Why Unisex Clothes Never Took Off
A few decades ago, when the woman's movement was taking off, clothing manufacturers introduced 'unisex clothing.' After a brief flurry of interest, the concept died. Women didn't even like them. They started wearing men's clothing, while men went back to wearing clothes made for men.
Men's styles and fashions did change. Men have a much wider range of options available to them than they used to. A man can have shoulder length hair and still be a macho man and he doesn't have to stick with a conservative suit anymore. Men even choose to pierce one or both or their ears. As long as they're wearing stud earrings, they can get away with it, but a feminine looking pair of rhodium earrings won't do anything for their masculine image.
Women, on the other hand, can wear whatever they feel like wearing. A woman might even choose to wear a bulky men's sports watch and it might look sexy on her. There's nothing sexy about a dainty watch on a man, though.
Men today can wear earrings, necklaces and bracelets. What they can't wear, though, is a jewelry set. If a man is wearing earrings, they should either look like pirate's earrings or something his girlfriend picked out for him. If he's wearing a necklace, it should be something he found when he was traveling or have religious or other significance for him. It should never be part of a set just because it matches. Only women can wear jewelry sets simply because they match.
Across the board, you can find examples of how men's fashion on women can actually enhance their femininity while women's apparel and accessories simply feminize a man. If that's what he wants, no problem, but if his goal is to accentuate the macho man in him, women's stuff just isn't going to do it for him.
Sweatshirts are basically just sweatshirts, whether they're made for men or for women. Nonetheless, there is something incredibly sexy about a woman in a man's sweatshirt, but girls sweatshirts on men are unheard of. You can't even picture it in your mind.
Women look great in men's jeans. Sometimes they look more than great -they look fantastic, especially if the jeans have been tailored for them. When was the last time you saw a man in a woman's skirt, though? There's no such thing and no designer has ever been able to come up with 'skirts for men.'
Why men's clothes work on women but women's don't work on men may never be answered. All you need to know is that they don't. Of all the unisex clothes that were produced, perhaps the only ones that survived were drawstring pants. If you leave it at that, guys, you're on safe ground only if you're looking for clothes in the men's section of the department store.
