Man skirt designed by Graefin, Berlin

Black man skirt.


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Black tailored skirts



The skirts

In fact, there are two skirts, tailored by a dressmaker in Berlin. Except for the fabric, they are almost identical, one skirt being lightweight and the other one heavyweight. They have no pleats at the back. Instead, the four yards of fabric accommodate deep pleats at both sides, just like the previously mentioned kilt variant in Elliott tartan. On the front, they both have an inside pocket, closed by a vertical zipper, and five belt loops. The skirts are closed with Velcro.

You might also have called these skirts kilt variants.. However, the man, who had them designed and gave them to me, when he no longer would wear them, thought them to be skirts, and I have stuck with his positioning.

The length is 24”. Therefore, they tend to cover my knees.

Being skirts, and having a pocket, I’ll never wear a sporran with them.




The pictures

27 pictures, two of them taken in Kiel, Germany, and the rest close to my home.

As you see, I will complement the skirts with sneakers, Chelsea boots, kilt hose, short socks, no socks, or even tights. If you, like me, emphasise a manly appearance, you should, with a skirt, go no further than to wear it with pantyhose, and rather heavy shoes or boots. With them, you are still, with a decent margin, in most Western cultures, just a man in a skirt, and, therefore, at no risk of being placed in some LGBTQ+ drawer. But one more item, typically connected with women’s wardrobe, like heels or long hair, might bring you over the border.

This page was revised 2025, September 9.