Can Men look good wearing certain kinds of Women’s clothing?

[heidi-ho]

I have a friend who is a Straight male.
For the most part he wears Men’s clothing, but some of his clothing is from the women’s section and looks gender neutral if you didn’t know any better.
He wears some of the clothing because it fits his body better, is more comfortable, and he is happy how it looks on him and he confidently wears them in public.
Some clothing he has is plain women’s hoodies in black or gray, women’s sports jerseys in crew neck, women’s bootcut/boyfriend/loose fit jeans in blue (no distressing), women’s plain black or brown belts (no fancy designs or patterns), and women’s gray or black sweatpants.

Do you think Men can look good in less feminine kinds of women’s clothing too?

 

[jellyv]

Since it's on your mind, why don't you give your opinion on this first.

 

[HauteMama]

Overall, I think people should wear what makes them happy. Even when a woman wears things from the women's section and men wear things from the men's section, some people will think they look great while others will think they don't; tastes vary. If a man wants to wear things from the women's section, whether they are "unisex" or overtly feminine, they ought to do that, and the same for women shopping the men's section. No one looks at the label while you're wearing your clothing.

 

[nicole0612]

Certainly. The same way that some menswear can look excellent on a woman, depending on the fit and style. Many very petite women wear children's clothing because the fit is better, and this would be a similar situation.

 

[heidi-ho]

Since it's on your mind, why don't you give your opinion on this first.

I wasn’t going to give my opinion because it was about my friend and I support him no matter what. He wanted to hear other opinions from other women.
If you’re asking in general do I agree, that I will answer.

First, I believe we should dress how we like and not care too much what others think, unless it’s a situation where specific dress code needs to be enforced and you have no choice. Fashion starts with somebody choosing to dress differently and sometimes that new style catches on with others and becomes trendy.

Women have been wearing men’s clothing for years, so it’s not fair to expect to limit a man’s choices in clothing. Both genders clothing has negatives as to something the others clothing has (ex. Women’s jeans lack of proper depth front pockets) (men’s jeans are never super tight in the waist yet material is heavier than women’s denim)

As far as attractiveness, I think my friend looks good in what he wears. I don’t care for men wearing skinny jeans as men’s legs are naturally much thinner than women’s so it doesn’t look flattering to me. But that’s just my opinion, and my friend doesn’t wear skinny jeans anyway.
I’m all for more gender neutral clothing.

 

[heidi-ho]

Overall, I think people should wear what makes them happy. Even when a woman wears things from the women's section and men wear things from the men's section, some people will think they look great while others will think they don't; tastes vary. If a man wants to wear things from the women's section, whether they are "unisex" or overtly feminine, they ought to do that, and the same for women shopping the men's section. No one looks at the label while you're wearing your clothing.

I agree with you on everything except for the last sentence. Some women’s clothing is very obviously styled for women such as feminine patterns, tighter fit, specific designs on jeans back pockets, cropped shirts and pants. But there’s also women’s clothing that looks gender neutral and isn’t so obvious. We still live in a World that sometimes people can be cruel and harass others they disagree with how they look/dress. People like that disgust me.

 

[Swanky]

He wanted to hear other opinions from other women.

We're a very diverse crowd, tons of men will respond as well. Just FYI.

 

[lill_canele]

Yes. I think it's just a matter of fit and styling. As long as those 2 criteria are met, then theoretically anyone can look good in anything.
I buy men's clothes. SL is a great example. I have a lovely mohair cardigan from the men's collection. SL also is very gender neutral in general and I tried on a men's blazer. It was a pre-collection event and there were models walking around with the clothes. For fun, I decided to stand next to the male model wearing the exact blazer. I think it looked great on both of us!

 

[Christofle]

Fit can be difficult due to allowance in the garments for breasts / different morphology of hips… But this is mostly an issue for tailoring items. But for knitwear /casual items there’s often some options which can be wearable.

Chanel tweeds are fab and I do see the odd man able to rock a coat or jacket on social media but unfortunately I’ll have to appreciate them from afar.


Max Mara is one brand where a lot of the garments are surprisingly gender neutral (the outerwear).

Personally, my only RTW item from a women’s collection is a Mofusand collab from Uniqlo and I’d have more if I actually fit into them. I can’t get enough of the adorable prints.

 

[maxxout]

I think this speaks to your friends level of creativity.
When you look at a garment, you look at its texture its color it’s drape how it feels etc. It’s an object with certain qualities. How you decide to use that object is up to your own creativity.
I have a pair of thin silk Dries van Noten leggings that I wear as a scarf.
Designers have intentions about the things they make, but artists and creative people use those objects however they want.

 

[Love Of My Life]

Pharell Williams comes to mind wearing Chanel tweed etc .. it worked
Attitude & confidence gives you the edge & of course creativity taking in from the norm
to the extraordinary

 

[880]

When DH was a young child, circa 1970s he hated wearing athletic tube socks for boys, so his mom bought him girls plain white cotton ankle socks to wear with sneakers. He preferred them. This was when boys athletic socks were all the tall ones with colorful stripes. There were no peds or things like that for boys at least where he grew up

I still buy men’s shirts and pants- usually denim/ khakis. The particular designer sizing that i purchase is weird, so I sometimes take the same size in both lines. In Paris, I also shop men’s shirts at Charvet, and occasionally at Corthay, a men’s shoe designer, the proprietor will have a one of/ smaller size that he will offer me to try.

DH sometimes likes the women’s sweaters, and if he saw something that worked, he wouldn’t have any issue. But, his shoulders and arms usually would not fit. Also, men’s clothing from the same premier designer is usually significantly less expensive. So it hasn’t happened yet

 

[papertiger]

Although I am a woman, I gave-up buying women's tees in favour of men's years ago. Since I found women's tees were designed with odd necklines, narrow shoulders, in colours more suitable for toddlers, inevitably in mixed poly-fibres (instead of men's ranges in pure cotton) and had silly details, men's were invariably better.

In the ol' naughties of the lived-in London look, with Kate Moss and Pete Doherty (Libertines/Baby Shambles) The music was edgy and fashion for skinny jeans. Men couldn't get the equivalent for a while. I had many male friends (gay, straight and otherwise) that bought multiples from Topshop or Hennes.

It depends on where somebody lives of course, there are many men throughout the world that are not allowed the freedom of expression and choice. Most casual clothes for both sexes are not tailored, just elasticated 'stretch to fit'. It's whatever fits best. Whatever's needed. No one should have to limit themselves. Whatever's available. It's actually the way street fashion evolves and ends with designers 'borrowing'.

 

[heidi-ho]

A little birdie must have been reading this, because Rapper Kendrick Lamar just wore Women’s FLARED SURF JEANS at the Super Bowl and his style went viral and is openly accepted. Good to see this! https://www.celine.com/en-us/celine...ion-wash-denim-2N691930F.07UW.html?nav=A00032

 

[New-New]

I wear women’s clothes all the time but I’m gay so do with that what you will. I come from the mindset that clothing is just fabric at the end of the day. So yeah your friend can rock whatever he wants to rock. I wish some of the colors they made women’s sneakers came in my size (13 US).