matters sartorial

[rm]

Ages ago, I paid for several shirts from Duchess Clothier, but held off on making actual decisions about them because I had no time. That dragged on and on and on as things kept popping up in my schedule that had me running around with my head cut off, and because of Very Specific Ideas in my head and the thing where they had to keep emailing me fabric swatches etc.

Finally, I made decisions. And then couldn't find the envelope I put the swatches in. Thankfully, however, Seyta is far more organized than me and was able to remember which fabrics I meant by my description and sent me images to confirm.

I realize colors are so not consistently true online, but the fabrics for my next three dress shirts are below.


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Yes, pink. I decided my masculinity could handle it. I look really fucking good in pink is the tragic fucking truth of the matter. Purple! Because wow, I need something even more internally awkward than that brick shirt, eh? Blue, because I had to. I tried to resist, and I failed (seriously, Seyta regularly tries to talk me out of owning More Blue Shirts and she's entirely right). At least it has a texture pattern!

As ever, all french cuffs. Toying with a bit wider spread on the collars (this is what all this time in the UK is doing to me). Am dithering as usual about buttons (as unobstrusive as possible on the pink and the purple; possibly white on the blue -- yeah, I suck, I know) and pockets (slightly different ones on each probably, like my last set of shirts). But damn pleased to have new shinies. Totally won't be done in time for Bristol. Totally will be with me at Dragon*Con.

Comments

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Wow, the whole "pink shirt =/= masculinity" is really strong in the States.

I've grown up with my dad (now in his 60's) wearing pink shirts, my brother-in-law wears pink shirts... every where men wear pink shirts. Pink may be Girl!Cue at a young age, but I think outside the States, colour is more flexible in adults - only my cousins in the US (and very conservative and old-fashioned South African family friends) ever commented to my dad about wearing (with regularity) a pink shirt.

I find it so odd. Purple always seems, to me, a more feminine colour on men.

Ah, culture differences...

[rm.livejournal.com]

Very strong. I remember when pink started to come back in for men in the 80s and there was lots of "is this okay?" "can you still be masculine?" etc. This was also the era of "Real Men Eat Quiche" though. Now I don't think pink dress shirts are remarked upon as long as they are not worn often and the guy is otherwise conventionally masculine. There are still industries however where you could NEVER wear one without negative impact.