Skip to comments.
Let's hope 'Troy' doesn't put men in skirts
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| Wednesday, May 12, 2004
| Jim Tynen
Posted on 05/12/2004 11:31:20 AM PDT by Willie Green
The headline read, "Pitt Says Men May Start Wearing Skirts After 'Troy.'"
I thought, "Well, I know the University of Pittsburgh has been having a big brouhaha over benefits for gay and lesbian couples, but it sounds as if they've gone a bit overboard. And who's this guy Troy anyway?"
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: fashion; pants; skirts; troy
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-46 next last
To: martin_fierro; xsmommy
ping
2
posted on
05/12/2004 11:32:00 AM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
The issue is not "skirts"..it's what they they're gonna wear UNDER the skirts...
3
posted on
05/12/2004 11:34:22 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her genes.....any volunteers?)
To: Willie Green
LOL
4
posted on
05/12/2004 11:34:53 AM PDT
by
beardog
To: Willie Green
And who's this guy Troy anyway?" Okaaaaaaaay! If the author of this piece honestly asked that, then I'd say the intellectual acuity of his piece may be suspect.
Anyways, knowledge of Homer overlooked for the moment, some men do look good in kilts.
5
posted on
05/12/2004 11:35:26 AM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear missiles: The ultimate Phallic symbol.)
To: Willie Green
Brad who?
6
posted on
05/12/2004 11:35:58 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: Willie Green
Well, if Brad Pitt says that men in shorts is the coming fad; I guess I'd better head over to Dillards and get a cute dress that doesn't make my butt look big. < /sarcasm>
7
posted on
05/12/2004 11:36:18 AM PDT
by
Hodar
(With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: Willie Green
If Greek art of the time is anywhere near accurate - a lot of those 'warriors' were probably naked. At least when they competed in the original Olympic games they were.
Not counting armor & helmet - how many of the combatants do you think even wore a skirt?
To: Willie Green
"Where have all the cowboys gone?..."
To: spetznaz
Aw, heck! Everybody knows Homer Simpson.
10
posted on
05/12/2004 11:39:03 AM PDT
by
rabidralph
(What the muslims started, the christians will finish.)
To: Willie Green
Isn't putting men in skirts an "atrocity"?
11
posted on
05/12/2004 11:40:42 AM PDT
by
kevao
To: Willie Green
Whatever you may fell about men in skirts don't laugh at a Highlander if he's in his kilts.
To: familyofman
Eric Bana (Who in my opinion is WAY sexier than Brad Pitt) said that on some talk show...that these guys didn't realy wear anything in those days. OUCH.
13
posted on
05/12/2004 11:42:31 AM PDT
by
Hildy
(...Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth. - Mark Twain)
To: familyofman
They would have worn a skirt of heavy leather pleats over a heavy leather belt with a support garment attached. A very decent form of protection for the upper legs/groin/lower abdomen that allowed for good movement and decent breathing. The armor, from the few clips I have seen, looks pretty good.
To: spetznaz
some men do look good in kilts. And then again, some men dont!
![](http://wwwimage.cbs.com/primetime/survivor8/images/survivors/richard/archive/pic03.jpg)
Richard Hatch, Survivor: All Stars
To: Willie Green
It can be hazardous to take one's sartorial advice from Hollywood. A lot of us ended up in lime green leisure suits that way.
To: Willie Green
A skirt - well some men do wear kilts. However, we've got to draw the line at panties and bras.
To: familyofman
Whenever men get so uptight about anything outside the black/gray/blue straight-edged completely-hides-everything (opposite of women, going more naked) post-Civil War baseline outfit, I just have to bring up that very fact: before the Civil War era lots of fashions were "girly". Yet the men could hardly be called so.
Are we impugning Romans for wearing "skirts" any more than Greeks or tons of others in time? I would dare you to call any of them girly men to their faces.
Of course, it also depends on weather conditions. Those areas were on the warmer side so skirts wasn't a bad idea to avoid heatstroke, et al.
But I prefer the "tights" look of the Renaissance-19th cent. Esp. 18th cent breeches w/calf tights. Makes me crazy! Of course I'm biased for my favorite era, but....
18
posted on
05/12/2004 11:50:28 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common Sense is an Uncommon Virtue)
To: the OlLine Rebel
But I prefer the "tights" look of the Renaissance-19th cent.One thing you would never want to see is me in a pair of tights...
19
posted on
05/12/2004 11:51:56 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)
To: Willie Green
![](http://www.coolmen.ch/images/orginale_div_bilder/kilt.jpg)
This thread really blows me kilt up!
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-46 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson