# Men in leather pants. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 24, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222 "2005-09-24T17:06:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/1 "2005-09-24T17:06:51Z")
Inspired by [this auction.](http://cgi.ebay.com/DKNY-Mens-Leather-Pants-I-Unfortunately-Own_W0QQitemZ8335653541QQcategoryZ57989QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) My feelings about leather pants on men, are similar to the seller’s. So guys, have you or would you ever wear leather pants? Ladies, are they sexy or cringe inducing? ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/2 "2005-09-24T17:11:03Z")
Sexy when worn by the right person. ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/3 "2005-09-24T17:18:07Z")
Oh, yeah, the right man can definitely make leather pants look good. My husband, for example, looks spectacular in leather pants. (Though, it probably helps that he’s a bass player in a rock band, and has hair like Robert Plant.) ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/4 "2005-09-24T17:52:46Z")
Member of a rock band, is one of my stipulations for the wearing of leather pants. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/5 "2005-09-24T18:22:05Z")
I never have, but I do have a long black leather duster that I wear in the winter. Is that as bad? ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/6 "2005-09-24T18:32:37Z")
If the leather pants are black, I think “BDSM”. So, any guy in my vincinity wearing black, supple leather pants will need to be prepared to accept a spanking. 😉 In fact, thinking about it now, leather pants on guys fall somewhere between assless pants/chaps and mesh t-shirts. Strangely enough, there are some guys that can really pull off this look. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/7 "2005-09-24T19:20:29Z")
My friends and I have a rule about leather pants. Only Jon Bon Jovi is allowed to wear them. Ever. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/8 "2005-09-24T19:37:58Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I never have, but I do have a long black leather duster that I wear in the winter. Is that as bad? Leather dusters are much more acceptable than leather pants. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/9 "2005-09-24T20:06:45Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > My friends and I have a rule about leather pants. > > Only Jon Bon Jovi is allowed to wear them. Ever. > > That is all. I think the OP specified _men_. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/10 "2005-09-24T20:15:39Z")
The mid-60s-ish guy in my building who’s wearing baggy leather pants every time I see him is definitely cringe-inducing. ---
**Author:** ![La\_Llorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/11 "2005-09-24T21:10:04Z")
As the eBay seller so rightly said, > [@](#): > > I’ll go so far as to say you either have to be very tough, very gay, or very famous to wear these pants and get away with it. Or very attractive in a futuristic, goth/punk “I-can-wear-eyeliner-and-get-away-with-it” kind of way. Otherwise, no. ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/12 "2005-09-24T21:15:43Z")
As a guy I would NEVER wear leather pants. I’ll leave that to bon jovi and other leftovers from 80s glam rock. Also many people (including myself for some reason) associate leather pants with gay men. I don’t know. But then again I would question women with leather pants as well. Not her sexual orientation but fashion sense. (I have been told I have nice legs though. I didn’t even know women looked at mens’ legs) ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/13 "2005-09-24T22:13:15Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > My friends and I have a rule about leather pants. > > Only Jon Bon Jovi is allowed to wear them. Ever. > > That is all. Except for the lace-up lavender ones in the video “Runaway” – even Jon couldn’t make those look good. ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/14 "2005-09-24T22:58:57Z")
I have a pair of leather pants that I wear only when riding my Harley below 50°. I don’t care what anybody says about me. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/15 "2005-09-24T23:03:08Z")
A friend wore leather pants once. Years later we (his best friends of course) still give him shit about it. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/16 "2005-09-24T23:50:51Z")
> [@Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy](#): > > I have a pair of leather pants that I wear only when riding my Harley below 50°. I don’t care what anybody says about me. As mentioned in the auction, Harley riders are allowed to wear leather pants. As well as, rock stars and pirates. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/17 "2005-09-25T00:42:25Z")
Depends on the man - I know a certain European scientist with a freakishly large brain who pulls them off quite well. Otherwise I tend to say no. It also depends on the pants - the jean style cut is acceptable. The 1980’s style poofy ones are just goofy. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/18 "2005-09-25T00:53:34Z")
I agree with those who say Harely riders, pirates, rock stars: okay. Everyone else: blech! Hijack: > [@FaerieBeth](#): > > In fact, thinking about it now, leather pants on guys fall somewhere between assless pants/chaps and mesh t-shirts. Strangely enough, there are some guys that can really pull off this look. I’ve never understood the “assless chaps” phrase. _All_ chaps are “assless.” That’s kind of the point. If they had asses, they’d be leather pants! (…or maybe I’m just reacting to a former boyfriend who once found my leather horseback riding chaps and was very concerned I had some weird, secret side!) ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/19 "2005-09-25T01:04:27Z")
I don’t think I’d wear them, they don’t sound very comfortable. But if any other guy feels good wearing them go for it, I say. I try to avoid thinking along the line that "if they’re wearing ‘x’, then they must be ‘y’. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/20 "2005-09-25T01:06:20Z")
> [@MaddyStrut](#): > > I agree with those who say Harely riders, pirates, rock stars: okay. Everyone else: blech! Yeahbit, what if the particular Harley riders, pirates, and rock stars are overweight middle aged men? It can happen, you know! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222.md?page=2)