The State of Men’s Fashion
Friday, July 16th, 2010Well, perhaps the title is misleading. Perhaps not men’s fashion as a whole. But from my perspective as a DIY clothier, there seems to be a severe lack of options for men to wear when compared with women’s wardrobes. Girls can get away wearing nearly anything (or nearly nothing), while guys are pretty much limited to pants and shirts. So, as kind of a backlash against that—no, I’m not going to start wearing skirts, at least not yet—I tend to make clothes that kind of push the boundaries of Typical. I end up with items such as the Sleevepocket:
Not your run of the mill shirt. But it’s hard to come up with things to make when society says it’s not acceptable for a guy, or anyone, to wear, and you’re tired of the limits of popular male fashion. Keep in mind I’m not talking about thousand-dollar fashion like you see on avant-garde runways, but fashion that you see on the streets. I don’t think I’m going to stop making boundary-pushing items, I’m just tired of the boundary.
After focusing on school for the past 6 months and finishing my computer science degree, I’m finally get back into sewing. Let’s make fashion.