Interesting. I have an aversion to tags, and a much stronger one to anything touching the front of my neck – which gets much stronger when I’m feeling the slightest bit cranky or sick. When I was younger I ruined several t-shirts by chewing on the neck just to keep it off me. So glad I don’t have to wear ties.
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I have found a few ladies’-sized T-shirts with cool graphics that I like, but those are few and far between. My favorite find is a Transformers/Optimus Prime T that I found in the Meijer’s Juniors department! It has a great G1 graphic (no Michael Bay for me, nosirree!) and has that curved fit that some manufacturers use for such garments. And I’m 50 years old and don’t give a damn that I still dress like I did in high school - jeans, T-shirts, and clothes that belonged to my mom, dad, or older brother.
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As someone who has had to work outside in the winter in a northern-tier state, I can’t recommend cashmere socks enough for the winter. Too sweaty any other season.
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Autism spectrum disorders too. Especially the tags. My stepson was always yanking at the backs of his shirts until I cut out all the tags. And god forbid I make him wear a shirt with buttons.
Me, I used to love turtlenecks. But at some point I became unable to tolerate anything touching my throat. First it was turtlenecks and choker necklaces. Then it was mock turtlenecks. Now I can’t even wear most crew-neck shirts. I feel like I’m strangling on the lightest touch. As far as I know, I don’t have ADHD or ASD, so I think that’s just my weird clothing quirk.
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They couldn’t if they wanted to. He had a controlling interest in the nation’s supply of lace, sequins and flamingo feathers.
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I went to the Liberace Museum and was AMAZED at his costumes. That man had some flair.
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Quite so. They should hand out protective goggles at the entrance to the museum.
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You might want to have your thyroid checked.
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Dig that microphone. As Brainspore suggests, he had all the flair.
Funny you should say that. I lost it to cancer 3 years ago. I thought that might have been it; the tumor was quite large. But it’s all gone now and I still can’t stand clothes that touch it.
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He was upwards of 85% FBV*
*Flair By Volume
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(100% FBV)
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You’ll always be sensitive there. That’s just how it goes. Glad to hear it’s been 3 years ago now, which is a great sign!
that reminds me. I really need to see Behind the Candelabra, now that it’s on AMazon Prime.
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Yeah, I wanna see that too. I hear it’s a hoot.
It’s great and kinda disturbing.
I’d always assumed that women’s trousers wouldn’t fit me because of hips. But if they do, well, I’ve always wondered why it’s so hard to find flaring or bootcut trousers for men. This could certainly help me out. Length might be an issue, though.
For kids’ pants? That’s ridiculous. Before puberty, there’s no meaningful difference in build between boys and girls. I detest the entire distinction between boys’ and girls’ clothing at that age.
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The only reason women’s clothing is lacking in pockets (despite constant demand for them) is that it’d cut into purse sales.
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Flaring was in style for a while there, a few years ago. But just about every jeans retailer at my local mall (Aeropostale, American Outfitters, hell, even Bluenotes) sells boot cut jeans. Unless you mean non-jean bootcut trousers, which indeed you don’t see very much of.
As an ‘on the extreme side of high estrogen’ men, I love these trends. Though, my wife and middle daughter tend to wear the opposite – more towards masculine clothing. I view that as part of the positive changes in society.
Twenty years ago, there was these trends in the social circles I ran in, but nowadays, it seems to have only increased. Much more awareness that our gender is not defined by our toolset, and awareness of physical and psychological diversity, gender wise.
I wear an ankh as well as that guy in the article, only necklace I historically tend to wear.
Would love to be able to get away with even less gender neutral clothing in the mainstream, but also like to keep a low profile.
Tend to wear just very soft clothing, alternative, designer-ish tshirts, and soft shorts.
Have to wear polo shirts and jeans, so often, when I go into work [currently working at externally traditional company]. That makes me feel bad and awkward.
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