Are 'feminine' looks the future of men’s fashion?

BBC ^ | June 24, 2013 | Maya Singer

[papertyger]

Men's fashion designers have a real problem. If they make small changes (this year's tie is 1/16" narrower than last year's), men will ignore them and keep their old clothes. If they make big changes, men will ignore them and keep their old clothes. Thus, they just have shows to impress each other and will be completely ignored by actual consumers.

DINGDINGDING! We have a winner.

"Fashion" is an inherently female concept. Men are more attuned to "style" which is not subject to quarterly review....

[clamper1797]

Or his girl friend beat him up

[Tupelo]

Does this mean my jeans and tee shirts will no longer be considered high fashun in this brave new world of men's fashion?

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Louis XIV

[Mr. K]

except for the pink laces, I would wear those. Black or dark dark brown laces would be nice, but you could probably get away with navy blue, grey or even white (especially on a golf course)

but pink? migtht aws well wear a sign “I’m a homo”

[Mr. K]

In some countries these would be called “ladyboys”

[papertyger]

And you gentiles mock how Orthodox Jews dress. Ha.

What makes you think these guys aren't Jewish?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Some designers were trying to get men into dresses and using makeup 45 years ago.

[GraceG]

They really dressed metro-sexual in certain times in the past...

That being said men should not dress frilly and this is coming from a gal who is a self admitted tom boy!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Can’t hold a candle to Jack Lord in his lacy hat and jaunty scarf from the 1970’s.

[DManA]

I think it’s impressive how CONSERVATIVE, mens fashion has been for the past 100 years. Except for small details (cuffs/no cuffs) a man’s dress suit is virtually identical to what it was 100 years ago.

We pretty much dumped the vest but other than that.....

[Tupelo]

I cannot imagine anyone walking down my road dressed like that TODAY.
But then I do live in the desert where we wear boots and sidearms.

[sneakers]

GAG!!! OK, that’s just not right!

[Billthedrill]

Fabulous. Just freakin' fabulous.

I have one request to make of my fellow FReepers - if any of you ever see me dressed like this, shoot me, please. Twice.

[Age of Reason]

Can any of you oldsters (those over 50), thinking back to when you were a kid, imagine what would happen to any guy walking down the street in your neighborhood, dressed like this?

But if it happened now, they'd put guys dressed like that, on the list of hate-crime protected groups.

[Red Badger]

I think it was a ‘French’ thang............

[discostu]

No. Every few years fashion shows put out these kind of girly guy clothes, and you never see them off the runway.

[Resolute Conservative]

If it doesn’t say Justin (ok maybe Tony Lama or Nocona too) it isn’t a real boot.

[Jewbacca]

“What makes you think these guys aren’t Jewish?”

Oh, they might be Jewish, like Ms. Lindsey Graham is a Republican, but they are certainly not Orthodox.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Those clothes are all rotten but that first one is in a class by iself.