Why Unisex Clothes Just Don’t Work

Back in the seventies or eighties, clothing manufacturers started pushing ‘unisex’ clothes. It caught on for a little while, but it didn’t last. Instead, women started wearing men’s clothes and accessories, while men just stuck with men’s.

A lot of things have changed over the years and thankfully men are no longer stuck with wearing bland clothes, a wristwatch and closely cropped hair in order to prove they’re men. Long hair is acceptable, as is jewelry, even earrings. However, a man would never choose a dainty pair of rhodium earrings. Most men stick with studs or a single earring that has a masculine look to it.

Women, on the other hand can wear whatever jewelry they want to wear. A bulky men’s watch can look terrific on a woman’s wrist, but have you ever seen a man wear a bejewelled woman’s watch to work?

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.

Have you ever seen a woman in a man’s sweatshirt. The effect can make you weak in the knees, almost as if she was wearing a bikini. Now try to make yourself think about girls sweatshirts on men. You can’t do it, can you? It’s just ridiculous.

Women wear men’s jeans. True, they look even better if they’re tailored for women, but basically they are jeans, nonetheless. All the top clothing designers in the world could put their heads together and still not be able to design a skirt that would be acceptable to a man.

There is no adequate answer for why it is so. It just is. Women can get away with wearing men’s things and even make them looking devastatingly alluring. The opposite just doesn’t work. The closest thing we have to unisex clothes that work is drawstring yoga pants and tee shirts. Other than that, guys, stick with the men’s department in your local store!