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">That the miniskirt has turned 50 this year, we all already knew.
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">That women have been wearing pants for nearly a century – we were in the late ’20s when Mademoiselle began to steal clothes from men’s closet – is well known as well.
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">And it is no longer a novelty that designers bring, more and more often, delicate ivory creatures of both sexes dressed in the same way, on worldwide catwalks.
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">Is the “genderless” becoming the new unisex?
">In this particular context, someone has called “menaissance” – Men Renaissance – it’s not going to sound weird that the creative and eclectic nature behind MADZONE – the store of “temporary shops” in Rome, has decided to pay a tribute to men wearing mini skirts.
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">Last Wednedsay afternoon, in Anna & Tania’s bohemian living room, the creations of 10 young designers have been shown, worn by young models.
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">How did they think about the miniskirt designed for men’s closet?
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">Made of Leather, fleece, Scottish tartan, jersey and straw.
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">Maya de Roo proclaimed a “back to the roots”, with her Adam wearing a #green inspired mini skirt.
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">Worn alone or over a pair of pants.
As a suit – in total white or black – urban, metropolitan, or as intimate as a terry cloth bathrobe.
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">After all, when Coco introduced pants for women, she conceived them as pajamas to go to the beach.
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">And what about shoes? barefoot, with stringate or with super trendy sneakers.
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">“There will be nothing about femininity“, Tania and Anna
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The result was not at all about men dressed like women, but rather than an exercise of style that tries to find the right contemporary meaning to a piece of clothing that has always been part, in one way or another, of male’s wardrobe – simply think of the Roman warriors you can
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">still meet outside the Colosseum, the Scottish kilt and typical Greek clothes.
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">Once again it is all about customs and society, continuously reviewed and reconsidered.
And, whether it is true that a century can be considered as a good time period to close a cycle and begin another, or just take back the old one, then we are almost ready to let ‘boys’ choose what they want to wear every day, just as ‘girls’ are free to
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Who konws if men are really interested in this possibility?
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