Stop Dressing Like A Bitch, PLEASE!!!

Ok, we’re gonna make this quick since I doubled up on the last post…

Comin’ off the heels of my first HoodGrown interview with Lead Designer, Prince, from Gino Green Global, I wanted to address an issue I have. One of the questions I asked Prince was about the new “look” concerning men’s clothing. How he felt about the whole, skinny jeans fiasco and men wearing capris and what not. His response gave me a little more hope for the future of male fashion. The gist of his response was that these were fads and that was that. I was very happy to hear that they had no intention of following suit. That fact alone is probably what has kept them in for the long haul…

But that got me to thinking. This whole metro-sexual movement has taken a horrifying downward spiral and I am really not feeling it. The whole skinny jeans thing is atrocious. Then to make it even worse, these kats are sagging. Are you serious? Come on now, I’m 30… I mean I know I’m not ancient but kats were saggin’ in my day. Y’all ain’t came up with some new shit yet? Really? I came up in the late 80’s early 90’s… That was 15 + years ago. If you take a time stamp from then.. and compare it to now, you don’t really see a huge difference in attire; besides the leg constricting attire for dudes. Now let’s assume for a second we are back in ‘88… If you take a time stamp from ’88 and one from ’73… major difference in attire. Kats in ’73 were still wearing collars that were 82% of their shirt (and they wore skinny pants too, lol. But at least theirs were slacks)… But come on youngins’!! Get original. Yall haven’t evolved at all?

Capri Pants?

Skinny Jeans?

Man bags?

Oversized Scarves that look like you are trying to cover several giant hickies on your neck?

Low Rider Jeans?

Bolero Jackets? (which up until a few days ago I didn’t even know the name of… I always called them, “those short ass jackets that chicks wear”.)

They even have male panty hose… Are you serious?

Come on dude… for real… Bolero Jackets and Capris? Unless you are on your way to fight a bull… take that shit off!!! Seriously, we’re like two fashion shows away from kats wearing bejeweled butterflies on their baby t’s and some timberlands with their tennis skirts. Would yall niggas stop buyin’ this shit already?

Maybe it’s the Florida Country boy comin’ out in me. I’m a shorts/jeans and t-shirt kat to my heart. I’m just not up on high (priced) fashion. But comin’ from my perspective. Dudes are really starting to wear some crazy shit. I just feel that dudes really need to find their own identity and stop letting the world dictate to them what they should be draped in.