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My wife was putting on a pair of her "fashion boots" which women still love wearing today and I was wondering, why did these riding/pirate/knee length etc leather boots fall out of style for men but not women? We watch movies all the time that depict men in period pieces wearing these boots and they look awesome and classy in my opinion. Plus theyre still pretty practical if youre in bad weather or outdoors a lot. Texans still have their cowboy boots....
Sure we have "work boots" still but theyre just not as classy looking.
You also don't wear cravats, waistcoats, coats with tails, or any other period attire with any regularity.
Fashion for women has long been more diverse and varied than it has for men. Certain men (mainly musicians) wear boots quite a bit...typically men of shorter stature, like Prince and Bono. It all depends on how fashion-conscious you prefer to come off as, but it also appears costume-y or cosplay-ish. Like women wearing corsets and bustles and other Renaissance-faire-appropriate garb, or steampunk fashion in non-costume situations.
See, and to me, all of those models look staged and costumed (except for the last pic, which looks like a candid of somebody with questionable and hipster-ish fashion sense - probably the brown boots with black attire, as well as what looks like a silk women's scarf - versus a staged photo-shoot shot). None of them look particularly wearable off a runway. The model standing against the red background is probably wearing the most wearable version, but even at that rate, if the shirt were solid versus checked, he'd be perilously close to being an extra on Firefly, so still an element of the cosplay thing going on.
Women's fashion just allows for a higher degree of theatricality, in general
See, and to me, all of those models look staged and costumed (except for the last pic, which looks like a candid of somebody with questionable and hipster-ish fashion sense - probably the brown boots with black attire, as well as what looks like a silk women's scarf - versus a staged photo-shoot shot). None of them look particularly wearable off a runway. The model standing against the red background is probably wearing the most wearable version, but even at that rate, if the shirt were solid versus checked, he'd be perilously close to being an extra on Firefly, so still an element of the cosplay thing going on.
Women's fashion just allows for a higher degree of theatricality, in general
I don't necessarily disagree but I know nothing about the OP and since he asked I merely Googled some images that weren't period costumes. Women arent the only ones who can be dramatic and theatrical in their manner of dress. Particularly in larger, metropolitan cities. Clearly someone is wearing them. Maybe the OP likes one of those looks...<<shrugs>>
No Im not about the costume-y look at all save for one day of the year. My question was (why) did they fall out of style. If they hadn't then they wouldn't fall under the guise of costumes anyways, they would just be fashion. Of course one could argue that all clothes are costumes, its just that we view some as acceptable and others as not.
Ever been a senior in Aggieland, wearing such boots? In those places, we had "fish" (freshmen) to help us get those boots off.
The fish would straddle the leg with boot on that was to come off and grab around the base of the book. The senior would then put their other foot, booted or not, on the posterior of said fish and push. The combined effort usually got the boot off.
Boots fall in and out of style for women, too, at least as high fashion (for some looks, biker culture and its harness boots being one such example, they tend to stay in, but that's not necessarily mainstream fashion).
It's just that women's fashion tends to be more broad and varied then men's does, in general. And, yeah, fashion is, basically, costuming, at its root. All clothing that is designed with something other than purely utilitarian purpose in mind is.
You also don't wear cravats, waistcoats, coats with tails, or any other period attire with any regularity.
Fashion for women has long been more diverse and varied than it has for men. Certain men (mainly musicians) wear boots quite a bit...typically men of shorter stature, like Prince and Bono. It all depends on how fashion-conscious you prefer to come off as, but it also appears costume-y or cosplay-ish. Like women wearing corsets and bustles and other Renaissance-faire-appropriate garb, or steampunk fashion in non-costume situations.
I beg to differ. I wore this to work today
Ok, I'm lying but, It'd be really cool if I did
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