Posted on 01/21/2007 2:31:38 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe
Milan - Now I know there are many out there who will think I have lost it when I write that a key, new must-have for men this coming fall will be a pair of leggings to be worn outside, not just in, the house, but that was the big message at the debut Marni men's runway show this morning in Milan.
Leggings made of microfiber cotton and wool, shown in violet, forest green and Milan fog gray, all of them with stirrup straps, except of course for a couple of them cut above the knee, accompanied half the looks in this poetic, polished and unexpected collection.
These leggy knits were paired with mercerized cotton jerkins, snug little Rude Boy with manners jackets and Two Tone era skinny ties – a big Milan trend. Marni shoes were also real winners, knobby workerist boots in bottle green or metallic gray with subtle strips of contrasting color like burgundy.
"Unconventional but sophisticated," smiled Consuelo Castiglioni, Marni's Creative Director, backstage after the show.
One of several smart women setting the fashion agenda in Milan – don't forget Miuccia, Donatella or Silvia – Consuelo has been a major force in women's fashion for nearly a decade. Arguably no designer has a more devoted following among card-carrying fashionistas, editors, critics, stylists and PR folk, than Castiglioni. After just three seasons in men's wear she looks poised to extend her style hegemony into the masculine world.
That said, I know a lot of guys who wear leggings around the home to watch DVDs, lounge around before Premiership games or surf the Internet. But actually on the street, never mind into a nightclub or bar? Yet, the truth is that leggings are way more comfortable than pants and that if we fellows were not all so uptight and worried about our status we would have all begun wearing them a long time ago. So hats off to Castiglioni, and on with the leggings.
Kramer: (high pitched voice) "Well women do it." I'll tell you what. I'll pick you up a sundress and a parasol and you can just (high pitched voice) sachet your pretty little self around the town square.
Yeah really, you never know when your skirts gonna blow up in the wind right? WTF?
This is something I hope I never have the experience of seeing. A "portly" old man running around in "snug" leggings. Gag me!
Ah,...just the look I've been waiting for. No more baggy jeans for me.
Tha gals are going to just love me and my fanny.
And a P.S.
They'll be just perfect for me to go running with a naked Drew Barrymore in those Irish wheat fields. What a combo!
If you go to the website and click on the pic, you can see a slide show of all the other totally stupid outfits these designers had!!! I honestly for the life of me cannot figure out who might actually pay good $$$$$$$ for this kind of crap!
LOL. Way to combine two postings! ;-)
***This is something I hope I never have the experience of seeing. A "portly" old man running around in "snug" leggings. Gag me!***
Why do I have a mental picture of a Dickens' era "portly" old man in stove pipe pants, and a top hat? GACK!
< /sarc >
Let’s remember that prior and during the Elizabethan era and Shakespeare’s time, guys wore leggings and fancy shoes. A generation or two later men wore frilly shirts and wigs and powdered faces with painted on moles and during Jefferson’s time, wearing a pony tails was not considered lefty hippy or metrosexual.
Fashion trends are fleeting but the measure of a person’s mind and their contribution to society are timeless.
Other European men … ;-)
LOL. I was just on that thread!
I wear long tights (made for men for working out) at the gym in the dead of winter. It keeps my muscles warm and give the ladies a better look at my hams, calves, quads, and glute muscles.
I forgot my towel on night at the gym and I was hurry to get home, but I had to stop at the grocery store. So, I just wore my working clothes, with my large winter coat to the grocery store. Some woman laughed at me.
The guys with the sexuality profile of wearing this kind of thing won't want to proffer the bits they're advertising so bulgily to the likes of me (if you get my drift). Guess it's just as well, since I'm happily married.
Wow that outfit just screams "Kick my a$$ please!"
GACK!!!!!!!!!!! Love it. Thanks for the laugh!
LOL!
Depending on how often you go to the gym and the shape of your "hams, calves, quads, and glute muscles", I might not have laughed.
But when I go home from the gym and stop at the store still wearing my work out clothes, I wear my ankle length coat 'cause I know the shape of my "hams, calves, quads, and glute muscles".
Just like some women can’t wear mini-skirts or leotards, some men just should wear tights or speedos. Not to infer this is true in your case.
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