Cargo skirts in equally traffic-stopping shades ... "It was used mainly as a runway statement," said Alice Feillard, men's buying director at Galeries Lafayette, a Ouest stockist.

However, wearing the skirt did not start with him. Men wearing skirts started way back before women began putting them on. The piece of cloth around the man’s waist has been there for centuries ...

Men wearing skirts started way back before women began putting them on. The piece of cloth around the man’s waist has been in existence for centuries and it’s a symbol of masculinity.

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 are more likely to put off buying new undergarments in a fiscally ... When Dior released long, voluminous skirts in 1947, the trend seemed to foreshadow the recession of 1949.

Some men in the group, for instance, have donned mini-skirts to protest a senior government official’s suggestion that women should not wear short skirts on public transport to avoid being raped.

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.