Beyond manbags: pantyhose for men (Why men should never wear tights)

The Times (U.K.) ^ | November 22, 2008 | Carol Midgley

[Stoat]

There’s no good way to say this, but some men like wearing pantyhose. I don’t mean in a cross-dressing, “Just call me Phyllis,” sense, but in a normal, “Well, it feels nice and boxers can be so bulky,” kind of way.

The truth is that “mantyhose”, featuring a special “male comfort panel”, caught my attention some time ago, but I kept it to myself. No point burdening all of you with a mental image that could put you off your meat and two veg. But I now see this was futile. The trend for straight men to invade female fashion territory is seemingly unstoppable. Even before manscara and guyliner there were man bras, or manzieres. Now there are umpteen websites for male nylons. One, e-MANcipate! (www.e-mancipate.net), describes itself as “a project to accelerate the acceptance of male pantyhose as a regular clothing item” with tips on how to deal with snagging (a dab of clear nail varnish, I find, fellas, and do watch those shoe buckles

The final proof of this shift was when, at the height of the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand fiasco, Ross was pictured wearing a swingy red coat with a clutch bag tucked prettily under his arm (below). I know man bags are not new, but I’d never seen one carried quite so girlishly before. There was even a miniature SpongeBob SquarePants hanging off the zip.

[JRios1968]

[Abathar]

"There is no such thing as "pantyhose for men"."

I knew two guys, one very well, who wore them all the time. They were both Rangers and swore that after a 20+ mile hike that there was no chaffing compared to the other guys, especially when it gets wet. I never mocked him, he took that stuff seriously.

[GQuagmire]

Somebody say garter belts? Where? Who? ;)

[Daffynition]

[texmexis best]

Stop teasing me you tart......

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[LongElegantLegs]

Well,I could post a Helen Thomas picture to calm everybody down...

[ApplegateRanch]

Back in the (pre-home computer) days of ‘send us your invention, and we;ll market it’ mailings, I got tired of receiving several such offers per month.

I sent in a “onvention idea” for fly-front/Y-front pantyhose to market to cross dressing men.

That was the last I ever heard from them.

I WANT MY CUT!

[ApplegateRanch]

He did it to keep warm, not look better.

That goes without saying. He was golfing...

...like this happy couple:

"looking better" is the antithesis of golf.

In fact, it would be doing a public service to make that couple look better, by removing those horrid 'glad rags'.

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

You said it. I have am married to a true man. You forgot to mention Mandles although I think they are cool and may get one for my brother in law who just bought his first house and lives alone (a slob). http://www.manlymancandlecompany.com/default.asp

[texmexis best]

Thank you for your offer, but I believe we will pass on that....

I never figured out why women went to panty hose in the first place. I think it had to do with mini-skirts to begin with but it seem a mystery as to why they have continued with it over the decades.

[ApplegateRanch]

I couldn’t get “tight” enoungh, even at an office party, to put on tight tights under my short shorts.

[Daffynition]

[visualops]

Man bag??
That’s a purse, and he’s wearing a ladies’ coat and scarf too.
THAT IS SO GAY!

[OldMissileer]

One of my favorites! That and the military drill team.

[manc]

I despair

I just hope that there are some men left when my daughter gets older, as she will not be marrying no girlie man.

As for my sons I just hope there are some women who still have some class and actually can be feminine

[ApplegateRanch]

it seem a mystery as to why they have continued with it over the decades.

Male bosses writing dress codes.

Our nurses (and female aides, techs, etc.) had to wear them, even if they were in scubs or pants uniforms.

[MaineConservative]

Ok... where's my picture of Joe Namath in Pantyhose...??

I guess if Brett Favre tried an AD for L'Eggs like Joe did in the late60's/early70s he would be 'FORCED' to retire from the NFL. WillyJoe never had to worry about what people thought.

[Slings and Arrows]

I love that pic! (In a manly, platonic way, of course.)

[MozarkDawg]

Ok... where's my picture of Joe Namath in Pantyhose...??

Joe Namath 70's Pantyhose Commercial

[Slings and Arrows]

If this were to be cited as the primary reason why Islam is at war with the West, I don't think I'd be able to argue the point......

Just whip 'em up a batch of Goaties and they'll calm down.