Since ChatGPT is trendy right now, I decided to ask it about going out in public as a man wearing a skirt after publishing an article about it a couple of weeks ago. I have included a couple of responses from it below which include a few good points!
A fashion review from the latest Golden Globe Awards ceremony shows that even at such a traditional ceremony, men can wear skirts and look good.
While I don’t entirely think that men wearing skirts is going to do away with toxic masculinity, the article makes an interesting point that it’s a sign that many men are sick of gender norms and are ready to don a skirt to break them.
One of my favorite online retailers for clothes in Germany has started featuring curated collections with men in skirts, dresses and heels.
Wearing gender non-conforming clothing in public is a daunting task, but there are a few things you can do to build up the courage to go out and rock that skirt or those heels!
In this article, CNN reports on the rise of men in skirts as a fashion trend. They use male celebrities as examples of famous men wearing skirts. Also discussed is the gradual acceptance of Western society of men wearing skirts and how it doesn’t necessarily have to be tied to a man’s gender or sexual identity.
An interesting article by Vice about the trend of more men wearing skirts. It talks about gender fluidity, but also about how not all men who wear skirts do it to express their gender identity. They do it just because they want to.
Esquire makes a clear statement here: men’s skirts are ready for the mainstream! They argue that because more male celebrities have been wearing them publicly and because sales figures have shown that skirts designed for and marketed to men are picking up sales, they are becoming more acceptable and normalized.
A group of men explore and discuss how best to style a skirt as a man. Not only do they talk about it amongst themselves, but they also talk to experts about their ideas.
A young, male YouTuber spent a day going about his business in a skirt. The reactions were overwhelmingly positive which just shows that wearing a skirt in public as a man really isn’t as scary as most men think it is!
