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Let´s celebrate men in dresses
Monika:
Do women wear kilts, by the way?
*Kelda - our very own kilt expert?*
Kelda:
Thanks Sophy! So sweet!
Monika...
They do but much much less often.
There are the women's kilts used for country dancing (although for adult country dancers often its just a sash instead) plus they would wear a kilt if they were in a pipe band just like the men.. also kitls were quite popular as uniforms in scottish hotels etc.
Me.. I do have a kilt - a mini one that I use when I got to Whit Friday with the Scottish Brass Band that goes down. You can see me wearing it here... (avc=ctually yop can also see a lot of guys in kilts here too!
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,17923.msg371138.html#msg371138
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on May 13, 2011, 02:16:15 am ---Bowie's 'dress' actually looks more like an overlong frock coat or priest cassock than a dress.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, I can see the similarity in the design. But he did call them "dresses". They were designed by a guy he was dating around that time (c.1970-71) named Fred Burrett (sometimes known as Burretti). Burretti was a fashion designer and was developing a line of men's dresses at the time for his shop in London. I guess they were specifically designed to account for a man's flat chest. The one in the picture is, I think, the same one from the cover of The Man Who Sold the World, so is the most famous. But, Bowie had a lot of them, since he wore outfits like that fon stage during the period.
Burretti also designed some of the very, very early Ziggy Stardust costumes (early 1972). Most of the more famous Ziggy costumes were designed a bit later by a Japanese designer named Kansai Yamamoto.
Monika:
More pics by photographer Roberto Foddai. I find these pics very interesting.
Brown Eyes:
^Wow, yeah. Those are interesting.
I've been trying to find good examples of Kurt Cobain in his dresses too... I know he occasionally wore them on stage.
This is the best example I've found so far (granted I've only been doing basic Google image searches). There must be better photos out there somewhere...
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