Posted on 05/02/2017 7:16:58 AM PDT by Kaslin
They won't relent until every red-blooded American male is toting one.
I speak of the fashion industry's newest attempt to persuade men to carry pursues.
In a new Chanel advertisement, a fashionable fellow named Pharrell shows, or tries to, that it's hip for a man to carry a purse.
The fellow's full name is Pharrell Williams. He's a singer, record producer and fashion mogul who, according to Essence, is a "leader in disregarding societal norms when it comes to style."
In the advertisement, Pharrell walks into a warehouse with a heavily ornamented purse strapped around his shoulder. He rides industrial carts with wheels and dares to walk on a dangerously narrow steel beam.
How manly!
In the spot, the 44-year-old fellow is wearing stylish tennis shoes, the way kids do, black-and-yellow striped socks, the way teenage girls do, and a dainty, high-design shirt, the way women do.
At first glance, his choice of clothing might suggest he is a casual, free-spirited fellow. But there is nothing casual about the duds he sports or the purse he carries. The purse is named "Gabrielle" and its price tag is a ridiculous $3,600. It's part of a larger strategy for fashion executives to push "gender-fluid" clothing on an unassuming public.
Chanel executives are surely betting big that the ultra-hip Pharrell - Chanel's first male handbag model in its 108-year history - can get millions of confused males to spend zillions on man purses.
If you're a male who thinks you need a purse to carry your high-fashion junk - hair goop, jewelry and whatever other feminine items you shouldn't be carrying - you've got to come to your senses.
Look, it was bad enough when male-focused magazines began running the same sort of headlines as female-focused magazines: "How to Trim that Belly to Improve Your Self-Esteem and Win Her Affection."
It was bad enough when men began getting so self-absorbed with their looks that they began doting on their skin, figure and clothing the way women do.
But purses for men? Oh, where to begin.
Let's start with a biological fact: On balance, most women are very different from most men.
According to Psych Central, a study led by Marco Del Giudice, Ph.D., of the University of Turin, made a shocking discovery: There are significant differences between the sexes.
The study used "new and more accurate methods to measure and analyze personality differences" in men and women to assess 15 personality scales, such as warmth, sensitivity, perfectionism and so on. By assessing multiple traits, rather than individual traits as prior male-female studies had done, the researchers identified several differences between men and women.
Why are we different? Michael Gurian, author of "What Could He Be Thinking?: How a Man's Mind Really Works," says survival is the reason.
He explains that evolution thousands of years ago geared the male mind toward open spaces (the ability to track animals), whereas evolution geared the female mind to enable multitasking (the ability to manage numerous details that were needed to keep the family alive).
And though we no longer need many of the instincts and impulses that are built into our DNA, the unpleasant fact is that they're still there. The unpleasant truth is that our biological makeup is the reason men and women are so different.
Here's another truth: Men and women are at their best when they celebrate, rather than obscure, their unique qualities - in actions, manner and dress.
So if you're a trendy male who is dumb enough to spend $3,600 on a lousy purse - if you want to be the willing dupe of the fashion executives pushing the gender-fluid trend - here's something you'd better keep in mind.
Women carry purses. Men don't.
I don’t need a purse for my Glock!
“He’s a singer, record producer and fashion mogul who, according to Essence, is a “leader in disregarding societal norms when it comes to style.”.......
He’s also an idiot who is probably of the “gay” variety. I’ll carry my wallet, thank you.
We called ‘em fag bags back in the 70’s when socialist, feminine teachers started carrying them
Is this really a new thing? The TV show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” was on TV over 10 years ago, as I recall. And I hear Netflix is going to revive that show.
So it’s nothing new to have homosexual fashion design people trying to force feed their ideas onto men.
I’d love to find a good “man purse” in which I could carry my wallet, glasses, iPad, etc. instead of loading up my hands and various pockets to the point where I can hardly walk.
Haven’t found one yet, mostly ‘cause they’re mostly too poufy for my taste.
cheers
Jim
backpack
Men have purses! BIG ones.
They are called back packs & tool pouches, tool & tackle boxes, and pickup trucks.
Yawl snowflakes can keep the Gucci’s
Don’t worry about it for the millennial generation has already erased all aspects of manhood from their society. Genders are now neutral and you can be what you want, when you want and where you want.
The millennial generation is human tofu and takes on the flavor of anything it is exposed to.
Manhood in this generation has been politically and socially castrated and now the next step is to make men have babies...so they try...with no avail.
I don’t understand how in [Current Year] it’s still a big deal whether a man carries a bag.
Men and women are at their best when they celebrate, rather than obscure, their unique qualities - in actions, manner and dress.
I agree. I like it when the woman in my life will be that way.
I enjoy when she wears pretty dresses and high heels as we go out somewhere. I enjoy her ensemble if she has nice necklaces or a matching clutch or purse to go with her outfit. I enjoy her nice perfume. She has some nice earrings which really add to her lovely appearance.
As an older male, I DO sometimes have to carry a bag because sometimes cargo pants and/or a vest aren’t appropriate. I need something to hold my pipe kit or cigar tubes, extra mags, mini-med kit, flashlight, phone, etc.
Cargo pants...
Women carry a purse. Men carry a murse.
We used to call ‘em “haversacks”. :-)
Usually made out of canvas.
Fashion designers have tried that before. IIRC, in the 70s or 80s they showed designed of males carrying purses — and males wearing skirts. Neither trend really caught on.
There is a long history, though.
Middle Ages - Girdle Pouches
Renaissance - Swete Bagges
Renaissance - Satchel
Industrial Revolution - Briefcase [resembling what we call a Doctor’s bag]
World Wars - Bread Bag
Modern Times - Messenger Bag
Recent - Man Bag
With all the stuff a guy needs to carry, has the man purse's time arrived?
Put on a tie and carry a briefcase. No one questions a man with a tie carrying a briefcase, even if all you carry is your Activia yogurt and a copy of Cosmo.
Get a laptop computer bag even if you have to buy a $20 broken laptop to carry in it. You can shove anything you want into the bag just so long as you do have a computer in it. (Checking mine: electronics catalog, check book, phone, a netbook to keep my laptop company when I'm gone, USB hub and a network cable)
When you have to carry a wallet, a key ring full of electronic fobs, a phone, and a pistol your pockets get lumpy and it isn’t a good look. Still not going to carry a purse. I’ll just be lumpy I guess.
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