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Just wondered if anyone else had seen him? An otherwise normally dressed bloke in a denim miniskirt at the Gorgie road bus stop about 0730ish this morning.
Caused me a double take, although most others seemed either to not notice or choose to ignore. But hey, nice to see someone wearing what they want and ignoring convention!
Its nearly the festival i think thats probably enough explanation for most.
While I was riding this morning, I saw a lady wearing trousers. It's all going too far, I tell you!
Maybe the denim-clad hero(ine) was taking kilt-wearing to the next logical level.
I was watching Bringing Up Baby this morning and Kathryn Hepburn had on slacks in 1938.
Deja vu all over again.
Several years back I saw an imaculately dressed man crossing Queen St. He was in full business attire, except that in place of trousers he was wearing a tiny tartan miniskirt.
:-)))
Bizarre isn't it how ladies may wear trousers or skirts, blokes may wear kilts, but never a skirt? Just doesn't seem to have any logic behind it at all when I think about it.
Mind you, I've seen some blokes in lycra that really would have been better with something floaty and all covering lol, maybe it's the start of a culture change...!
Hi Smudge,
I was that guy in the skirt you must have seen - (btw it was in Dalry Road.)
No it wasn't me with a tartan mini - wonder who he was?
And no, it is not just because of the festival either!
Like you I wonder why guys don't wear skirts more often - virtually no-one notices or bothers! There is no logic to it.
Bicycles were of course fundamental in getting women into trousers.
Well that and Kathryn Hepburn.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?site=images&q=Katharine%20Hepburn%20bicycle
Look closely at the bike in the red hat pic!!
not 'Kathryn' but 'Katharine'
"not 'Kathryn' but 'Katharine'"
I know, what about the red hat?
Hello maninaskirt, amazed you found a random comment on an unconnected site! I have to confess I suspect the fear of negative (even violent) reaction would put me off wearing something like that, but good for you regardless.
As to the red bike (Chdot) I only saw it on a little netbook but couldn't see anything too odd, mudguard on the front wheel only maybe?
Katharine Hepburn was well known for cycling in her local town.
What I didn't know before was that she was a pioneer in the BMX idea of having the chain on the left to make some stunts easier.
Leonard Nimoy used a bike to get around the old RKO lot but Shatner was fed up with Nimoy beating him in the lunch queue so he hid the bike.
Elvis used one on set too, it's in a documentary film on him, "That's the way it is" I think.
"she was a pioneer in the BMX idea of having the chain on the left"
Ho ho.
Hi Smudge
I thought I spotted you looking across the street - so thought that a note might be posted somewhere on the internet. So I tried a Google search and it came up top! Fairly easy really! (It is not at the top now with the same search I started with btw)
I have not had any adverse reaction at all though I have worn it a few times now - just a few :0 stares very occasionally. By far the majority of the time, it is completely ignored! As for reasons, is it because it is not spotted or people just turning a blind eye -> I cannot tell. :D
Think I'll have a look around this forum as well - I do use a bike around once/twice per week to travel to work. Try and keep healthy! Mine needs a service really but just trying to get the time to get it done!
How easily I am tracked down! :-o
Still not spotted what is unusual about the red hat pic bike tho?!?
didn't see said offender in minskirt, but did clock a chap on a road bike with oversize Mountie hat and camoulaged combats on. Must have been for their well known aerodynamic properties.
maninaskirt raises a point we should be aware of about our wee forum - it is pretty open (I previously thought closed but man I know in Barra claimed he tracked me down bragging on internet about ex-girlfriends. Slight exaggeration of me and weefolds going down memory lane which should have been PM but shows that the forum is wide open). Dominic Langan from Madison also found us without difficulty.
"I previously thought closed"
er no. Register to POST not read.
Even if it WAS 'closed' there are a lot of people registered AND this is the internet.
DON'T post ANYTHING you don't want to be seen - and traced back...
"Dominic Langan from Madison also found us without difficulty"
Well not really, 'conversation' started on Twitter and continued here.
maninaskirt - good for you. brave too, but in lots of other cultures men wear skirts, no idea why the west (esp scotland of all places) finds it so alien. Well, i know, but it is obviously just cultural/historical construction. Curious to know what field you work in though, as I would expect lots of people would worry about 'perceptions'. Personally, i like 'skorts'-- shorts that look like skirts. Skirts are nice in warm weather, though, but sometimes tricky to cycle in.
You would be unlikely to guess what I work as - so I'll tell you - I am a Structural Engineer. Stuffy dark suits, white shirts, collars and ties - the works! Think I needed a relaxing change of clothes!
I wear shorts most of my free time - quite often
"unfashionably" short shorts, especially in summer. Only first tried wearing a skirt last year though after seeing various websites saying it is catching on. So thought I would see what reaction there would be, and surprisingly there has been very little reaction at all, and any reaction is limited to a second look "Did I really see that?"
This year I was on a 10-mile charity walk for Breast Cancer, and wore the denim miniskirt then. Everyone who noticed it gave me a thumbs-up saying "Cool!" or "Wow!" which was great. I think I might be doing it again next year!
Good to hear all your comments.
When I worked as a lab rat a few years back there was a visiting lecturer in his 70s who used to knock about the staff common room occasionally, with corresponding long white beard and flowing locks who wore a tweed skirt suit complete with tights.
Apparently he just got bored of trousers one day and fancied a change and never reverted back to longs.
SRD - It seems to be a cultural thing or an unspoken taboo about men wearing skirts. Labelled cross-dressers. By the same token, should women who wear trousers/suits not also be cross-dressers?
As you say, many cultures only have men in skirts. In Scotland the kilt is the only acceptable one a man can wear - unless that can be changed by just going for it!
Skirts are a bit tricky for cycling in (especially when short!) but I have a 17" khaki, cargo skirt which is in fact ideal for the bike. Deep pockets for keys, phone and money. I'm sure there is a market for it!
I always liked the idea of a 'combat skirt' for cycling and then for off-bike wearing. I could hide my lycra shorts underneath it and everything, and it might look just grrr enough to get away with wearing my cycling shoes too. Maninaskirt, where did you find yours?
I have a dedicated bike skort with padded shorts but I often just wear a skirt over shorts. The ever awesome Terry do a cargo padded bike skort which has been available from Minx, don't know if it still is. They do unpadded and "wrap" versions too.
Arellcat,
Yes - some form of undergear is generally essential!!
I got my skirt on ebay - just search for cargo skirt and there will be loads to choose from. Generally they are around £1-£3 + postage which is around £2.50
On sizes, Ladies 12 is approx waist size 32, 14 is waist 34 etc.
Happy shopping!
maninaskirt, you weren't at the foot of marchmont road earlier, also in a trench coat and trilby? I fear some Fringe-type may be cramping your style
Nope!
Won't catch me in a trilby - far too embarrassing!
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