Couples Switch Outfits

October 15, 2013 8:19 AM

Have you ever wondered how you might look if you switched clothes with someone of the opposite gender?
posted by bdz (9 comments total)

I don't think it's "gender bias" to notice that men and women can both look good in men's clothes (not all examples but many) while unless it's a costume/drag situation or some such, men look absurd in women's clothes. How about the gender bias in fashion design?
posted by bdz at 8:20 AM on October 15, 2013

I would look hot!
posted by Mister_A at 8:22 AM on October 15, 2013

they look ok when they're just standing there at a distance, but good lord try finding anything in the men's section that has fit and function for anything but a standard man.

you're right tho, there is a stark difference in terms of common general looks for men vs women
posted by rebent at 8:24 AM on October 15, 2013

No.
posted by bz at 8:24 AM on October 15, 2013

gingerbeer and I have a rule about leaving the house when we're wearing matching outfits (most commonly, a hoodie, jeans, boots), but it's not a rule we follow terribly stringently. It's mostly just an effort to try not to be a matchy-matchy dyke couple.
posted by rtha at 8:25 AM on October 15, 2013

Ooh, let's play Who Wore It Better?
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 8:25 AM on October 15, 2013

The fact that I am much much bigger than most women is definitely gender bias. As is the fact that I eat more chili in one sitting than most women could in a week.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 8:26 AM on October 15, 2013 [1 favorite]

Previously
posted by burnmp3s at 8:27 AM on October 15, 2013

Most of the women here look perfectly fine in men's clothing but the opposite is rarely true.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 8:27 AM on October 15, 2013 [1 favorite]