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Title: What sort of man wears mantyhose?
Post by: Shana A on September 29, 2009, 08:56:37 AM

What sort of man wears mantyhose?
Mario Cacciottolo puts the new fashion to the public test
By Mario Cacciottolo
BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8272962.stm#id8270000/8279800/8279837 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8272962.stm#id8270000/8279800/8279837)

Skinny trousers for men are everywhere. But how many will take the trend for figure-hugging legwear one step beyond, and wear tights? We road-test the look.

But the short skirts, skimpy tops and leggings by fashion brand Unconditional are not designed for the feminine frame, but for men. Unsurprisingly, the leggings are jokingly referred to as "mantyhose", despite bearing little similarity to pantyhose.
Title: Re: What sort of man wears mantyhose?
Post by: daisybelle on September 29, 2009, 09:49:20 AM
The guy took no effort to make it sit right or anything....

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Title: Re: What sort of man wears mantyhose?
Post by: LivingInGrey on September 29, 2009, 09:52:16 AM
I got a giggle out of mantyhose....
Title: Re: What sort of man wears mantyhose?
Post by: finewine on September 29, 2009, 10:02:08 AM
I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that!
Title: Re: What sort of man wears mantyhose?
Post by: Sandy on September 29, 2009, 10:26:33 AM
You have GOT to be kidding me!

I wore man-t-hose many many years ago as a coping skill, but they were under my pants.  Also they were stocking weight, not legging type so they didn't bunch.

Even now I wouldn't wear something like that simply because it is so baggy!

Ugh!

-Sandy
Title: Re: What sort of man wears mantyhose?
Post by: sd on September 29, 2009, 01:44:43 PM
This guy again?

How many times will he try this, how many times will he make headlines for it?
Title: Re: What sort of man wears mantyhose?
Post by: Inphyy on September 29, 2009, 07:55:47 PM
Believe it or not?

Bikers, that's right; Big bad mighty manly tough bikers wear pantyhose, when it's cold and the freezing out bikers wear this for it's properties of keeping the body warm.

Title: Re: What sort of man wears mantyhose?
Post by: Alex_C on October 05, 2009, 10:16:22 PM
Motorcyclists wear pantyhose for layering, for warmth.

Hunters wear pantyhose because they stop ticks.

As for Mantyhose, those look like a continuation of the style in Britain back when John Lennon was young, they'd wear these skinny pants called "drainpipes" or "drainies" Lennon did drawings of himself wearing them.
Title: Re: What sort of man wears mantyhose?
Post by: Dianna on October 06, 2009, 07:48:52 AM
When I was a young teenager, they wore "stovepipes" in the UK & Australia, males I mean of the heterosexual variety. Gays did also.
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