| Until now, men have considered the idea of | | | | skirts is that they are extremely comfortable to |
| wearing something other than pants or long | | | | wear for both men and women. If one follows |
| shorts in public to be nothing less than a sacrilege | | | | the cardinal rule of design; "form follows function", |
| against humanity. Although, throughout history, | | | | then it is obvious that the idea of restricting men |
| the concept of men wearing skirted garments | | | | from wearing skirts today is largely a fashion |
| was all too common. After all, pants were not | | | | argument. Just as the idea of women wearing |
| widely used by any society more than three | | | | pant's can equally be argued as fashion in most |
| hundred years ago. - Pants were originally an | | | | casual living situations.In other parts of the world |
| invention to make it easier to ride a horse. The | | | | such as the South Pacific, Indonesia, Africa, Middle |
| idea stuck, and the two-legged garment became | | | | East, India, and the Philippians it is common to see |
| standard apparel for working men to stave off | | | | men wearing skirts and other non-bifurcated |
| cold and abrasion.At the onset of the industrial | | | | garments. Certain cultures like Scotland and |
| age, Levi's were probably the most popular | | | | Greece maintain kilts and men's style skirts as |
| mass-produced garment made for men. Sewn of | | | | formal military attire. After many brief showings |
| heavy canvas, Levi's jeans were designed to | | | | on the runways of Paris and Milan over the last |
| stave of the scrapes of workman's toil. The | | | | couple of decades, it seams that the men's skirt |
| political rise of the working class in the 1800's | | | | trend is starting to stick. The main reason for |
| transformed the workman's attire into a symbol | | | | hesitance over the years is the overwhelming |
| of raw power against the pompous and flagrantly | | | | fear by most men for being identified as |
| dressed gentile statesman at the polar ends of | | | | homosexual. However, subculture stigma seams |
| the political and fashion spectrum. The power | | | | to be having a diminishing influence on the |
| struggle of the working class has since grayed | | | | emerging men's skirt market for heterosexual |
| into the history books. So many men today live | | | | males. The trend is not about feminine skirts for |
| comfortable lives transporting themselves from | | | | men but rather masculine skirt designs that are |
| their cozy homes, to their climaxed controlled | | | | made for the male body shape.Skirts made for |
| cars, and into their environmentally shielded | | | | men are appearing in a wide range of social circles |
| workspaces. Their female counterparts, | | | | from hikers and runners to carpenters and artists. |
| transgressed long ago into the once | | | | Currently, the most common skirt configuration |
| male-dominated career lifestyle, are comfortably | | | | worn by men is a modern adaptation of the |
| donning non-bifurcated garments as they go off | | | | Scottish kilt. Previously relegated to traditional |
| to work and play.The idea of men wearing skirts | | | | dress, the kilt has seen a recent rise in popularity |
| in today's sex polarized society is a hot subject in | | | | beyond the borders of its Scottish heritage. (A kilt |
| certain corners of the Internet. Is it cross-dressing | | | | is a special type of pleated skirt that wraps |
| or is it the reemergence of an old-world fashion | | | | around the waist and has an overlapping front.) A |
| trend? - The topic is frequently debated in various | | | | number of manufacturers are now offering |
| Internet discussion groups and forums. For the | | | | modern kilts for men. Companies like Utilikilt, |
| most part, there is relatively widespread interest | | | | Amerikilt and Union Kilt have taken and old idea |
| and at least moderate acceptance of the 'men | | | | and revitalized it with heavy-duty construction |
| wearing skirts' idea in one form or another.It | | | | complete with cargo pockets and tool holders. |
| seems that many men are rediscovering the | | | | Other companies such as JDEZ offer lightweight |
| comfort and practicality of the skirt. (Men's skirts | | | | cargo sarongs, and hiking skirts that convert to |
| are often referred to as kilts, sarongs or pareos | | | | shorts for warm weather recreation. And Macabi |
| for those who are fearful to associate the word | | | | Skirt, who offers a cleaver unisex skirt for |
| "skirt" with men. - Get over it, it's just a word). | | | | backpackers and travelers. While other companies, |
| When you step back and take an objective look | | | | like Men-in-Time and AMOK, make high-fashion |
| at things, the idea of restricting such a broad class | | | | masculine long skirts for men.The idea of skirts |
| of garment design to women seems a bit absurd. | | | | made for men is both a new and old concept. |
| - Especially when you consider the anatomical | | | | While probably a long ways from going |
| configuration of the male species - "The | | | | mainstream, mens skirts, kilts, sarongs and the |
| three-legged pant just didn't take off like it should | | | | like are probably going to continue to increase in |
| have". Skirt style garments are unarguably the | | | | popularity.Jay Dezelic is a fashion designer for - a |
| least encumbering configuration of lower-body | | | | manufacturer of unique and comfortable informal |
| apparel that men could wear. It's more than a | | | | wear for men and women. Jay is also fashion |
| style statement according to some doctors, loose | | | | writer for - an ezine focused on helping people |
| non-restrictive clothing can help men live healthier | | | | make positive changes in their lives. |
| and reproduce easier.The indisputable fact about | | | | |