Miuccia Prada Introduces Miniskirts for Men
October 26, 2009
Better late than never: after about a month of the latest issue of Purple Fashion -- Olivier Zahm's well-fed Parisian magazine as notorious for full frontal nudity as for fascinating features on a range of fashion, film, and art world alumnae -- gathering dust on my bookshelf, I finally cracked the hefty rag yesterday only to find a fantastic profile of Miuccia Prada, among other noteworthy pieces. And the interview, conducted by Massimo Torrigiani, reveals a pretty juicy piece of information about what Prada will put putting her FW10 male models in come fashion week. Simply put, you haven't seen the last of men's skirts.
“I’m working on [a men’s collection] right now and someone at the office worriedly asked me, ‘You’re not going to make short skirts again, are you?’,” Prada recalls of a recent conversation with a collaborator. “So I’m now pushing it even further, just for revenge!” Given that the trend has been gaining steam for quite a while (with Marc Jacobs publicly promoting himself as the man skirts’ seemingly biggest advocate, not to mention Huffington Post paying tribute to the trend with a “celebrity men in skirts” slide show earlier this month), you can rest assured men’s skirts may have a formidable future in fashion. (To boot, Dear Abbey has already made it clear she approves.) “Menswear should take cues from womenswear, and not just the other way around,” Prada continues. “Menswear is so limited so I’m free with my ideas. Otherwise I’d die of boredom.”
Comments (6)
Posted by anonymous on Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 10.02 am
...except that they are men?
Posted by Van Carter on Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 05.01 pm
Skirts, or something so similar as to be indistinguishable have been worn by men on all continents and in all eras. Kilts are pretty common in major cities in the Pacific NW as an example of them being worn at current.
Posted by Ricky on Fri Oct 30, 2009 at 08.45 am
Being a kilt wearer, I think this is a great step forward in men’s fashion. The man makes the clothes, not the other way around…
Posted by strikemaster on Mon Nov 2, 2009 at 04.59 pm
There will be many skirts for men on the fashion shows but no one in the men’s departments I guess. Skirts for men are much more comfortable, prevents against testicular and prostate diseases, also many styles of skirts were used by men in history, so why we are so terrified? And why designers use men in skirts only to shock fashion journalists?
Posted by martinus on Wed Nov 18, 2009 at 07.15 pm
Strikemaster - Actually the designers trying to activate men for the new fashion, but there is a very low response. Men tend to be a part of the crowd, never look different, never react different than men have to do in their role, never be yourself or show any reaction or feelings. That is the picture that fashion journalists also have. But finally there are some women in different corners of the internet which found out that there is something wrong - and try to encourage men to go with the new men’s fashion style. It’s a slow movement, but I hope, more men find a way to understand what does it mean: To be a manly man and wear a skirt.
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Posted by Bob Moore on Tue Oct 27, 2009 at 12.47 pm
I wish him well. There is no earthly reason why men should be denied the comfort and style of skirts simply because they are men.