Strange photos. Genderstudies.

genderst-05A man and a woman. They are wearing the same clothes: a t-shirt and pantyhose. They are standing alone on the beach, or laying in the water, on an autumn meadow, on a frozen ground, in the forest or sitting in a kitchen. Sometimes you can’t tell if it’s a man or a woman. Actually, you don’t care. What is the difference? They are just human beings, wherever they are, whatever they are wearing. Facing the Mother Nature alone…

The conceptual project is called “GenderStudies”:

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Kylie Minogue in Pantyhose. Part I

kylie minogue in backward seamed pantyhoseJust as the title says: Kylie Minogue in various pantyhose – 12 hi-rez photos. Also see videos (with her male dancers in fishnet tights) in the comment section below.
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A man in shiny pantyhose and a couple of words about Danskin Ultra Shimmery

man in very shiny pantyhose and shortsActually, it’s not about men in pantyhose, but shiny pantyhose and how they look from different distances. I bet on the first two photos Jana was wearing professional pantyhose Danskin Ultra Shimmery. They are supposed to look perfect (thin and shiny like a flesh coloured film) on stage, under electric light and from some distance. But if you look closer, there’s nothing to be excited about. Thick opaque pantyhose with rugged structure (Yet very reliable, robust and “breathing”). Probably that’s why I’ve seen so many disappointed reviews. 1-2 meters is not enough! BTW, under the daylight their colour also changes. “Suntan” becomes pinky and “Skin tone” – bleached.

So, you are warned. Now go and buy yourself a pair and make some photos 😉 BTW, here, I’m wearing Danskin Ultra Shimmery too.
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Utrecht. Nice weather. Oroblu Dolce Vita 15.

Oroblu-Dolce-Vita-15-1If you want to know why inhabitants of Utrecht voted for closed shops on Sundays, you have to visit the center of the city twice: on Saturday and on Sunday.

It was Sunday yesterday. (Hm… Yesterday indeed … It’s 2AM at the moment…. 😉 +20, sunny, moderate wind, dark blue sky with white clouds, and almost empty streets. I accompanied my son to his classmate’s birthday on a bicycle. Not because he couldn’t ride there alone, but just for the “gezelligheid” (untranslatable Dutch word meaning simultaneously cosiness, snugness, comfort, companionableness, conviviality etc). I did not want to discredit my son in front of his mates and their parents (if any of them are waiting outside), so I was wearing pretty conservative Oroblu Dolce Vita 15 pantyhose with capri. Dolce Vita tights are pretty invisible (ok, ok, if you don’t stare at the legs, of course) even under the direct sun light but with a slight shimmer.

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Rotterdam. Oroblu Style 15.

The person on the left (the one with Canon 5D) is wearing shiny Oroblu Style 15 pantyhose. Guess, did anybody notice?

The photo was taken in the centre of Rotterdam by my sister-in-law while I was taking a photo of her taking photo of me ;-D

Oroblu Style 15 pantyhose have a well pronounced “glassy” shine. Visible? Under the direct light? You bet 😉

Amsterdam. Taft. Lola Shoes. Wolford 15.

Wolford 15Unlike our expectations the weather in NL this fall is a bit colder, so I was wearing dark gray long trousers, dark gray sneakers, dark blue t-shirt, very dark green fleece jacket and dark gray Wolford 15 pantyhose. “15” is both a name and a thickness. Typical Wolford. Very comfortable no-looker. Perfect fit, perfect comfort, almost opaque despite famous “15 den appearance”, questionable colour. But OK to wear under trousers without socks. I bought them at 50% discount, btw. The original price (20€) is ridiculously high in my opinion.

Our goal was a shoe shop “Taft” located in one of the most crowded shopping streets of A’dam. My wife is obsessed with an idea to buy me a new pair of high-heels and Taft is the only shop (we know of) in NL where you can buy good quality wearable 4.5-5.5″ heels.

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Amsterdam. A woman and a man. Or a man and a woman?

We’re driving down one of the central streets in Amsterdam, when we noticed a good-looking gray-haired figure dressed in jeans and khaki jacket standing with a bike on a pavement. I said: “Oh, a woman, I thought it was a man…”

A few moments later another figure caught our attention. Black knee-length skirt, black coat with a waist band, black opaque pantyhose, black shoes, gray hair. “A man!” we exclaimed simultaneously!

And it was, indeed, a man.

Men in shorts and tights

Funny, I was looking for pictures for my previous post and entered “shorts pantyhose” into the search form, and most of the sites Google found for me were about men (not women) and pantyhose.. Example:

The “virtual” change is obvious: in the Internet the words “pantyhose, tights, stockings” are getting more and more associated with men (mostly freaky, though). In the “real” world nothing changes. I’ve never ever seen a man (a normal man, not a TV or a clown) wearing pantyhose in public. Just “Me, me, me…” (said with agent Smith’s intonation)