For me personally, I do own a Utilikilt, which I would consider to be men's clothing (although not traditional), but I don't wear it often. I also own a mini-Utilikilt, which I consider to be women's clothing.
It requires alteration of a regular one. Utilikilt used to do it by special request, but I don't know if they do anymore. I got super lucky and found mine on ebay.
I'm basing my answer not on "my own judgement", but on the judgment of sufficiently outgoing "bros" -- if an item of clothing has gotten 'em to yell "faggot!" at me without having stuff like rainbow flags or pink triangles on it, I'm assuming it fits. That work for you?
As I commented elsewhere, it entertains me to go into places like home depot and seeing the results when I'm wearing a skirt. But except for going out dancing, the only "feminine" thing I wear on that list are fairly conservative long skirts and I'm guessing most people don't even notice. But this is something that, to me, doesn't look feminine at all and barring the most narrow minded of people I don't think anyone who sees me in it thinks of it as feminine either. I could be wrong though.
Wow, the things that exist! The clothing amuses me but I think the name does even more ("Tripp") as I think that's exactly what I'd do if wearing those...
Oh, hey! My husband has one of those. And to think we always just called it "his skirt"... until he stole enough of my skirts that it wasn't a sufficiently clear name, at which point it became "the skirt with chains and pockets"
Additionally, women's fashions have morphed a lot further, so there are far fewer styles which are exclusively for one gender or the other. "Dress" and "skirt" are really the biggest holdouts. Even pants arguably don't count for this poll as it's nearly impossible to tell on most undecorated styles what is men's cut vs women's cut unless you are fashion-conscious.
My (very limited) observation is that it's still about as rare to see a women dressing in what is generally recognized as men's clothing (separate from men's style or unisex clothing) as a man to wear said "women's" clothing.
In my circles it is MUCH rarer to see a woman in clothing that reads as men's clothing than it is to see a man in woman's clothing.
That said, my husband wears skirts about 4 nights a week at home. Because they're warmer when worn with flannel pants underneath. So my sample set is obviously skewed.
Also, I am not quite sure what would actually read as "men's clothing". If a relatively shapeless button down shirt and pants is unisex, then what else is there? A tie, perhaps? A vest and suit coat? A tux with tails? Basketball shorts (for me this is true, obviously not so for the girls that play basketball)?
So then the question becomes, is it rarer for me to see a MAN in "men's clothing" than it is for me to see a woman in "men's clothing"... And I think it is still rarer to see a woman in "men's clothing".
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Additionally, women's fashions have morphed a lot further, so there are far fewer styles which are exclusively for one gender or the other. "Dress" and "skirt" are really the biggest holdouts. Even pants arguably don't count for this poll as it's nearly impossible to tell on most undecorated styles what is men's cut vs women's cut unless you are fashion-conscious.
My (very limited) observation is that it's still about as rare to see a women dressing in what is generally recognized as men's clothing (separate from men's style or unisex clothing) as a man to wear said "women's" clothing.
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That said, my husband wears skirts about 4 nights a week at home. Because they're warmer when worn with flannel pants underneath. So my sample set is obviously skewed.
Also, I am not quite sure what would actually read as "men's clothing". If a relatively shapeless button down shirt and pants is unisex, then what else is there? A tie, perhaps? A vest and suit coat? A tux with tails? Basketball shorts (for me this is true, obviously not so for the girls that play basketball)?
So then the question becomes, is it rarer for me to see a MAN in "men's clothing" than it is for me to see a woman in "men's clothing"... And I think it is still rarer to see a woman in "men's clothing".
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