Trust me - this is not a good look. For myself - being of an age to remember the last of stockings and suspenders and the arrival of the dreaded 'pantyhose' - I don't even like tights on women, let alone men. One is tempted to ask, Whatever next?
Funny you should say that Nige, when tights first burst upon the scene we climbers grabbed them with both hands, wonderfull for heat retention, bit of a snag in the widdles dept though. Then Helly Henson arrived on the scene, banishing tights on men forever, except Germans of course.
I well remember my father's unconcealed disgust at long hair on men and resolving to be more tolerant about my own sons and their generation. I'm glad nobody warned me their idea of manly sexiness would be two days of stubble on their faces combined with closely shaven legs.
Now if those breeks were just a bit longer, and had a wider bit towards the bottom, we'd be back to the world of Plus fours, which in childhood we knew as "shitkeppers".
Nige, who, like Mr Kenneth Horne, prefers to remain anonymous, was also a founder blogger of The Dabbler and a co-blogger on the Bryan Appleyard Thought Experiments blog. He is the sole blogger on this one, and his principal aim is to share various of life's pleasures. These tend to relate to books, art, poems, butterflies, birds, churches, music, walking, weather, drink, etc, with occasional references to the passing scene. His book, The Mother of Beauty: On the Golden Age of English Church Monuments, and Other Matters of Life and Death, is available on Amazon or direct from the author.
Funny you should say that Nige, when tights first burst upon the scene we climbers grabbed them with both hands, wonderfull for heat retention, bit of a snag in the widdles dept though. Then Helly Henson arrived on the scene, banishing tights on men forever, except Germans of course.
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ReplyDeleteNow if those breeks were just a bit longer, and had a wider bit towards the bottom, we'd be back to the world of Plus fours, which in childhood we knew as "shitkeppers".
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