Aren't trousers a wonderful invention.
Far better than skirts.
How did we ever manage before?

I think trousers are more practical when doing cartwheels or riding a horse.

They are

I hate trousers.

My mum still wears skirts most days, she does own a a pair of trousers but she hardly ever wears them. I live and die in mine.

I wear jeans - are they classed as trousers or just as jeans? I wear cords too but I think they are probably classed as trousers not sure, I don't wear linen trousers or polyester or anything like that though.

I'm not a skirt kinda gal.

lol! i nominate this thread for randomest thread of the week

Jeans are my favourite trousers too.
So versatile.
It's Wrangler for me.
Mind you , I had to buy a purse cos my loose change was wearing out my pockets.
Nothing's perfect I guess .

Yes, wonderful

Apart from the more backward countries, where females still have blood whipped from their backs, for the 'crime' of wearing them

I can't buy Wrangler jeans or Levi or any of the ones I really like cause my legs are so small I have to cut the bottoms off and then they look mad so I have to buy petite ones and even then they are too long. One of my wee gripes in life.

I read that thread, bloody awful.

Might be justified for some kinds of sweat pants.

mantyhose are the future unless your overweight and look like shit in tight clothes

I usually wear trouser, but i am not really liking hipsters, really looking forward to high waisted trousers and jeans to come back into fashion.

So would I if it were not for the paunch.

The trousers were invented by the Iranians believe it or not.

I wish there were more skirt type things that it was acceptable for men to wear. I like the idea of in summer just being able to wrap something around and head off all loose like.
All we have at the moment is the kilt which is a bit formal or the sarong which never really caught on. Trousers are great but I wish it was more acceptable for us guys to wear skirts without it being a big deal. Trousers must be a realatively recent thing so men must have worn something like a skirt for ages. Bring back the toga.

I've always wanted to know why they're called 'pair of trousers' or even the need for the s at the end as they're not technically plural?

P.S You're not allowed to come up with "because there are two legs" as we have two arms and don't describe t-shirts/jumpers etc as being a 'pair of jumpers'.

There is a guy who must be in his late 50s early 60s who works for the same organisation as me but a different department. He has a full, bushy grey beard and wears a shirt and tie and suit jacket with a calf length tweed skirt.

I have three "mens" skirts - one a wrap-round camaflauge effort, and two leather jobbies (one above-knee, one below knee). No-one thinks it's cross-dressing, just male fashion that' slightly different.
Some parts of the world (Sri Lanka, Fiji) you may go a week and not see a bloke in trousers/shorts. It only takes a week for a fashion to catch on.....

I'm the same - I nearly always wear jeans but I sometimes wear skirts in the summer.

I always class jeans as a sub-group of trousers.

I love trousers.

Howard H, is that a Utilikilt you're talking about? Can you get them in the UK?

They are not described as being "ultilikilt" but I know what you mean.
Try google and see if there are any UK manufacturers, I bet if there are they are waaay too expensive.

One tip for guys wearing skirts is to masculine them up a bit by wearing a large belt - leather with buckles sort of thing. Probably means adding your own belt loops, and maybe a couple of pockets for cash/keys etc, but it can be easily done.

Best male skirts (knicked from women) I reckon are combat, leather or denim, worn with strong boots/shoes. No dresses, no floral patterns

God Bless them !