If anything, a woman donning a suit is perceived as 'power-dressing,' while a man putting on a dress carries the risk of humiliation because to be femme is inherently seen as being weaker. When a woman wears so-called masculine clothing like pants or a blazer, it rarely goes remarked upon, because such items have become the default. The reverse never seems to be true, though. (Look at me! I'm so confident in my manliness that I can wear this girly stuff without seeming weak!)

However, it could be said that these accoutrements are deployed disingenuously as a means of actually accentuating their masculinity rather than expressing femininity. TikTok influencers like Noah Beck come to mind. It has almost become a cliche at this point that straight, cisgender men will be publicly lauded for 'defying' gender norms by wearing feminine-coded apparel, jewelry, and nail polish. But the mere fact that his outfit made the news, and that I am writing about it again here, speaks to a wider cultural phenomenon. Pitt has a point: life is way too short to not express yourself and wear the clothes you like. 'We're all going to die, so let's mess it up.'

“I don’t know!' he said, when asked by Variety reporter Marc Malkin about his recent sartorial choices. Pitt joked at the time that he wore the skirt because of 'the breeze,' but faced further questioning about the look at the L.A. While shabby chic is definitely an aesthetic that has come to be associated with the actor (he took the 'ruggedly handsome' crown from Robert Redford and has been running with it ever since), tabloids couldn't get over the fact he had shown his knees.

Brad Pitt confused some people at the Berlin premiere of his new movie Bullet Trainwhen he took to the red carpet not in the traditional suit or tux, but an untucked shirt and skirt.

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