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Skirts for Men
Freedom! Liberation! Equality! Sensibleness!
Campaign to abolish gender clothing-apartheid!
The rule that said that men should not wear skirts has got to be one of the daftest around, (see Misconceptions), made even more absurd now that its equivalent rule that women should not wear trousers has been quite sensibly abolished.
Obviously, rules telling you what you can't wear are bizarre oppression. Make that gender-discriminatory and you're talking serious gender apartheid. But add to that a curious asymmetry, making some people arbitrary second-class citizens, and the logical conclusion is that this is some kind of a joke rather than reality.
An early example of someone breaking the rules was Emma Snodgrass, who in Boston on 29th December 1852 was arrested for wearing trousers. Now let's see if the world is advancing, and losing its silly rules.
Here are a few links to be going on with...
The Kiltmen - was http://hometown.aol.com/brvhearts/index.htm - but now there's no more AOL HOMETOWN!
Tom's Café Message Board - was http://www.tomscafe.org/ - but now seems to have been taken over by cybersquatters! Gone, but at least this seems to be starting to be re-formed at Skirt Cafe
HighlanderKilts.com Gone. Was http://www.HighlanderKilts.com
Tim Stannard's MEN IN SKIRTS feature
Persus.de
"We have menskirts in our clubwear collection"
Men Against Trouser Tyranny (was http://www.geocities.com/FashionAvenue/4294/)
International Mens Fashion Freedom Network - Shucks! www.imff.net domain has been lost to cybersquatters
www.men-in-time.de (gone. domain lost)
K Gough / Men In Skirts.com - was http://www.kgough.net/MIS/MIS2.html
The Saaibestrijding Project - an inspiration for others who hate boring grey mass clothing
Jan Bruyndonckx - was http://users.pandora.be/tripticdesign/
Barry Talendor's Site: Men in Skirts; a personal view - welcome back!
Anyone in need of a decent hosting for a website? See Vivostar
http://www.d.kth.se/~f96-mro/skirt/ (gone)
Chris' Atrium - was http://www.cgrevstad.com/cgi-bin/atrium.pl
Fashion Freedom men4skirts page Gone. Was http://men4skirts.tripod.com/
Fashion Liberty Gone. Was http://www.geocities.com/FashionAvenue/2925/
Dress-code protest - gone - was http://www.aristotle.net/~domiller/seattle_times_1996_04_06.html
The Calypso Skirt - was http://users.tcworks.net/~health/calypso.htm
Just Change by J'DEZ
Manufacturer of men's Kilts, Skirts, Sarongs and more.
Total Clothing Rights - was http://www.totalclothingrights.org/mission.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/menskirts/
home of: Skirted Men of America (was http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/1806/ ) or is it this? (was http://www.geocities.com/skirtedmen/)
Alternative Fashion - Vous n'êtes pas seuls! - was http://www.geocities.com/alternativefashion/Liens.html
Männer im Rock... Revolution oder Renaissance? - welcome back!
Hombres en Faldas - was http://www.intercable.com.ve/contenido/noticia.html?id=695
Das ultimative Forum für "Männer in Röcken" - Emma Snodgrass II? - was http://www.packet.ch/mir/
GenderPAC interview with Larry "Sissy" Goodwin - was http://www.gpac.org/archive/news/notitle.html?cmd=view&archive=news&msgnum=0339
and many other pro-Lib issues at Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
Cramax.fr - Tout le monde a au moins vu une représentation du célèbre kilt écossais.
School protest at www.libertarianrock.com
Jimi McRae
- was www.jimimcrae.co.uk
MUSIC and 21st century kilts
Men in Kilts by Linda Good / Celtic Kate Returned!
Bear Kilts - Bear Kilts is a Canadian casual kilt making company - casual kilts at reasonable prices.
GPAC: Gender Rights are Human Rights (Was http://www.gpac.org/news/html/iyf003.html)
Ministry Of Sound Australia - Return of the Man Skirt - gone - was http://www.ministryofsound.com.au/international_ctemplate.cfm?page_id=20371010112961010&se_id=102
Les Yeux Sans Paupières - La jupe c'est pour les hommes - was http://www.u-blog.net/lesyeuxsanspaupieres/note/57693
Missing Sign - www.jupe.be - présentation de la jupe pour homme
Eclectic Fashion (Let me know if www.eclecticfashion.com returns)
Nox Obscura - gone! was http://www.nox-obscura.de/gothicshop/index.php/cPath/6_48 - sadly looks like it's been hijacked by cybersquatters!
Miniskirts for Men - was http://www.geocities.com/miniskirts4men/index.htm
KomfiKilts - a supplier of custom non-Tartan kilts - 2003/11: "Our KomfiKilts line is just being announced with the first four styles. The line will be expanded fairly rapidly in the next few weeks"
InterMIS - Comunidad en Internet pro hombres en faldas
Petition the Fashion Industry on Skirts for men Gone. Was http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skirtsformenpetition
Israeli Men for Skirts Association - was http://www.geocities.com/FashionAvenue/7933/ - another Geocities site gone!
"It takes a real man to wear a skirt" - Dick Ackerman - was http://www.geocities.com/rdackerm - yet another Geocities loss - it's getting like AOL Hometown
Nic's Men In Skirts Explorer
Sport Kilt - was http://www.sportkilt.com/toc.htm
Macabi Travel Skirts
http://www.macabiskirt.com/messages/1005.html
Practical, adaptable and hard-wearing travel skirts for men and
women
Homophobia dealt with at MenStuff
Men's Fashion Freedom at Bravehost.com
Xsorbit6 - Men's Fashion Freedom - was http://www.xsorbit6.com/users/mensfashionfreedom/index.cgi
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mensff/
Men in Skirts Frequently Asked Questions
Alexis Malcolm - was http://www.alexismalcolmkilts.bigstep.com/homepage.html
SkirtMan: Dale Martin's press-cuttings - gone - was http://www.aristotle.net/~domiller/cindex.html
An event (http://www.costumesociety.org.uk/skirts.htm) at the www.costumesociety.org.uk
This and That at the Victoria
and Albert Museum
THIS = http://www.vam.ac.uk/resources/press/press09?section=index&page=press09
THAT = http://www.vam.ac.uk/exploring/shortstories/men_in_skirts?section=index
(gone)
Charles Presley of Tavares,FL: I loved your site here, thanks..I also wear skirts and I have for years now, and I would never stop wearing them either. I would love it if you also include me to your skirt list.
Goththing.co.uk - "We have a wide range of male skirts, pvc and velvet goth wear, t-shirts and hoodies. Goththing gothic clothing for all your goth wear. FREE SHIPPING IN THE UK." (Also see Gothic page) - gone! was www.goththing.co.uk - looks like yet another victim to cybersquatters!
Jupe Skirt - (Francais/English) - Jerome Salome - Jérôme Salomé est un homme qui défend le port de la jupe par les hommes et essaye d'en réduire les préjugés injustifiés - gone! was www.jupeskirt.eu
HeJ, skirts for men, the come- back! - "The french website of men who wear skirts and who help skirts to come-back into the masculine wardrobe"
...more links req'd. Add here: e-mail
Any bad links? Report Them! (last verified ok 2004/02/25)
It is remarkable how many have been lost (not "bad" links, but just lost links), because of Geocities
Zyra.org.uk is pro-freedom generally, and not just for any specific issue. Of a great range of freedom issues there are a subset of items where there is a matter of equality. In any equality (eg. gender equality) issue there is an implicit mathematical fact that you can't have A=B without B=A. The range of problems being nobbled is being continuously expanded, so watch this space!
Thanks to those who have contributed a great many extra links to this page! There seems to be a lot of interest in this!
| Patagoniakid writes... Where to find suitable skirts for guys+tips Check; www.ebay.com. Search for "mini skirt" (more than 6,000) or better narrow it and look for "Cargo Mini Skirt". Look at the plain ones with belt loops and many pockets in Juniors size. These are a PERFECT substitute for shorts this summer for men. JUNIORS sizing do not have big hips and fit guys perfectly (this is important). Worn with guy clothes you will still look like a guy just as women still look like women when wearing pants! These can be had for $1.00 to $20.00 for really nice ones You will not want to give them up. Aeropostale, Nori (camo) are great. Note: Mini skirts are something for guys (any age) not to be afraid of and there are a jillion styles to choose from of which many are perfect for the guys "as is" without modification. They are typically 11 to 15 inches long (Most are 12 inches) and that is the same as man's gym shorts! (Micro minis are the same length as man's running shorts)! Be sure seller lists waist measurement or ask for it and don't go by mfgr. sizing. They will fit every time. A little spandex will also make it last longer, assure fit and easier to clean. These skirts in addition to being inexpensive also look more manly than most men's shorts!! Forget costly, heavy kilts which are Skirts by definition. From a distance these look like shorts but as you know they are far more comfortable and cooler in hot weather. Ha... if
anyone asks just say this is the year of "change"
everyone wanted! |