Enter the male cargo skirt. At Hed Mayner ... rather than freeing it. "When we design skirts we really treat them as the most utilitarian system of sheltering the lower part of the body," she ...

Domestic designers have also taken androgyny to a new level, dressing their male models in lehengas and skirts. Rohit Bal, the celebrity designer, fashioned his models in long mulmul skirts at India ...

Overheated men and boys in the UK and Europe are defying dress codes by wearing skirts. Bus drivers in France are among those who have been coping with soaring temperatures by ditching their trousers.

Men of all ages have been gathering on the streets of Taiwan wearing skirts, as part of events organised to challenge gender stereotypes and raise awareness of Taiwan's long-awaited marriage bill.