I have this wooden frame in my room which has a picture of my dad and I dancing at my cousin’s wedding two years ago (yup, that’s me and my pops, above!). The frame has some nice words about the bond between fathers and their girls, including “Fathers and daughters are so proud of one another. They share big hugs.“
One thing my dad and I don’t share though? Clothes.
This isn’t the case with one famous family though.
It’s American Idol judge Steven Tyler!
His daughter, actress Liv Tyler, recently revealed her dad is constantly borrowing clothes from her collection.
My dad wears girls’ clothes — it’s so funny. Sometimes I see him and I’m like, ‘Nice shirt!,’ because it’s from my closet…I think he’s really handsome. I feel really proud of him.
Our own Lourdes borrows super cute things from her mom’s closet (love the brown striped sweater!), but I think my dad looks quite handsome in the clothes from his own closet. Plus, I think he’s more of a Joseph A. Bank kinda guy than an Ann Taylor kinda guy…
Would you let your dad borrow your clothes? Would you wear something out of his closet?
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i don’t really wear anything that would fall in the “girls clothes for guys” category… no skinny jeans, button up tops, etc. but i’ve worn my dad’s old denim jacket, button up white shirts, etc. i don’t see what the big deal is. i’d rather wear his clothes than my mom’s…….. at least he has a sense of style.
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I’d let my dad borrow my clothes. I guess that isn’t all that weird considering I’m a guy. It would be kind of weird since they wouldn’t even come close to fitting. My step mom use to wear my t-shirts around the house if she just wanted a big shirt to wear while going about her day. I think she actually just took a couple of them.. Anyway, no one probably thinks that’s weird. Women have that privilege. Wearing men’s clothes isn’t generally a big deal. But a man wearing women’s clothes? Weirdo! Freak!
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@Grtt@xanga - lmao!
What about the skinny little dangle bfs who steal their thick girls skinny jeans and fitted hoodies and call them selves skaters? I think they pull it off well.
I remember seeing all of that back in high school.
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since he is a rockstar, then it isn’t that weird because skinny pants and tight fitting tees are normal. his own daughter starred in his Crazy aerosmith music vid twirling on a stripper pole, so this clothing exchange, isn’t that creepy, because it seems like him being him
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@MommyMarty22@xanga - I have no idea what you’re talking about. Wouldn’t ‘thick girl’s skinny jeans’ on a ‘little dangle bf’ just be …uh, jeans? Go look through some of the comments on the posts involving men in skinny jeans. You’ll see a lot of ‘omg’ and ‘eww’ and ‘uh, no, I want my men to look like men’ comments.
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Some clothes suit both sexes, like shirts and tees. My brother and I share each other shirts and tees all the time. I like his big shirts and he likes my tank tops which he wears underneath his shirts!
orchid / 144 posts
This doesn’t surprise me at all. It’s not strange for rockstars in my opinion.
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Steven Tyler is so hot! He can wear whatever he wants!!!
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@Grtt@xanga - lol I agree I prefer my husband larger then me, looking thicker and more muscular then my self. lol My husband wouldn’t be caught dead in skinny jeans. He get’s frustrated in straight legs even… He says he feels restricted and prefers carpenter jeans or joggers over everything…
I’m just saying I noticed and knew a lot of curvy (not fat) girls with skinny, stringy guys and they shared clothes. A lot of teen girls find that sexy I don’t know why exactly. I do not want to be able to break my partner in half… It’s nice to use him to break some one else in half when I can’t
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@MommyMarty22@xanga - Yes, right. You just restated my point. That society deems that line of thought as perfectly acceptable — that men should be ‘manly’ and should only wear clothes specifically designed for them that are oftentimes horrendously baggy and generally don’t fit them all that well (because it seems a lot of men are incapable of actually buying clothing in the right size). While the reverse is not. Women wear men’s clothing all the time. No one cares, and if someone did? They’d probably be called sexist, lol.
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Holy shit I just took a shot in the dark and I was right XD
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@Grtt@xanga - A lot of men really don’t know how to buy clothes in their size and it’s kind of bad. I had to show my husband how to dress in his size because he always bought things way too big. He’d buy extra large clothes when he’s really a medium. I was like “Do you think this makes you look bigger? Do you think you look good in this? You’d look way more put together if you actually wore your size.”
Do men have a body image problem with clothes? Like do they feel bad when they can’t fit a large or they have a 32 size waist? Is it like when women by clothes too small so they can trick themselves into thinking they are a size smaller than they actually are?
As for men wearing women’s clothes…if you look good in it go ahead. Unless you wore a dress and some heels, I wouldn’t know the difference if you rocked it right.
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@Grtt@xanga - lol yeah, it did sound like that…
I think it’s just a what ever is comfortable for the person… I didn’t mean clothes were a preference for me on a guy, I just meant body type… (lol i still sound shallow :/)
If it was his thing to wear tight clothes then I wouldn’t mind he just doesn’t. I would get very mad how ever if he tried to wear my clothes, he would rip them!
It’s his choice he gets fussy if a t shirt is to close to his pits or if he doesn’t have enough “ball room”. Say I get him a right fit pair of slacks and a nice sweater from the gap that clings a bit, he freaks because he feels restricted.
I do also wear myy guys sweats and t shirt or a shirts in house or playing basket ball… Thats it… I guess if my hubby decided to tone up and do the biker shorts/suit thing i wouldn’t mind although he never would.
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@MommyMarty22@xanga - That’s great. And he should wear whatever he’s comfortable in, as should everyone else, men and women. I just don’t think it should necessarily be a reflection of whether or not that person fits our definitions of what is masculine and feminine. They’re just little pieces of fabric, after all.
@merquryd@xanga - Yes, I think some do. I think men have a tendency to buy too big rather than too small though. Maybe they think people just won’t notice extra flab if they wear a tent? Mostly they just end up looking sloppy. I don’t know what the thought process is behind it, but I’m sure plenty of men have body image problems and would just never admit it. I used to; some would say I still do. I’ve had to tell several male friends not only what size they actually are, but how to buy for their body type.
rose / 948 posts
not a huge fan of borrowing..
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That’s interesting.
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He looks really good in his clothes. jealouss
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Oh dear lord, if my dad borrowed my clothes o.0 I would be scarred for life. Really.
Me and mum often borrow each other’s jewelery, we can’t borrow clothes, we’re completely different sizes.
daisy / 658 posts
i was thinking about kelsey grammer when i saw the title.
its been reported by lots of verrrry reputable sources like star and ok magazine that hes a cross dresser.
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Its cute to share! Sharing is caring!
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My dad can’t fit my clothes, and if he asked to borrow any of my stuff (if he could fit them), I’d call his neurologist.
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I have men’s clothes in my wardrobe but they’re really not big enough for anyone to fit except me…
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Don’t see why not he likes shock and flash besides he is just darling but then I am more his age lol
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I borrow my dad’s clothes sometimes. It really just depends what he’s borrowing from her. But also we’re talking about Steven Tyler here. Come on…
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I’ve worn some of my dad’s shirts to bed when my mom sorts them into my pile instead of his..does that count? It would be impossible to be the other way around though, considering he is three times the size of me.