# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/41 "2005-09-26T22:00:22Z")
Obviously you all have been missing out on the wonder that is the Ren Faire. Men in leather pants are everywhere, and most of them look pretty damn hot. My bf has a pair of vinyl pants (cooler in the summertime) that he tucks into a pair of floppy knee-high boots… _rrowr_ ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/42 "2005-09-28T16:03:51Z")
The kind of leather is also important. Tissue paper-thin “fashion” leather? Bleah. I’ve seen pants made from leather better suited for making gloves, and they look bad. Mentally counts up what’s in the closet at home… three pair of chaps, four or five pair of pants… Smells good, too! ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/43 "2005-09-28T16:12:48Z")
Only if nipple clamps and a ball-gag complete the _ensemble_ . ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/44 "2005-09-28T18:26:54Z")
Depends on the kind of leather pants. [This kind](http://www.dainese.be/en/outlet_moto/pants/images/zoom/p217.jpg) looks pretty nice. 🙂 And then there’s always [leather kilts…](http://www.utilikilts.com/whatsnew-frameset-leather.htm) ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/45 "2005-09-28T19:41:13Z")
Looking at the eBay description, my first thought is that I’ve _never_ had to say “I can explain these pants.” …and I somehow feel that I’ve wasted my life ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/46 "2005-09-28T20:26:14Z")
I’ve got a nice ass, so I can make them look nice with a snazzy shirt if I go to a part or something. I’ve also got a pair of leather zip-off cargo pants that for some reason go well with my Ren Faire garb. Hey, it was a 2 for 1 sale at Wilson’s. The faux snakeskin pleather pants don’t leave the bedroom. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/47 "2005-09-28T21:35:20Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Member of a rock band, is one of my stipulations for the wearing of leather pants. Provided the band has major talent, instead of being cringe-inducing posers. In general, only he-man bikers, TV action heroes, and street-tough black men (think Shaft) can pull off this suspect look. Wimps, wusses, ectomorphs and Manilow lovers need not apply. Ditto re: the observations of a dude wearing leather hopping out of a Camry. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/48 "2005-09-28T23:33:31Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > The faux snakeskin pleather pants don’t leave the bedroom. 😉 Thank you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/49 "2005-09-28T23:39:00Z")
While there are some men who should not be wearing them, I’ve seen many men wear them and make me want to follow them home like a puppy. Particularly at the Ren Faire. Woof. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/50 "2005-09-28T23:40:03Z")
And why is Google advertising incontinence products? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/51 "2005-09-29T00:22:02Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Woof. Oh, no! The woman has discovered our code! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/52 "2005-09-29T00:38:48Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > While there are some men who should not be wearing them, I’ve seen many men wear them and make me want to follow them home like a puppy. Particularly at the Ren Faire. A-_freakin’_-men, sister. Slight hijack–One night, my girlfriends and I went to a drive-in movie theater in the middle of nowhere, New York. I forgot to get gas on the way there. We saw _Freddy vs. Jason_(because you can only see horror movies at the drive in, of course), and when we had to start to seriously consider the fact that we were going to run out of gas in the middle of a forest in the middle of the night, we got mildly freaked out. First, we made a list of all the reasons we _couldn’t_ die (it wasn’t Halloween, none of us were stoned or drunk, we hadn’t had premarital sex that evening, we weren’t sleeping, and Jamie Lee Curtis was nowhere to be found), and then, we made a list of men who should wear leather pants _every day_. We found that list much more diverting. ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/53 "2005-09-29T01:19:38Z")
In a slightly different context to the wearing of leather pants…I wear buckskin leggings (like chaps I suppose) with fringe at powwows and when i speak to schools on Native American things. The leggings are worn with breechclout and moccassins, and a long shirt. I’ve never had any complaints. Perhaps a few curious looks from teachers that are thinking of a domestic corrolary to the issue of what a Scot wears under the kilt. But then… “hot” isn’t really a look that one would go for wearing powwow regalia. later Hawk ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222/54 "2005-09-29T03:30:25Z")
heeeeeeeeere mika mika mika…heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere mika mika mika… …gooooood mika… _motions for her to follow with one finger_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-leather-pants/323222.md?page=2)