Earlier on in April, ACED Design –a Chicago based company introduced the ‘RompHim’ to the market. As the name suggests, it’s a remake of the traditional romper. The romper, a short-sleeved button-up shirt combined at the waist with shorts is by all means a gender fluid piece of clothing- however, it is usually worn by women.
The name I suppose was given so as to have some abstract calming effect on male fragility for people who were ready to classify it as a female only piece. The internet nevertheless, still reacted with a mixture of the most canny, homophobic and sexist remarks. Resulting in my timelines being flooded with endless memes poking fun at men who chose to wear it. I even saw a group photo shopped picture of local politicians in their “RompHims”.
