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pink shirts!!!

kdouglas · 2005-01-07 02:41:02

since when, has i it become publicly acceptable for men to wear pink clothing??? now dont get me wrong, i'm a very open-minded person, not homophobic or anything and not sexist, i believe everyone does their own thing and who am i to judge, but seriously, since when is pink a man's colour? its getting to the point where…

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since when, has i it become publicly acceptable for men to wear pink clothing???

now dont get me wrong, i'm a very open-minded person, not homophobic or anything and not sexist, i believe everyone does their own thing and who am i to judge, but seriously, since when is pink a man's colour? its getting to the point where there is no difference between men and womens clothing, we're all becoming cross-dressers!!

just wondering what the general opinion is on this??

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#2 07-01-2005 2:47am

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Why not? It can look good esp on guys with darker skin. (pink skin + pink clothes = not good)

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#3 07-01-2005 3:22am

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I have one and get a lot of positive comments on it.

I quote: "I like a man who is not afraid to wear a bit of colour."

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#4 07-01-2005 3:28am

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pinks grand in small bits.. but like full shirt... eehh no..

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#5 07-01-2005 3:28am

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Depends on the shade too.

What are we talking about here: pale or neon?

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#6 07-01-2005 4:06am

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I think its Marvellous. Makes people like me look great for not wearing it.

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#7 07-01-2005 5:40am

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Even from a gay person's point of view I think it looks bad on men. On the other hand, it looks good on women.

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#8 07-01-2005 7:43am

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I noticed that were loads of pink shirts in the shops over xmas alright - but havent seem many ppl wearing them - I know I wouldnt put one on anyway - just wouldnt feel right in it!

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#9 07-01-2005 8:41am

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It takes a certain type of man to credibly wear a pink shirt & the only one i can think of at this moment is Elvis.

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#10 07-01-2005 10:01am

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Pink shirts are not good and any guys who do decide to wear them please please make sure your friends don't have the same idea. I saw 3 lads in the Blanch centre the other day all wearing pink shirts. Needless to say they looked like a bunch of idiots.

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#11 07-01-2005 10:03am

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Ah i wouldnt be able to take any bloke seriously in a pink shirt!It just does not look good!In fact, every bloke ive seen wearing a pink shirt in my lifetime not once have i been able to refrain from having a little laugh at them to myself!

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#12 07-01-2005 10:07am

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kdouglas wrote:

since when, has i it become publicly acceptable for men to wear pink clothing???

now dont get me wrong, i'm a very open-minded person, not homophobic or anything and not sexist, i believe everyone does their own thing and who am i to judge, but seriously, since when is pink a man's colour? its getting to the point where there is no difference between men and womens clothing, we're all becoming cross-dressers!!

just wondering what the general opinion is on this??

any chance you were in zanzibar for new years if not you would have died... there was more men in pink than women!!!

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#13 07-01-2005 10:08am

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i don't wear pink and i'm a girl!!!!

once your over 6 it isn't cute any more

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#14 07-01-2005 10:48am

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i think it really depends on what your wearing with a pink shirt, if your careful i think it can be carried off very well. Nothing like light trousers to match your light shirt to ruin the effect.

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#15 07-01-2005 10:56am

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The whole pink shirt has be coming for a few years, you cant turn your head in spain or italy and you will see some man wearing a pink shirt it was only a matter of time before it infected Ireland. Or worse pink runners on a man!

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#16 07-01-2005 10:57am

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Kingsize wrote:

It takes a certain type of man to credibly wear a pink shirt & the only one i can think of at this moment is Elvis.

Well Said

K.

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#17 07-01-2005 11:10am

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i agree it looks horrendous. The guy giving us a course atm is wearing one!

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#18 07-01-2005 11:16am

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I know a guy in work who wears a jumper, strips, grey and Salmon pink.... Looks quite nice I wouldn't wear it though.

John

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#19 07-01-2005 11:25am

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simu wrote:

Why not? It can look good esp on guys with darker skin. (pink skin + pink clothes = not good)

Spot on

Open necked, long sleeved light pink shirt, well cut flat-front trousers, leather loafers = great look.

What I can't stand is women in those god-awful neon pink towelling tracksuits. This has to be worst female fashion trend in years.

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#20 07-01-2005 11:30am

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not my cuppa........

ITS NOT PINK, ITS SALMON

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#21 07-01-2005 11:38am

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i've a pink shirt and it looks great under a suit jacket!
i often wear it on special occasions.... it used, would you believe, belong to my lesbian tomboy friend.
mmnnn...

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#22 07-01-2005 2:28pm

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I've seen LOADS of people dress in pink in Hong Kong, not in Ireland though, well not in Galway anyways.

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#23 07-01-2005 4:31pm

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i was introduced to a friend (female) new boyfriend over the xmas who basically was an snimal,huge guy,loadsa tattoos,piercings etc,he was wearing a pink tshirt with "tough guys wear pink!" on it..........i dunno but he still managed to make it look a bit gay!!!

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#24 07-01-2005 4:33pm

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gucci wrote:

i was introduced to a friend (female) new boyfriend over the xmas who basically was an snimal,huge guy,loadsa tattoos,piercings etc,he was wearing a pink tshirt with "tough guys wear pink!" on it..........i dunno but he still managed to make it look a bit gay!!!

I bet you didn't tell him that..

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#25 07-01-2005 4:35pm

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gucci wrote:

i was introduced to a friend (female) new boyfriend over the xmas who basically was an snimal,huge guy,loadsa tattoos,piercings etc,he was wearing a pink tshirt with "tough guys wear pink!" on it..........i dunno but he still managed to make it look a bit gay!!!

LOL Very YMCA..

K.

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#26 07-01-2005 4:39pm

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I think a light pink shirt can be fine if it's worn with a well cut suit but as previous posters have said you need to have the right skin-tone to get away with it.

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#27 07-01-2005 4:57pm

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some pink shirts can be nice on guys , personally im more a blue kinda gurl.

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#28 07-01-2005 5:04pm

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Pink looks terrible on guys. Awful!

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#29 07-01-2005 5:30pm

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Disaster

Bad

Not so bad

Depends really!

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#30 07-01-2005 5:36pm

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As if a different colour shirt would have looked good in the first one

Will Smith can get away with anything.

Another example of someone who shouldn't wear pink, or at least not that shade of it:

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#31 07-01-2005 6:44pm

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bacon? wrote:

ITS NOT PINK, ITS SALMON

This is true.

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#32 07-01-2005 6:59pm

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I've got a cool pink Firetrap t-shirt and I have to say it's one of my favs! More to do with the fit than the colour though... Never had any negative vibes as a result of wearing it either. I guess I'm just one of those people who can pull off stuff like pink t-shirts!

Would wear any other items of clothing that were pink though...

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#33 07-01-2005 7:03pm

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I've a pink shirt and I can't say I've ever thought that it was strange to own one.

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#34 07-01-2005 9:40pm

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ColHol wrote:

Disaster

Bad

Not so bad

Depends really!

Will Smith is gay?!

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#35 07-01-2005 9:51pm

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Milkman Dan wrote:

i've a pink shirt and it looks great under a suit jacket!

That was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this thread!! I think that pink can look gorgeous on guys when they wear a jacket with it, or white tshirt underneath it. I've seen loads of Ralph Lauren models wearing it. I know they're not exactly your average guy but still. If you're daring enough then give it a shot. Obviously looks the best with dark eyes/hair/skin. Not enough men wear pink, they seem afraid of it. If you think you can pull it off, go for it! Looks kinda hot

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#36 07-01-2005 10:10pm

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Listen to me very carefully. If a man wears a pink shirt, HE IS GAY.

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#37 07-01-2005 10:52pm

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CuLT wrote:

Will Smith is gay?!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2175229&postcount=5

:rolleyes:

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#38 07-01-2005 11:11pm

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kdouglas wrote:

since when, has i it become publicly acceptable for men to wear pink clothing???

From what I've seen on TV, Pink is really in with Newsreaders, esp. the men.
So it does appear to be publicly acceptable.
The thing is, they sneak it in, bit by bit. A pink tie first, maybe pink socks on Pat Kenny next then before you know it, RTE and BBC look like the LGB society of ireland (no offence LGBers).

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#39 08-01-2005 12:09am

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Agent Orange wrote:

Listen to me very carefully. If a man wears a pink shirt, HE IS GAY.

hate-monger guilty of hate-crimes

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#40 08-01-2005 1:36am

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I would never wear a pure pink shirt, however I do own a shirt with pink stripes which I quite like :cool:

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#41 08-01-2005 1:56am

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since when is pink a man's colour?

For years actually, and blue was originally a girl's colour. It was only after WW2 that they were switched.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=238733

Interesting little factoid for you.

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#42 08-01-2005 2:32am

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Jefferson Darcy wrote:

Spot on

Open necked, long sleeved light pink shirt, well cut flat-front trousers, leather loafers = great look.

What I can't stand is women in those god-awful neon pink towelling tracksuits. This has to be worst female fashion trend in years.

The first part is quite like the IT manager in Green Wing. He's cool.

The second part (about pink tracksuits) is like the slag in Little Britain who says, "yah, but no but, yah, but no but, yah, but no but..."

The other Irish female fashion thingy I hate is the white coat with the big poofy collar. FFS!!

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#43 08-01-2005 1:20pm

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Pet wrote:

For years actually, and blue was originally a girl's colour. It was only after WW2 that they were switched.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=238733

Interesting little factoid for you.

Interesting indeed, i never knew that!

I guess maybe we're going through a reversal of trends yet again, maybe in another 100 years time we'll all be questioning since when is blue a mans colour? (or pink a girls colour)

Hugh Hefner wrote:

The other Irish female fashion thingy I hate is the white coat with the big poofy collar. FFS!!

I agree with that!

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#44 08-01-2005 1:35pm

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It takes a lot of self confidence to wear pink so I don't think men should be put down for wearing it. it's not doing anyone any harm is it?

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