No one knows when the pink and blue code started. Was it with Disney? Girls are told from the moment they are born that they should like pink, and they do.
When they grow up they learn to stay away, by and large, from pinstripes, checks, and straight cuts. But there are good reasons for women to wear men’s clothes.
Many women swear that they get great bargains in the men’s section, especially for a formal look: clothes come in better materials and cost less, if one is not too finicky about body-fitting clothes. Not that slim fit is impossible: check out our models.
Ratul Sood’s (picture above) latest collection at Sood (formerly Burlington’s) proves clearly that women do well in “menswear”.
Besides, it is the idea.
“Women look great in men’s clothes,” says Sood. “Our spring-summer collection, which is light and airy, uses materials like linen and cotton. They come in three sections: daywear, sundowners and eveningwear,” he adds.
“Women look elegant and different in such clothes. It will be a formal, nicely-structured look,” adds Sood. “One must experiment always. Otherwise things will turn boring and stagnant.” He tries to experiment while holding on to classic lines.
“The only problem is that the girls are looking hotter wearing oour clothes,” he says.
This is not cross-dressing, but dressing across. However, men don’t do it as much.
“I feel all men have a feminine side. So it’s up to each of us how much barrier we want to break. Personally I experiment a lot with colour and trends, but when it comes to drapes it’s not me,” he says.
“I’m old school and very masculine when it comes to my own clothes,” he laughs.
Models: Priyanka and Sneha
Make-up: Nabin Das
Photographs: Rashbehari Das
