Hi everyone!
Often we see girls rocking their best Disney Fashion or Disney Bound to the parks... All I can say is: SLAY QUEENS! But Disney Fashion is also open to men, that's why I asked my friend J aka DisneyDuckLover, who always wears cool Disney Fashion to the parks, to write a little piece on Disney Fashion for men! I hope you enjoy! xx Gaëtane
DisneyDuckLover
I
don’t know about you, but as a male Disney fan, I always find it so hard to get
hold of cool Disney clothing, which I love to wear at the Disney parks. The
interaction you get from a character when they see a picture of themselves on
your hat, t-shirt or bag is often priceless!
In
the UK, females can find lots of cool Disney clothing and apparel items at huge
stores like Primark, Tesco, Asda, and even more high street stores like
Top-Shop. Unless you’re into Star Wars and Marvel, guys have a much tougher job
to find items that feature Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and the classic Disney
animated characters.
Well,
I want to share with you some of the places I find my Disney clothing. Now
ladies, stay with me, because maybe you’ll see something perfect for your
husband/boyfriend, or son, cousin, best friend or whoever!
RedBubble: I LOVE this site, because
you find items with characters that no store would ever stock! For example I
got myself an awesome t-shirt a couple of years ago that featured Ludwig Von
Drake and Huey, Dewey and Louie! I wore it to Disneyland Paris and Donald and
Daisy Duck LOVED it!
https://www.redbubble.com/people/ducklover/shop
eBay: It’s not just second hand
items on here, often they have new items, and from all over the world! I got
myself a t-shirt with Ducktales’ hero Launchpad McQuack from here, and it was
brand new with tags – he loved seeing himself on clothing and we flew away
together! For us Europeans, you often find the official Disney t-shirts that
stores like Walmart in the USA stock, on eBay. I find they often have designs
from obscure but amazing Disney characters like Gadget and Monty from Rescue
Rangers, and Darkwing Duck!
Uniqlo: This store stock some of
my favourite designs, because they have LOTS for men that have Mickey, Donald,
Goofy and all the old school classic characters. Amazingly they also sometimes
have items with Donald AND Daisy on, or Mickey AND Minnie, which is ultra rare
for guys’ Disney clothing. I get a lot of stuff from Uniqlo, including this
Donald and Mickey t-shirt which went down a storm when they did a very rare
co-meet & greet last year in Disneyland Paris. You can see how cheeky
Mickey got:
GAP: They recently just launched a small
collection for men, limited to Mickey Mouse, but really cute (and high
quality). Sadly, I don’t have any pictures of me wearning my GAP Mickey sweater
with the mouse himself, but the quality is exceptional and well worth it.http://www.gap.co.uk/browse/search.do?searchText=disney#pageId=0&department=75
Vans: I’m sure a lot of you are aware of
the Vans x Disney collections, and I’ve gotten myself a few of the bags and
hats (I was never keen on their footwear though). The current collection
focuses on Toy Story, but previous collections have included Winnie the Pooh,
the Disney villains and the #1 duck! Whenever I wear my Donald bag, and he sees
it, he really likes it, as this short video shows:Vans Instagram
Ocassionally
you’ll find items on websites such as Tesco and Asda, but it is very rare, and
you have to check regularly. Sadly, these items are usually limited to either
being Mickey Mouse or Grumpy.
There’s
been a lot of discussion on how in the past Disney have not marketed enough
Star Wars and Marvel material at females, and rightly so, they didn’t. As a guy
who loves Donald Duck (and Daisy even more than Donald!), I think Disney do
need to do a better job at licensing their classic characters to fashion
retailers that produce items for men. I do not remember the last time I saw a
Goofy, Simba or Jafar t-shirt for men in a regular store in the UK.
Disney
in the US, are better at this, check out stores such as Wal-Mart and Hot Topic
that have t-shirts and hats with amazing characters such as Mad Hatter, Captain
Hook, Scar and Scrooge McDuck quite regularly – be careful of the high shipping
costs though!
Do
you have any Disney fashion secrets you’d like to share? Let me know on Twitter
or Instagram:
Catch
you later, folks!
The
Duck Man
x
