Horrible article in Washington Post

[GlassMan]

There was a horrible article today in the Washington Post about kilts. It's about the kid who wore kilts & skirts to school to protest the "no shorts" policy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...012602013.html

The author keeps confusing kilts with skirts and is just plain condescending throughout.

[chacbalam]

This article is just plain bad. I was expecting outrages either for or against this guys choice to wear a skirt (why would he wear a skirt anyway?) or a kilt to school. Instead it turns out that the artcle critiques his fashion sense.

This artcle is just plain weird. I had no idea that the Queer Eye guys were writing for the post.

[Pleater]

That 'skirt' looks better to me than some stretched out polyester 'school trousers' or denim jeans ever would.

So the lad is chunky - and wears a tee shirt and trainers - shock and surprise!!?!! Hardly.

The writer of the article can't have seen many young men around - maybe his minders keep him away from them in case he has one of his funny turns?

At least by putting on a kilt the lad is showing a good sartorial instinct which might lead on to tucking the tee shirt in, or even better things in future.

[cessna152towser]

Previous thread about Coviello and his "skirt" here:-
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15369

[Blu (Ontario)]

This is not a bad article. Perhaps painfully honest. It expresses nothing more than what the general population of North America and much of the world thinks with regard this individual wearing skirts (..the kilt in this case is simply a vehicle..) and in particular with dirty running shoes. It does not say anything negative about the kilt specifically. The issue spoken to here is fashion freedom and equality... and the wearer is complimented in this regard.

In the second last paragraph, the author can't resist aiming a jibe at Coviella... which I'm guessing would likely express the sentiment of much of the general public. The author is however exposing his own honest ignorance. (... being bliss?).

However the last paragraph says...

...But Coviello makes a reasonable point. Schools should be fair. If girls can wear skirts, then so should boys. Fashion, however, is not fair. And in matters of style, being right is not the same as winning the argument...

So , whats bad about that? I think we tend to be a bit oversensetive about stories that don't gush with enthusiasm about kilts. Coviella is simply paying the price for stepping outside of the box in our very conformist society.... As do we all from time to time.

[cavscout]

In the authors defence he/she is writing for the fashion section not the front page or political section. This is a good example of why I don't take life advise from Joan Rivers or any of the other hollywood suck ups on the red carpet at the grammy's

[bubba]

I'll be concerned what the kid looks like when fat people in spandex is outlawed.

[Mr. Kilt]

I tend to agree with Blu's line of thought. I didn't find the article to be particularly bad.

[chacbalam]

I didn't realize that the article was in the fashion section. Now it makes more sense.

[furrycelt]

This is a *bad* article. Yeah sure, it is well written. No grammer errors, easy to read, yadda yadda yadda. What makes it awful is the content, the implications, the ideas. If we can draw assumptions about the author, Robin Givhan, from the article; then we can conclude the author leads a trivial and shallow life.

I am annoyed that the kid's character is defined by his choice of colors and shoes. Further, Givhan trivializes the recent interest in MUG's. Worse, by mentioning Brad Pitt in "Troy", the article implies that cutting edge fashion (like MUG's) be only reserved for the "beautiful people". No wait... I went back and re-read... there is no implication; it is blatent! It is people like Givhan that really chap my arse.

Where Coviello's ensemble goes wrong, however, is with...

See, this sentence right here is reason enough to declare this article a waste of time. The use of the word "ensemble" and the fact that it is declared "wrong" (as if there is some high authority that is being offended), just really... [ian then mutters something angry and incoherent]. Of course this is the Washington Post, Fashion section at that; I shouldn't be surprised

-ian