Men in skirts

Sir: Natasha Walter can't put the blame for male sartorial intransigence entirely on men ("Why can't a man be more like a woman?" 10 January). Although many men are made of stern enough stuff to give skirt-wearing a try, how many women are likely to want to be seen with them in public thus attired? If wearing feminine clothes means you don't get a girlfriend, the only men likely to wear them are those who don't want girlfriends. Still, we eventually got permission to wear earrings, so perhaps there's hope yet.

RICHARD BARTLE
West Bergholt, Essex

Note: A lot of people seem to come to this page from search engines, and are disappointed to find that it's only a copy of a letter that I sent to a national newspaper in response to an article. Here, therefore, are a few links that may send you in a more appropriate direction.

For those of you who are men actually wishing to try skirts, as opposed to those of you who merely want to see pictures of men wearing skirts, you may or may not be interested in visiting:

http://www.tomscafe.org/forums/, the forum for a group of men trying to promote kilts as everyday fashion.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/menskirts, a group founded to provide practical and moral support for men who actually do wear skirts (for whatever reason).
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mensff/, a group like the above that extends to cover other articles of traditionally female apparel.
http://www.mensfashionfreedom.bravehost.com/, a web site dedicated to male fashion freedom.
http://mff.seo-blog.org, a blog, ditto.

For the rest of you, check out:

These are sites run by women who like men in kilts and do have pictures (or links to pictures).

I'm sorry that these are heavy on kilts, but if you have any more general men-in-skirt links (excluding porn or pay sites) I'm happy to add them.