-a bag I recently bought- although it was marketed towards women first, (I bought it in a thrift store for an equivalent of 30 cents ) it looks quite gender- ambiguous.
It's just my imagination and I still don't have lipstick nor nail polish, but I think I could pull such a look off. I'd like to express myself and shock some people who believe in gender binary :-D.
However, it sounds like your idea is pretty far from regular guy mode, especially with lipstick, gloves and handbag. Just sounds more on the side of dressing to look like a woman?
Well, I think that'd be "balancing on the ledge" between masculinity and feminity. I call this "a man dressed as a woman who's dressed as a man" :-D So... No "true en femme mode", fake breasts, wigs etc., just some stereotypically feminine items, but with keeping my identity .
What does "binary" about this context? One's femaleness or maleness has nothing to do with what clothing you wear. The makeup and bag idea, that's not "drag." If makeup and a handbag are "feminine," then wouldn't ANYTHING worn by a man that has somehow gotten associated with women over the years be "feminine," including heels?
What does "binary" about this context? One's femaleness or maleness has nothing to do with what clothing you wear.
Elegant, can you put the photo's back into this thread because without them, this entire thread doesnt make sense now?
Having come late to the heels4men party I missed the pics so can't comment. Not sure about makeup on men though it was big in the 80's, and made a bit of a comeback sometime more recently.
Everyone in movies has makeup on, so that's not a good example. But I do agree that the gender lines are being blurred more and more in a lot of areas. Men are spending more time on their appearance now, I think that the workplace has changed which is expediting this trend. To clarify that, more men are working in office jobs (in the West anyway) instead of manual labour which means they can spend time on their look without it being a waste of time when they get to work and ruin it all. Now they can have a manicure (which seems to be getting more popular I notice) and it won't get messed up digging coal, or laying bricks.
Will makeup follow this trend pattern, or are men not vain enough yet?
Elegant, we are on the same page 100% equality in fashions is what I push for my self on facebook, people should be able to wear what they wish..I have gone to party's wearing my black Stillwater kilt mens pantyhose and knee high heel boots with a dress jacket and the look I showed the lady's thought the look was goth chic and loved it. Here are some pictures of the boots and the kilt, the kilt pic. was taken at the Comic Con here in San Diego.