Forget the "no cargo shorts on stage rule"...

[guy n. cognito]

From a guy that wears coveralls to construction sites it just takes careful planning.

And clothes underneath. Can't wait to start seeing these at the urinals!

 

[Fat Freddy]

Shut your mouth!

Can you dig it?.....

 

[tedious1]

Given that these things have to be dropped to the knee in order to perform basic bodily functions, and given that most men's room are significantly dirtier than their female counterparts, one is left to wonder if the 10 guys that actually wear these things will have issues with "soilage".

Not in my experience! Nor my wife's, she's continually complaining about what the women at her work do to the bathroom, I remember bussing tables in my youth and some truly disgusting ladies room cleanups, ditto when I was bouncing in a dive bar. And every female front person I've ever shared a stage with has horror stories about the ladies room at some venue or another.

Sugar and Spice and Everything nice apparently doesn't always survive past the door with the stick woman on the placard...

 

[guy n. cognito]

Not in my experience! Nor my wife's, she's continually complaining about what the women at her work do to the bathroom, I remember bussing tables in my youth and some truly disgusting ladies room cleanups, ditto when I was bouncing in a dive bar. And every female front person I've ever shared a stage with has horror stories about the ladies room at some venue or another.

Sugar and Spice and Everything nice apparently doesn't always survive past the door with the stick woman on the placard...

My wife used to think the same thing......until she had the unfortunate experience of seeing some men's restrooms.

 

[navijaz]

Not in my experience! Nor my wife's, she's continually complaining about what the women at her work do to the bathroom, I remember bussing tables in my youth and some truly disgusting ladies room cleanups, ditto when I was bouncing in a dive bar. And every female front person I've ever shared a stage with has horror stories about the ladies room at some venue or another.

Sugar and Spice and Everything nice apparently doesn't always survive past the door with the stick woman on the placard...

From my experience in working in bars and restaurants ages ago, that is actually true. The fight between the cleaners was usually about who had to clean the ladies room.

Men are pigs but at least they use urinals. Not too much can go wrong. Women on the other try to avoid sitting down and have a naturally bad aim, in other words a perfect receipe for the perfect mess. Plus they throw whatever either into or next to or behind the toilet.

So yeah. Given a choice and without a chance to check first, I'd clean the men's room.

 

[David Jayne]

Sorry if I was unclear, I never said anybody did but several people here are commenting on the idea that wearing a romper will somehow reduce your masculinity or cause others to view you as feminine, something our society looks down upon. .....

To me it makes the models look like giant babies. I don't wanna look like a giant baby with Ray Bans. : D

 

[David Jayne]

Given that these things have to be dropped to the knee in order to perform basic bodily functions, and given that most men's room are significantly dirtier than their female counterparts, one is left to wonder if the 10 guys that actually wear these things will have issues with "soilage".

Probably best to step completely out of it and drape it over the stall door.

 

[GwenOnBass]

One look at the pic in the OP's link is one look too many.

/me wonders if a cargo skirt is appropriate for Saturday's gig, and if a photo is required for TB.

 

[AngelCrusher]

A lot of insecure males here seem to think their masculinity is tied to their choice of attire...

Part of it is. Nothing wrong with being fashionable, but when you push in a certain direction you send a message to people. That's really what clothes are. They send a message out to people about what you find comfortable to wear in public.

This is why men who wore Ed Hardy Tees and embroidered jeans were labeled as metrosexuals.

A man wearing a romper is a bad look. It's not going to be accepted as a manly look. And by that I mean, man versus boys (college kids and down), not woman versus man. College fashions lately have been really bad in this regard. Example - Justin Bieber saggy pants and super long waisted Tees. Again, this is stuff that a man over 25 probably doesn't want to wear. It has nothing to do with sexism, it's more about balancing a look of maturity and self-awareness with fashion sense.

A general rule of thumb for extreme fashion like this is that if college kids or NFL/NBA stars are wearing it, you better be in that category too or it's going to look real bad.

 

[logicman69]

Yeah..... not for me. First off I am not skinny enough to pull off that look. Second, I can see every rich frat-boy wanna be bro trying to pull this look off. Think popped collars, frosted tips, and fake tans..... Just run away... run far away.

 

[bobdabilder]

It's like a market proliferation test. To measure the speed and depth of a subject's proliferation into the web. It's intentional.

Why is the entire internet suddenly talking about these things today? I had neither seen nor heard of them before this morning, and suddenly they're all over facebook, news sites, reddit... and now talkbass too.

I have a sneaking suspicion that we're all targets of a massive viral marketing campaign.

 

[JimmyThunder]

This is not a fashion trend, you will not see anyone wearing these unless they're the type who dress "ironically" for the giggles, this is merely clickbait from an agent provocateur marketing guy.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

OK, so there was Bond(at the spa in "Goldfinger")and Bowie rocked a similar look at one point during the Ziggy days, and maybe Freddie Mercury as well, but I just dunno...
Why everyone is talking about male rompers - CNN.com

Bowie looked stylish in anything from a shiny suit to a flowery dress, and as for Freddie anyone who can get away with a cape and sparkly leggings onstage can wear whatever they want without fear of criticism...

But those guys in that link look ridiculous.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Part of it is. Nothing wrong with being fashionable, but when you push in a certain direction you send a message to people. That's really what clothes are. They send a message out to people about what you find comfortable to wear in public.

This is why men who wore Ed Hardy Tees and embroidered jeans were labeled as metrosexuals.

A man wearing a romper is a bad look. It's not going to be accepted as a manly look. And by that I mean, man versus boys (college kids and down), not woman versus man. College fashions lately have been really bad in this regard. Example - Justin Bieber saggy pants and super long waisted Tees. Again, this is stuff that a man over 25 probably doesn't want to wear. It has nothing to do with sexism, it's more about balancing a look of maturity and self-awareness with fashion sense.

A general rule of thumb for extreme fashion like this is that if college kids or NFL/NBA stars are wearing it, you better be in that category too or it's going to look real bad.

If you are categorizing masculine as good and feminine as bad, which is what is being done here, there is a degree of sexism involved. We as a society have categorically said man = good and woman = bad and that is what is being reinforced here. The entire of idea of "what a real man wears" is rooted in sexism.

 

[andruca]

Not nice to see this derailing into a gender argument. Maybe we should take jokes as what they are and ourselves less seriously (so as to not pretend to give each other lessons). As for me, I'm mostly envious of people being able to get away with that look, you have to be real thin not to look clownish. I'm more the Dickies shorts "robust" kinda' guy.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

To me it makes the models look like giant babies. I don't wanna look like a giant baby with Ray Bans. : D

Hey now, I love me some giant babies in Ray Bans.

 

[edencab]

For the apparel oft proclaims the man
Bill Shakespeare

 

[RBrownBass]

A general rule of thumb for extreme fashion like this is that if college kids or NFL/NBA stars are wearing it, you better be in that category too or it's going to look real bad.

 

[electracoyote]

OK, so there was Bond(at the spa in "Goldfinger")and Bowie rocked a similar look at one point during the Ziggy days, and maybe Freddie Mercury as well, but I just dunno...
Why everyone is talking about male rompers - CNN.com

Back in the day we called them "pajamas."

Freddie's were practically painted on, revealing to the world he typically wore it to the left.

 

[electracoyote]

This is not a fashion trend, you will not see anyone wearing these unless they're the type who dress "ironically" for the giggles, this is merely clickbait from an agent provocateur marketing guy.

I agree. It's like something Borat would wear.