why men don't wear color

[kindkit]

If my experiences are anything to go by, it's because clothing makers won't let us.


My online shopping experience today:

Me: Please could I have a pair of men's cotton trousers?
OSE: Jeans?
Me: No, not jeans. Jeans are too hot for the summers here.
OSE: Okay, khakis. Here are lots of khakis! You can have them in any shade of khaki.
Me: . . .
OSE: Or black or gray, if you really want to push the envelope.
Me: How about green?
OSE: Olive drab, coming right up!
Me: No, green. Forest green? Hunter green?
OSE: Oh, you want scrubs. Why didn't you say you didn't want real trousers? Here are four pairs of green scrubs. And a couple of sweatpants, just for fun.
Me: *sigh* How about red?
OSE: Two pairs of burgundy scrubs, you weirdo.


For comparison's sake, the men's casual shirt situation is: you can have color if it's blue, or washed-out green or burgundy. If you want other colors, you can only have them in fuck-ugly patterns.


(Colors seem to be slightly more available in men's dress clothes. But my job is not an office job, and I have to wear things that can stand maybe getting dirty.)

Comments

[kass]

My thirteen year old son grouses about this all the time. He favors bright purple and coral and teal, and he is now over six feet tall so is distinctly in men's sizes, where most options are... as you describe.