Category: Fashion

Men in skirts, women on bikes, pantyhose and Jan Jansen’s shoes

Oroblu Geo 8 pantyhoseI don’t know … You tell me if my day was good or bad:

Summer weather. Time to wear pantyhose …

… on a 24×7 basis.

Interesting thing. When it’s cold, I don’t wear pantyhose (unless it’s really cold). But now when the temperature is back to 17-25, I’m almost always wearing them:

  • Invisible 8-12 den (suntan) pantyhose with capri to the office, courses, friends
  • Shiny 9-17 den (suntan) with breeches, capri to shops, walking, friends
  • Shiny 15-20 den (blue, black, dark brown, rarely fishnet) with normal jeans with or without socks everywhere
  • any 8-40 den (suntan) with shorts at home
  • usually laddered 9-15den nightly
pantyhose for men, men in pantyhose, men in tights, tights for men, sheer pantyhose

I bought this swimsuit

Lycra water-polo Speedo swimsuitSpeedo water-polo hydrasuit. Two months ago actually. In Karstadt in Frankfurt. Very tight. Zipper. Flat seams. Slightly shimmering. 20% elastane. VERY comfortable, despite it’s a couple of sizes smaller. Zipping up is a bit difficult, though.

I would say it’s a lycra version of this one
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It bloody works

I can’t believe it… It works. Catwalks, fashion shows, advertisement campaigns and all that crap I have never considered indeed works. What am I talking about? Fashionable vs practical.
With some exceptions (military, sport or work clothes) fashion is not supposed to be practical. Some of the most often used fashion items can be proclaimed as dangerous. Yes, you guessed correctly, I’m talking about high heels. More examples? Narrow pencil or hobble skirts, long nails, nylon clothes (nylon burns very fast). What next? Yes, you guessed correctly again. Latex.

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Don’t confuse latex with lycra

Here’s an example (kudos to style.com). What do you think the models are wearing on these photos:

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Latex stockings? Latex tights? Wrong. The says “OMO Norma Kamali black leggings”. Google crosses all the “t”‘s.

norma_kamali_leggings3 Lycra leggings €134.00

(definitely can be bought here cheaper, though)

Black lycra leggings. Norma Kamali for Everlast leggings has an elasticated waistband and horizontal vents across heel. 96% polyester, 4% spandex. Hand wash.

Ha-ha… Now I doubt that Alessandra Ambrossio was caught wearing latex. And the shine on her legs looks very suspicious… No, I’m not saying that the leggings are bad, quite the contrary, but they are not made out of latex.

norma_kamali_leggings4Same leggings in white (kudos to TeenVogue)

And a couple of pics of Rachel Bilson from Teen Vogue:

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Don’t eat that yellow snow. And don’t trust photos.