The Last Exile

Courtesy of China Hush – who poses the question -

A fashion phenomenon spreading through East Asia is matching outfits for couples. Personally, I find nothing wrong with such outfits – I think they are endearing, creative, and open up opportunities for collaboration. However, the usual response I’ve noticed from people from Western countries is that it is childish, immature, and the ever descriptive “gay” I say: Why not have fun with our significant other? Why don’t we aesthetically display our affection?

Personally, I wouldn’t use ‘gay’ as a negative adjective to describe the matching outfits for couples as most of the gay couples I know have rather conservative classic taste in clothing, but hey, maybe its my circle of acquaintances. I suspect the western ‘distaste’ for matching outfits is probably a culture holdover from the bibical injunction of not wearing the clothes of the other ’sex’.

My buddy Beachnut waded into the comments when I posted on a picture of a his/her costume taken in Israel during Purim:

And I think it’s tacky to wear similar shoes like his date.
He should have his own style.

Not to be outdone, Backseat Blogger had this to say:

oh man, ain’t that the truth beachnut!
it is sooooooooooooo creepy when you see these couples dressed IDENTICALLY coming down the street. There’s just something a little bit ‘off’ about them

Normally, I wear dresses and/or skirt-suits so if I was looking for husband number #4 and a prospect showed up at my door wearing the same dress as me; it would probably put me off enough him and make it onto my list of dating rule don’ts. Although, I might make an exception; if he was wearing a kilt. Kilts can look fine on a man…and now they can even be kosher.