Men's Fashion

There was a time when you can see a man in pink t-shirt, maybe, in a blue moon. I'm not talking about the pink (salmon pink - almost peachy, pastel pink, pale pink) shirts that quite a number of Singapore men of my father's age already wore decades ago. I'm talking about pink t-shirts. These weren't so common until maybe 2003 and now most guys will have a pink number of two in their wardrobe.

Singapore guys are suckers for overdued trends. Unadventurous in their fashion sense.

I think it takes a certain number of guys (heterosexual or thought to be so) to be found wearing their pink t-shirts in public, positive encouragement from the opposite sex and coercion from girlfriends before the Singapore male will wear a pink t-shirt.

I think the next "feminine" item to worm its way into the Singapore male wardrobe will be the cardigan.

Not the zip varietal. But the nurse-like, matronly knitwear with buttons and a deep neckline.

Or the Beckhamesque "secure by belt" cardigan that is cream coloured with brown horses masquerading as motifs. David Beckham wore that around Rome during TomKat's wedding.

I think a cardigan if worn by muscle-men like James Lye, Tay Ping Hui or Qi Yuwu will look quite off-putting.

But imagine it being worn by Bryan Wong, Chen Hanwei or Xie Shao Guang....Shit....there's something wrong with this list.

The one above as well.

Ok, anyway, Beckham's wore it. So will Singapore guys.

Just like he wore his hair like a fin, Singapore guys had the fin. About a year later. But still there was a trend.

Beckham wore pink. Singapore guys wear pink. Two seasons on.

Since Beckham wore ugly equine-laden cardigan, Singapore males may start to wear cardigans.