Bea good question
Men’s pants would not work for me unless I totally reconstructed them and I’m not that patient or talented.
I’m curvy
Unlike men’s pants, women’s pants need to accommodate the hips and don’t need that extra room at the front for you know what! (baggy crotch anyone!?) The hips actually pose a problem for pockets and prob the reason why many women’s pants don’t have them .
I have bought men’s shirts maybe twice over the years ( in the men’s Dept as I do not think clothing have a gender)
I wanted a long denim shirt for denim leggings and another time I bought a white men’s dress shirt also for the length to wear with black leggings to achieve the look I was going for.