Look, I’m a big fan of women’s overalls, I think they’re a cute look… but skin-tight overalls seem. Antithetical. To the nature of overalls.
One of my biggest pet peeves in women’s fashion is “aping functionality”. Clothing designed to resemble actual, functional workwear, but actually being flimsy garbage that instantly vaporizes under any pressure. Cargo pants with pockets that don’t fit anything? Overalls that are hyper-constrictive, skintight, and thin? Work boots that offer no support? Why?! It makes it so much harder to find genuine functional clothing.
buy it from the men’s section for christs sakes then!
i swear to god I know people that will learn everything from changing oil to applying makeup to computer construction/ repair via youtube but apparently there isn’t a single damn DIY video on tailoring techniques.
not that hard to sew a button, hem some pants
I buy virtually all of my clothing from the men’s section, and you know what? It’s not that easy! I have a short list of brands and styles that even kind of fit me. Many brands don’t even offer men’s clothing in “small”, let alone “extra small”, and even when work clothing is offered in boys’ sizes, it’s generally pre-tailored for very slim, straight bodies. Tailoring oversized men’s clothing to fit you takes more than sewing on a button or hemming some pants, unless you want to look like you’re wearing a literal clown costume or zoot suit. I know how to sew, and I have the good fortune to have access to a decent sewing machine that can handle tough fabrics, but tailoring heavy-duty men’s clothing to fit me in ways that are both comfortable and don’t make me look like a Victorian waif takes a great deal of skill.
And tell me, how does one tailor a man’s boot to fit you?
I see that you reblog “MRA stuff“, but I fail to see how “hey, it would be nice if more women’s clothing were actually functional” impedes upon men’s rights in any conceivable way.
oh that’s easy, if you’re on the shorter smaller side, go shopping for asian men’s clothes online, nearly all my small of stature friends have gone that route.
Ship, I know it’s hard. and will take hella practice to make things look perfectly tailored. but you know what? it’s a solution, to a problem you want to complain about. either you can work at it and have a viable(if personal, because this is a big ole problem facing society at large) solution, or not and still have the problem.
You go to a cobbler to tailor boots to fit you, and you really do have to shop around to find good brands (I recc Redwings so hard for this vary reason), Though if you’re learning how to do that via DIY videos, I suggest buying a lot of cheap boots to practice on.
I reblog a lot of stuff: “Stuff you’ll see here; pretty pictures, MRA stuff, progressive politics, arguments, and selfies.”
this actually covers the ‘arguments’ part, not the MRA stuff.
Happy International Men’s Day, Ship!
Cut with the condescending tone. This is describing a problem that doesn’t seem to apply to you and you are suggesting impractical solutions. The least you can do is refrain from a dismissive and irritable tone.
I order many of my clothes online from Asian men’s stores. I also have to send many of them back, because clothing you cannot try on first is wildly hit-or-miss in terms of fit and comfort, no matter how carefully you measure yourself. Asian stores are also not known for good-quality workwear.
“Become a talented tailor” is not a viable or practical solution to a widespread problem. Work clothes are, by definition, made out of tough materials that easily break household sewing machine needles. I sew leather and it’s a pain in the ass!
If all companies stopped producing men’s workwear and instead began offering only Halloween-quality spandex Batman bodysuits, would your response to the first guy to say, “Boy, I wish I could just get a pair of Carhartts!” be “Oh, for Christ’s sakes, just go buy some good canvas and teach yourself to make your own clothing! Stop farming or carpentering or working for a few weeks and take up a new trade! Sure, it’d be wildly inconvenient and a great way to lose money, but I wouldn’t have to hear you complain about inaccessible resources!” He might deck you in the teeth, if he’s anything like the farmers I know.
Sturdy women’s clothing is a real, genuine need for many people and there’s no good reason why it should be so much more difficult to find than men’s clothing. Period.
He stopped in front of the mirror and sighed. His penis was just a little too large to be fashionable, and his balls were just a little lopsided. Most days it didn’t bother him, but today he pushed at his genitals, trying to make them look more normal, like the men in magazines. It was hopeless. He dropped his junk in resigned frustration. There were worse things than having too large of a penis, he thought.
you have to wonder about the politicians who are up in arms about this bung to the DUP, which, although a total joke and completely unfair, will get spent on social infrastructure in NI…ordinary folk will see some benefit from it… but at the same time they’re quite happy to hand 82 million quid to this pampered parasite, and all her heirs and successors, every fuckin year, in perpetuity?
yall realize there are places where buses aren’t that accessible? like in major cities ya busses are easy to get but in areas where cities and towns are more spread out and bus stops are really far apart and away from actual places where many people live and they dont always stop in the places people need to get to so like… it actually makes sense to create this system.
