On Masculinity and Feminine Menswear
With the progression of media to a point where freedom of expression is encouraged and it is considered OK to embrace your sensitive side, men would bound to have touched upon their softer side. This closeness to their inner selves, their feelings and their wounds is coming out not only in words, art and their conversations, but it is also a huge part of fashion. In the modern world, the real man cries, the real man dances, the real man sings, and the real man can do whatever a woman can. If femininity's values are changing, so are values of masculinity. Men are now more in touch with their softer sides. This very well translates into the fashion of today's men.
It's 2014 and things have got to change a little bit, if not all the time. With the passage of time, trends also pass, cuts fade away and hemlines find new ways to adapt themselves to whatever suits the eye. Women have had a lot of freedom when it comes to their fashion. Even so that back in the 60's was when YSL introduced the women's trouser suit, taking inspiration from the men. While men, when tried to take inspiration from women back in the day were dubbed sissy and god knows what else. thank god for the time span. For now, things are progressing for menswear.
With Milan, Paris and London having dedicated menswear fashion weeks, it's only natural that the menswear industry would evolve into something that will cater to man's any desire. One of them desire being able to opt for, what one might call, feminine menswear. Yes, men have now started adopting womenswear trend and pieces into their own wardrobes and nobody's stopping them. the modern man, the metro man, is someone who is bold enough to wear whatever he likes, even if it is pink. GQ openly declared:
and rightly so they do. Times have come when wearing pink is normal for a man, even hot pink. And it has come to the point where skirts have come into trend and be known as the man skirt. Men have the freedom to even go for animal prints, a print notoriously bimbo (no offense intended). Men now wear brooches, don capes and scarves in public and some even have high heeled/high soled shoes in their shoe racks.
Floral is one of the trends that used to be feminine to the core, but now the cores are changing. As floral is one of the major trend waves this year. While women had the freedom to wear our jeans and call them boyfriend jeans, and wear whatever they liked out of our itinerary, men now have the freedom to go after whatever they like. Surely, a ball gown will be worn by a woman at a ball, but having sequined lapels in your tux helps go with the feminine side of formal wear. Men can now don laces, and laced jackets actually look good.
Men now need not feel ashamed to step out in a bright neon pair of pants. Whatever fun you made of the boy bands and the rock stars for their style, well, it's high time you felt sorry, because leather pants are ruling the menswear runways. Because this is what the men of today wear, will wear and won't stop wearing. And as Miley Cyrus so aptly put it "We can't stop."
It's 2014 and things have got to change a little bit, if not all the time. With the passage of time, trends also pass, cuts fade away and hemlines find new ways to adapt themselves to whatever suits the eye. Women have had a lot of freedom when it comes to their fashion. Even so that back in the 60's was when YSL introduced the women's trouser suit, taking inspiration from the men. While men, when tried to take inspiration from women back in the day were dubbed sissy and god knows what else. thank god for the time span. For now, things are progressing for menswear.
With Milan, Paris and London having dedicated menswear fashion weeks, it's only natural that the menswear industry would evolve into something that will cater to man's any desire. One of them desire being able to opt for, what one might call, feminine menswear. Yes, men have now started adopting womenswear trend and pieces into their own wardrobes and nobody's stopping them. the modern man, the metro man, is someone who is bold enough to wear whatever he likes, even if it is pink. GQ openly declared:
Real Men Wear Pink
and rightly so they do. Times have come when wearing pink is normal for a man, even hot pink. And it has come to the point where skirts have come into trend and be known as the man skirt. Men have the freedom to even go for animal prints, a print notoriously bimbo (no offense intended). Men now wear brooches, don capes and scarves in public and some even have high heeled/high soled shoes in their shoe racks.
Floral is one of the trends that used to be feminine to the core, but now the cores are changing. As floral is one of the major trend waves this year. While women had the freedom to wear our jeans and call them boyfriend jeans, and wear whatever they liked out of our itinerary, men now have the freedom to go after whatever they like. Surely, a ball gown will be worn by a woman at a ball, but having sequined lapels in your tux helps go with the feminine side of formal wear. Men can now don laces, and laced jackets actually look good.
Men now need not feel ashamed to step out in a bright neon pair of pants. Whatever fun you made of the boy bands and the rock stars for their style, well, it's high time you felt sorry, because leather pants are ruling the menswear runways. Because this is what the men of today wear, will wear and won't stop wearing. And as Miley Cyrus so aptly put it "We can't stop."