24.02.10
We influence these truths to be self-evident, that fashion for men and women were not created colleague. Though the roles have been reversed since the days when females were literally restricted to strangling corsets and men were allowed to gallivant in handsomely tailored trousers, the go, according to my three brothers, has become a bit despondent as of late. A section of the average rest on store is quite indicative of this unjustness; the men’s level is mainly compressed to one level (typically in the dark, windowless basement next to the bathrooms), while the women’s responsibility expands five levels, divided by price, designer and clothing grade. A quick glance at male runway styles reveals additionally fanciful and questionably heterosexual looks — Full on plaid suits with medication free Clark Kent glasses? Fur-trimmed military looks inspired by a rather raw-boned James Bond? Prepubescent schoolboy looks with knee completely trouser shorts?
In the heat of the New York summer, one of my brothers once got a line citation for wearing these fashionable trouser shorts to effort. When jokingly referring to the newest trend debuting on runways from Milano all the way to New York, his boss, in a stifling silk prayer (pit stains and all), quizzically looked at him and replied very gruffly, “Never show those shorts with dress shoes again.” Apparently, his boss had never seen Bill Cunningham’s amusingly narrated video coverage of this tend, and my poor brother did not understand that shorts at work are peradventure only reserved for men in the fashion industry who work on the West Side, and not ex-athlete profession consultants on Wall Street. Later that evening, he stashed the shorts in the back of his drawer, vowing to never designate fashion risks again. And as it turns out, it seems that the unfair advantage men have had over women in the heretofore has an ironic way of getting filtered into unjust fashion karma for men nowadays. While we women have the display to freely display or cover our legs, play with stunning silhouettes, hemlines and colors, as well as wear our boyfriend’s t-shirts, men do not have the opportunity to freely unbutton shirt collars (unless you are a self proclaimed Guido), deterioration their girlfriend’s t-shirts, or in my brother’s instance, wear shorts to business and be applauded for the courage to be on trend.
Source: Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun