This question may or may not be inspired by the 4 (four) separate novelty t-shirts I received for Christmas, none of which I’ll ever wear.
They’re thin and scratchy AF, have weird sharp labels, and 2 of them seem to have an S-sized neck opening when they’re all size L.
The designs are fun and I appreciate the thoughts behind them all, but I’m going to stick with my plain cotton ones because they’re soft and comfy, and long enough to not show my back every time I lean forward.
What winds you up about the clothes on offer to men?
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Just because the abdominal circumference of my teeshirts is larger than your average bear’s doesn’t mean I want wide sleeves and necklines, too.
While there certainly are bad products out there, for me (average sized guy) there are no real fundamental problems equivalent to missing pockets for women
Synthetic materials like polyester being advertised as “active wear”, when its really just a cheap alternative to cotton.
As a larger man (6’3″, 250) it’s mostly bizarre fit problems. Like skinny leg pants as the waist size gets bigger. I mean, I understand skinnier legs if the waist size is 30″. But if a man is buying 40″ waists, he doesn’t have skinny legs!
Or when I buy a sweatshirt and the body is fine and the shoulders are fine……but the sleeves are like 6 inches too long and flapping like elephant trunks. Like……who the fuck is that shirt made for.
The problem is most clothing designers are either women or smaller guys. And if the clothing designer is a tall man, he doesn’t weigh 250 pounds (via a combo of free weights, pizza and craft beer). They just don’t understand bigger body sizes.
In the old days when I still wore ties to work, the internal constructions of ties would drive me nuts. Some were just impossible to tie a good knot with……and it’s because the tie designers do not themselves wear ties, so they don’t tell the company to buy a certain type of internal material so it ties well.
For me, one of the main gripes is choice. The women’s section of a shop is 3/4 of the shop with a large variety of options for all kinds of clothes. For men, we have a small corner with 2-3 of everything in either black, grey or navy blue. No wonder guys are conditioned to not be interested in fashion or how they look. We don’t get to choose what we wear if we follow what the shops tell us to wear.
I also like to wear clothes that show off my butt as I feel its my best asset. That’s not easy with men’s clothes. Most jeans, joggies and even leggings hide your butt. With all the styles of jeans (straight cut, boot cut, skinny etc) none really show the bum. It’s more about how tight the legs are. Plus they’ll have such a high rise that they’re halfway up your back! Compare this to women’s where it’s all about the ass.
Trouser lengths.
Bro, that shit is so restrictive I end up just getting them tailored.
I am tall and skinny as hell. If things fit me long ways their way too big around and too short of they’re the right size around.
Not enough shops or options compared to womens clothing
Lack of variety.
Hey, 5’3” tall boy here. Where do I find jeans that fit on my hips but aren’t 10 inches longer than my legs?
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Damn near every shirt I like HAS to be tailored to fit properly. Sleeves are great, torso is too short or vice versa. Either my ass looks nice in some jeans, or they squeeze the hell out of my thighs. Also, why the hell is a basic collared shirt $30? Another thing. Why the FUCK is a decent watch (not Walmart level Casio, or other name) so fucking expensive? It tells time, it’s not a Rolex, why the fuck is it $300?
X-Small, Small, Medium, Large & X-Large are just guidelines and all are interchangeable depending on the brand. This makes shopping online next to impossible.
a lot of dress pants come with built in boners. you sit down and the fabric bunches up around the crotch making it look like you are rock hard. khakis in the past were most notorious of this for me.
Still waiting for [caftans](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Kurd_Man.png) to make a comeback.
Tight pants. You get two measurements on the jeans. Waist and leg length. Okay what about thigh or calf size? Nope nothing, just abstract concepts of what their cuts mean.
Small selection of choices, and most pants/jeans fit everywhere except the ass..
It’s very difficult to shop for a set of plate armour
Where in the he’ll are all these tiny men that clothing stores order for???
I’ll go into a store looking for some jeans, and there will be 20 pair of size 30 waist, and nothing bigger than a 36. Where are these guys?? I only know one guy who fits that size.
Further to that, when and why did a size 38 waist stop being 38 inches?? I can try on five different 38 pants from five different manufacturers, and none of them are the same. Why?!?!
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I have a 27” waist and most mens belts aren’t made smaller than a 30”. So I have to buy luxury children’s belts it I want legitimate quality.
Pretty much all “nice” pants are unbelievably uncomfortable. I wish there were a male version of sun dresses, something free and billowy that doesn’t constrict anywhere on the body, they look so breezy and comfortable.
Ties are complete bullshit. Stripey nooses.
Quality is a must. So many plain and affordable type of clothing just fits like crap. It’s like cookie cutter for a basic guy build, but we come in all shapes and sizes.
My biggest issue is I have wide shoulders and long arms, but I’m kinda skinny. So anything that fits my shoulders and arms, looks like I’m wearing a tent. Fit my torso, can’t be long sleeves…and hugs the crap out of my shoulders.
Just gimme a long armed, skinnier guy shirt. And make the torso portion longer…nobody wants to see my midsection when I raise my arms.
Suits with a bit more give. I’m sick of buying a new suit every year because I gained or lost a few pounds.
I guess this isn’t really “male” fashion, I don’t know, but more sweatpants that tie at the waist need fucking zippers. I have to tie mine tight to keep them from falling, but then when I gotta piss, the knots turn into a fucking Rubix cube.
Shirts seem to be designed with the thought that a Man is just a cylinder with a few additional cylinders attached at the shoulders and neck.
I’d like to find more shirts that fit me at the shoulders AND the waist. If I go large to fit my shoulders better, the rest of the shirt just… hangs out. If I go medium to fit my waist better, its always tight and bunched-up at the shoulders.
I wouldn’t mind men’s skirts being a thing.
In the summer it was absolutely baking where I am, and being able to wear a dress would have been great.
I’m not sure how much that has to do with my own homophobia, or it being an actual issue though.
Zippers. I’m always terrified of getting my balls caught in them
Insufficient dickroom
Work attire. Women have so much choice in clothing. Men have to wear some variation of a suit. As a teacher these differences r most apparent.
Tight-ass pants that cut off the circulation of the boys. I am not packing a mandingo down there but damn it I need room for the boys to breath.