I saw a man in an women’s fashion magazine ad for Marc Jacobs…
April 23, 2010 by
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It was called, “Marc by Marc Jacobs” and featured a man wearing a short red with black print dress, black leather belt and nylon type glove on his left wrist. I also think he was carrying a handbag that matched the dress. On the next page was the same man, I believe, wearing a dark green woolen dress, space age collar, painted black fingernails (which were very cute, LOL) and a very nice looking “light green” Marc Jacobs hand bag sitting down on the ground.
My question is: do you think Marc Jacobs is suggesting that it’s okay for men to start wearing dresses? Or is he marketing to the transgender (or LGBTQ) community? Do you ever think it will be acceptable for men to ever wear dresses or skirts as everyday fashion to work or in public? I believe the add was in Glamour or Vogue Magazine while at the supermarket.
No, I didn’t think he was gay, I was just surprised that the ad featured a man in a dress, and wondered if he is marketing to the LGBTQ community or is he trying to make a statement that it’s okay for straight men to start wearing women’s clothes, that’s all. I love the green hand bag! xoxoxo
Also, thanks for that web site, love trhe Fossil handbags, the first brown leather bag is delicious-looking thank you. xoxoxo
No he is just being creative.
ummm are you sure its a guy??????? it might be a girl with really short hair and small boobs lol but if it is really a guy then WOW
I have the ad in several of my magazines and yeah I always wondered what marc jacobs wanted to suggest…
I’m pretty sure it’s a male… but who knows, might be a female?
NOT AMAZED!
DOES THE MAN TAKE A WOMAN’HANDBAG?
THERE ARE MANY HANDBAGS FOR HER TO CHOOSE
http://www.kanaccasbags.com/
I DON’T LIKE THE GAY BUT MAYBE HE ISNOT A GAY
HAHA
I haven’t seen the ad in question, but I’d think it’d primarily be designed to be attention grabbing and provocative, by virtue of it simply not conforming to what is currently considered acceptable in the Western world. But at the same time, to effectively also ask ‘why not?’ to the idea of men wearing skirts or dresses. After all, it was once thought strange for women to be wearing trousers, because that was considered to be the clothing of men… well that idea has long since been discarded, and trousers are now considered conventional wear for both genders, so why should skirts and dresses still be considered to be only for women?
And no, I don’t believe it’s got anything whatsoever to do with being gay. You only need to check out forums on the web such as http://www.skirtcafe.org/forums/index.php and http://groups.msn.com/whynotskirtsformen/ to see that there are communities of (overwhelmingly heterosexual) men (and women) who are simply advocating skirts as a fashion choice for men, without it even having anything to do with cross-dressing…