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Another odd fellow from Asia, or maybe just very open-minded.
A 36-year-old former computer programmer and cosplay enthusiast has been getting a lot of attention on Chinese social media for his decision to wear flamboyant Lolita-style dresses and makeup to work every day.
For the past two years, he has been wearing his cosplay garments on a daily basis and spending hours every morning putting on his flashy makeup before going to work.
His wife, who shares his love for Lolita fashion, not only approves of his unusual dressing style but regularly helps him put on his makeup. D-Jiang said that he doesn’t really care what others think of his unique dressing style, because what’s important is that he likes it.
His wardrobe boasts more than 200 Lolita dresses, which cost a total of more than 400,000 yuan (US$55,000). He also keeps a meticulously organised spreadsheet detailing the prices, colours, names and frequency of wear for each dress.
“I believe that clothing has no gender. When I wear a dress, it does not mean that I am wearing women’s clothes. A dress is just a dress in itself.”
He also said that " the routine has also given him a deeper understanding of the challenges that women face."
“Before pants, everyone wore dresses. The gender of clothing is a societal convention, not something innate. This can be changed.”
As the president of his company’s anime club, he also encourages shy colleagues to do the same despite their inhibitions.
If women can wear men clothes and it's totally normal, why men wearing women clothes should be considered weird?
Men have been wearing dresses for centuries. Ancient Romans wore draped togas. Men in the 14th century wore tights under skirts almost daily.
The Great Male Renunciation (French: Grande Renonciation masculine) is the historical phenomenon at the end of the 18th century in which Western men stopped using brilliant or refined forms in their dress, which were left to women's clothing.
So, the pants trend for men is pretty recent - long gowns and full-skirted coats remained acceptable and fashionable parts of the male wardrobe until the first half of the 20th century,
BTW:
Until World War I, little boys were dressed in skirts and had long hair. Sexual “color coding” in the form of pink or blue clothing for infants was not common in this country [the US] until the 1920s; before that time male and female infants were dressed in identical white dresses.
Love the confidence! If he's happy, his wife is on board, and it doesn't create problems at work then I'm happy for him. I wish more people were able to live a life of their choosing.
I am 100 percent behind the idea of clothing being non gender specific, wear what makes you feel good!
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I'm with you. Lolita as in the perverted attraction to young girls? I just don't see anything positive about going down that road. Male or female.
Lolita style is a Japanese subculture where people dress like Victorian dolls. It doesn't have anything to do with Nabokov or sexual practices (though everything does turn into porn, eventually.)
More power to this guy, to me, it's no weirder than walking around in a cowboy hat, boots, and jeans when you're not a rancher.
I'm old-fashioned on this one. But not for sheer "how we've always done it reasons." Rather for psychological reasons.
Work should have an element of play to it or it can become unbearable. But bringing cosplay into the office is a bridge too far unless you are in the costume or entertainment business.
I believe, as many behaviorists do, that what you wear is an expression of how you act or at least influences how people react to you. More work gets done when the clothing matches the activity. School administration has known this for decades. Restaurants and offices know it also.
Sometimes people expressing their individuality in team situations may indicate a creativity that suggests they will function even better in a different setting. That's a plus.
Other times it means you have a nonplayer who seeks attention above team building and may signal disruption or the beginning of a mass mutiny. That's a minus no company has time for.
If you're a good boss and like a little fun at work, perhaps have a "Cosplay Day" every now and then to accommodate your more unconventional workers. Maybe everyone would enjoy permission to let their hair down now and then.
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