Mens clothes shortage!

Calling all designers!

I am begging you to design at least some mens clothes!
Please please please!

pretty please with suger on top

Men like myself are having major problems finding clothes, so make some mens clothes and profit!

What are you looking for. I specialize in female so far, but wouldn't mind working on some men's clothing if you give me some ideas of what you are looking for.

Yeah, I am starting to do more men's clothing also. I mean as a guy though I really don't buy alot so give me some stuff you want. Right now I do have some Novelty T-Shirts and Jeans. I want to do some like shirts, plaid type to wear over regular t-shirts because I personally like wearing layers of stuff.

Part of the problem with mens clothing has nothing to do with lack of ideas... it has to do with the templates used for creating clothing as they seem to be catered to the female figure. I can't tell you how many things that I have made and once uploaded and worn by a male avatar that looked extraordinarily effeminate.

In any case... I am aware of the shortage of mens clothing in SL and am trying to get a few new things up every week.

-Jennyfur

Yeah it is a problem for sure..

I have one of the larger collections of mens... about 60 items

Another problem with mens is well much like rl lack of....fun clothes. Women have sexy clothing thats interesting to make.
(Look up lingerie for men and you will understand)

Mens clothes tends to be baggy...open..hang down..lots of pockets and so on with hoods and such which when it translates to a AV body which is flat..... very ugly or at least really hard to get it to look right or good.

But there is some around and more coming. But face it women shop more and love clothing.

You will notice most of the clothiers are women and they mostly make female clothing...why cause they love clothes.

heheh

I think it's a misconception that men's clothing isn't as 'fun'. Granted, you don't wear frills and skirts as a man, but if you're into anything punk/goth, there's a lot more. That's why I design primarily unisex stuff. It covers both markets. There's a lot you can do within the realm of a t-shirt.

I don't design a lot of really girly stuff (though I have a few pieces, and gowns and things) because I'm aware of the lack of men's clothes. So I design for both. Another thing to think of: Just because it's displayed on a female model, what makes it for a woman only? Really, since fit isn't an issue, aside from a few things in the casual realm, why can't you wear it? Why can't you wear jeans that are on a woman unless they're like...indecently low? This of course, is leaving out the obvious like dresses and club shirts and miniskirts. But if it's a casual shirt, a man can wear it too! Free your mind. Clothing in SL isn't neatly cut between men and women, because there aren't different sized templates for men and women.

I love designing for men. I think it can be just as fun to do as women's things. I also always have an ear open to what people want. Button up shirts are...really hard, harder than you'd think. I paint all my stuff, and painting a collar that looks good is very difficult, especially in white or black. Patterns are difficult too as they get really tricky to match up from top to botton and front to back. SL's templates aren't very good so it makes this kind of thing difficult.

I will admit that men don't shop as much as women. I have a few male customers who I am eternally grateful for who shop from me a lot. But the majority of guys will not own multiple outfits and aren't big shoppers. So if you guys want to be considered a market to create for, get out there and cruise! Poke designers you like into making more men's things. Show them that you're a market that is worth creating for!

Yay Yuki!

I agree! Awhile back I put out a small line of men's clothes and after the first week of them being out, sales dropped off to almost nothing. I gave a few freebies away to friends, who really seemed to like the styles, so I'm not sure I can rack it up to a bad line . I think it's true: men just don't buy as much and if you really want us to get into what you're into -- let us know what you will buy! Get us excited about making stuff for you by giving us feedback .

Zana

If one of you clothing designers ever design a sharp looking zoot suit, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

- Ace

How about this Ace?

And Scoot, I have a qide mens selection in all styles, visit my store at Mocha, (15, 195) or IM me in world!

At the risk of thread hijacking, this is what I really love about you as a designer Yuki. At least when I was newer, almost all the women's clothes in SL were either dress-up formal ball stuff or 'slut' clothes. You are one of the very few designers who understood early on that most women in SL don't want to dress like Cinderella or Striperella most of the time. Most of your designs are fun casual everyday clothes that still look great. I'm so glad you do what you do.

That's sharp, Damien. Very nice!

But its a little too... what's the word?.... RED... that's it... Its too red for my tastes.

Got anything in silver and black?

- Ace

*cough*Michael Jackson*cough*



Briana Dawson

Haha yes, but it's what I had in mind when I thought of the word "zoot"

Plus I had watched The Mask recently before making it but didn't wanna go with yellow hehe.

Aww, thanks TinaStar! At the risk of hijacking again, thank you very much. It's nice to hear that it's appreciated. I have been tempted to go down the clubwear line, because it almost definitely sells better than my casual/funky stuff. But I haven't yet Mostly because I'm a casual/funky person IRL and haven't even owned a miniskirt in years. So I doubt I'll ever do more than a smattering in that category, and even then expect it to be sexy without being revealing, or funky.

Aww, now I have a case of the warm fuzzies!

glad this was posted.. i am to SL and have already bought just about all the mens styles that i would see my self in... some ideas that i was gonna have a friend try are ..

DC shoes and Clothing
Etnies shoes and clothing
Independent Skater clothing line, ie sweaters hats pants
Trucker Hats =)
Few more colorful striped button up front shirts.. Check old navy for design styles..

These are just a few ideas off the top of my head. From what i have seen in mens fasion its either a Tuxedo Baggy Jeans or Leather thong,,, not much there,,
But my kudos to those designers man you guys make it look as real as it gets.. Later
Nenos Dragonfly
also on a side note if there is any tattoo artist.. Im lookin for some FULL SLEEVES.. send a IM

If I could ever find any tips on doing button down collars and the like I would gladly pour out some men's clothes

I have to recommend Trent Hedges as a choice fashion designer for men's clothes.

I find that most prominent textilemakers, even those that design primarily for women, also have a men's selection, albeit limited in comparison.

I know it's tuff

It's not that men don't go shopping as much, its that we get frustrated with having to sift through 300 tube tops, bras, skirts, etc for 1 nice pair of pants or shirt. Men don't have the shopping gene as a whole. We like to go somewhere, find cool clothes and then leave, not hunt for the elusive bargain or the shirt no one else is gonna have.

I do a lot of men's clothing. Mostly casual wear, though there are a few suit jackets and that sort.

Check out Little Rebel in Gallinas, or Jonquille Noir on SLexchange.com

I have a few designs for men at my shop and more will be done in the future. After all i design for myself, so i will never stop designing for men
For instance later today i will release my new tuxedo

I was recently to Leyla Firefly's shop and she has a line of men's cloths there now, most which is quite nice. The only comment I did hear while shopping was that all the cloths seemed to be with logo and the men were not particularly happy with having a logo across their cloths, but I really liked what she had to offer in way of the men's line... and forgive me I forget the name of the logo off hand i think it was something like Gecko or something. But for trendy fashion I would point the men in her direction... i know under my chrismas tree some lucky guy is geting a few of Leyla's outfits

Bah! Says who? I bought one of Neph's outfits and pilfered a skirt from the woman's version of the outfit and it looks surprisingly good. A little on the cyber-goth-punk side, but it's cool.

There definately needs to be more men's clothing of all types.

If you are looking for casual men's clothing, check out WebSpinning Design. The Trek Collection is preppy conservative, while the new Concept Collection is club/sport casualwear.

Check out my signature or in-world profile for vendor locations.

i make DC skate shoes..some skate clothes though not necessarily brand name
check out one of my stores, it is called Tokushu Nyanko Designs