On our way to work today, we saw a woman who made us turn.
She was wearing an all-black pantsuit with a black scarf and gloves - probably a lawyer, we thought. We wouldn’t have noticed her at all if it wasn’t for one thing: her otherwise funereal ensemble concluded with a pair of mens’ wingtips.
She’d managed to turn a boring, single-note work uniform into an outfit - kind of like adding a fun dot to straight line, she turned herself into a walking exclamation point.
It was the first time we’d ever seen menswear on a regular person (i.e. not a 6’ tall model or a theatre actress out for a cigarette break,) that actually looked like clothing, and that the wearer rocked completely as her own. We don’t know if we could take it much further than maybe a vest (and we’d die if we could actually get away with suspenders,) but we certainly stop and admire those who can pull it off so well.
Do you ever wear styles truly inspired by menswear?
posted by MasaSela
Dec 20, 2007 12:13PM
As much as possible, I decided when I was younger than I loved the look and decided that it had this very strong appeal that could easily be made feminine. It's a great conversation starter..." Hey, isn't that a men's shirt?" the only thing that is hard is finding the smallest size possible and then tailoring it to be even smaller, guys Smalls are like a medium large for women.