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Hell yes Billy Porter

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JudgeRulesNutterButter · 25/02/2019 11:26

www.vogue.com/article/billy-porter-oscars-red-carpet-gown-christian-siriano

(Apols if there’s a thread already, I couldn’t see one)

Billy Porter wore a gown to the Oscars and I am LOVING his rationale as described in the Vogue article. Challenging gender stereotypes all the way. “I’m a man in a dress.” Bloody brilliant.

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ErrolTheDragon · 25/02/2019 15:43

It's women being pressured (or even forced, by company dress codes etc) into wearing heels etc I have a problem with. Huge difference.

failingatlife · 25/02/2019 15:07

MAN not nan!

failingatlife · 25/02/2019 15:07

Oh I got a bit overexcited there as I thought it was a different Billy Porter! The other BP is a very camp, very funny comedian who used to play all the local clubs in the 90s.
Anyway well done to this nan for rocking that dress!

Mner2019 · 25/02/2019 15:05

He so has pockets!

rocketromano · 25/02/2019 14:50

rocky totally agree re the twitter crowd not getting what FWR is all about.
It’s great that he has done this -more men doing the same would be hugely helpful

NoShitHemlock · 25/02/2019 14:49

What are the odds that (even without Billy Porter being asked), this fucking fabulous dress has pockets?

Grin
OlennasWimple · 25/02/2019 14:42

I loved the outfit too

Mner2019 · 25/02/2019 14:11

The fact that we can pick out individual male celebs who have been seen in a dress says it all. It is a long way from normalised.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 25/02/2019 14:04

dd the way that a man wearing a dress and high heels is lauded to skies on here but a woman wearing the same is just a brainwashed victim of patriarchy

rubbish

megletthesecond · 25/02/2019 13:58

He looks awesome.
It gives me Adam and the Ants / Dandy Highwayman vibes.

DorindaLestrange · 25/02/2019 13:50

Now that is fabulous. We need more of this.

EntirelyAnonymised · 25/02/2019 13:48

Hasnt will Smith's son worn a skirt before too?

And Beckham in his ‘sarong’.

MogPlus · 25/02/2019 13:45

That is spectacular!

whatsthecomingoverthehill · 25/02/2019 13:41

Really MargueritaPink? I'd be interested to see where that has happened.

MargueritaPink · 25/02/2019 13:35

It did look like a dress. Odd the way that a man wearing a dress and high heels is lauded to skies on here but a woman wearing the same is just a brainwashed victim of patriarchy.

GerryblewuptheER · 25/02/2019 13:25

Love it! So refreshing. I wish these things could be more normalised. My gorgeous boy (7y) is torn between his love of dressing up like this and the stereotypes especially as he is one of the more boisterous boys

Hasnt will Smith's son worn a skirt before too?

We definitely need more of this!

Mner2019 · 25/02/2019 13:22

Love it! So refreshing. I wish these things could be more normalised. My gorgeous boy (7y) is torn between his love of dressing up like this and the stereotypes especially as he is one of the more boisterous boys.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 25/02/2019 12:46

I loved it too, especially the way he kept swishing the skirt. It looked really really good, and bizarrely I didn't think it looked at all like a dress IYSWIM.

I wonder how long until he is told he is a tw with internalised transphobia...

WokerThanWoke · 25/02/2019 12:45

It is also refreshing to see a man in typically feminine clothing who then also doesn’t feel the need to look like a caricature of a female as well.

Floisme · 25/02/2019 12:44

Fabulous. Who knows, if it were more acceptable for men and boys to dress up like this, maybe we might have been spared some of the current nonsense.

My only gripe is that I wish he'd said whether he was wearing a corset, and if he was, what it felt like.

HearMeSnore · 25/02/2019 12:43

He looked amazing. Absolutely carried it off. Good for him.

VickyEadie · 25/02/2019 12:37

Looked fabulous. Men should feel free to wear whatever they want. Doesn't make them women.

youllhavehadyourtea · 25/02/2019 12:35

I thought he looked stunning. He wore it so well. He did look like walking art.

GerryblewuptheER · 25/02/2019 12:33

Love it!!!

OvaHere · 25/02/2019 12:14

I think it's great, I'm all for quirky fashion. A lot of the high end pieces are more akin to art than anything else. Refreshing when the wearer doesn't think that clothes magically make them change sex.

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