if that tantalization is higher than what is acceptable for the environment you are in, then it should also get toned down. (E.g. work appropriate clothes being more coservative than nightclub wear)

[Since1982]

Two words: "Britney Spears". The gals have the "problem", too, save that they don't (usually) wind up on sexual-offender lists for it.

The problem I was referring to that women don't have is the MALE body part.

[phathack]

While I have several short and very short skirts they are not for public viewing...
Trust me you don't want to see Me in those short skirts, but they are comfortable in the heat of the summer.

[renesm1]

I would say that anything more than just above the knee doesn't look right on me. I think if you are pretty tall, you have to keep the skirt length in proportion to the rest of your body for best effect.

[skirtingtoday]

I don't think it is a question of what is too short - more a matter of how comfortable the person is in the skirt length they choose to wear. Some of you would never go above the knee and have "midi" or full length skirts, others would never go below the knee and there are the "mini" and "micro" lengths in that group.

Personally, I am in the latter group and am never below the knee but I do wear skirts as short as 14" ("mini" range) in the summer- and all but the longest (ie tartan kilt) is worm with underwear and/or tights. I have no wish to be exposed/arrested as a "flasher" I did try/experiment with some 11-12" ("micro" range) ones, with and without tights, but there are problems when sitting down etc, that I would say that those would be"too short" for me for general use.

[Caultron]

I suppose in one sense, anything up to the same length as running shorts should be OK, as long as it covers one's naughty bits.

But at the same time I think anything much shorter that top-of-the-kneecap looks a bit affected. But don't take that as criticism because I'm certainly no fashion expert.

Willingness to wear underwear also plays a part. For me, at least, anything shorter than 20 inches is very difficult to sit in gracefully, and even then it'd better be an a-line without slits.

Bottom-of-the-knee is about as short as I can wear and, when sitting, not have my testicles directly touch the chair seat. I suppose that wouldn't bother some people but to me it seems unsanitary and inconsiderate.

The shorter the skirt, the greater need to shave the legs and, in combination, the more feminine the look. But I agree that masculine/feminine is in the mind of the beholder and not innately wired to any particular style.

[jeanfor]

That is funny, but when I started wearing skirts and kilts, I like shorter. Now after several years of wearing them I do prefer some length. For kilts just above the knee to below the knee. In the winter I like long skirts/kilts. Even in the summer a long light skirt is very confortable

[Grok]

I tend to associate the shortest skirts with young women. Males have broad shoulders, and look top heavy if wearing the shortest skirts.

[skirtilator]

I think that there are two criteria at work here which are not necessarily mutually exclusive:

The skirt should be long enough so that the guy won't get arrested for indecent exposure unless he wants to.
The skirt should look good on the guy and take into account the differing mass-distributions that men have versus women.

The former of those is easy for even the densest of men to grasp, and it's up to them to make the determination for themselves as to whether they want to spend the rest of their days on a "Sex Offenders'" list or not. (In these parts, exposure can get you on one, and, once on, it's impossible to get removed.)

Those rules where set by the American Puritan Club, who took advice from the board of advisors of the North Korean government. Power to the sexual immature oppressors. That scenario reminds me of these little fella who tries to help his sister peeing and was incarserated because some stupid neighbour chick got butthurt by that. By little I mean 8 years old.

If you cannot move without flashing, it is too short, but if you live in a more free country like the USA in this particular case, e. g. the Netherlands, the problems are minor. The main purpose for micro mini skirts is to emphazise the female ass + even on short guys it doesn't looks right.