# Serious leather pants question **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295 "2001-01-16T06:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295/1 "2001-01-16T06:51:27Z")
Okay, I really need to know this. Do people wear underwear under leather pants? If so, what kind? I am curious for both men and women. I have always wondered this. Thanks for your input. bwk ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295/2 "2001-01-16T07:02:26Z")
Serious chafing. Does that answer your first question? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295/3 "2001-01-16T10:52:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by absoul \* > \*\*Serious chafing. Does that answer your first question? > > \*\* You say that like it’s a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295/4 "2001-01-16T14:43:34Z")
Depends on if they’re lined or unlined. Mine are lined, and I could go commando if I wanted without discomfort. Unlined would be another story. Of course, I don’t clean my leather pants after every wearing, as I do with non-leather garments. So you’re damn straight I’m wearing underwear with them - after a few wearings, they’d start to get all funky. Jim Morrison didn’t wear underwear with his leather pants. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295/5 "2001-01-16T14:55:05Z")
Well, the leather pants I own are lined, and very warm. I do wear boxer briefs underneath, but I prefer to wear them all the time, 'cause going “commando” just hurts sometimes. Sometimes, you just don’t want them swinging so much, dammit! Anyway… 😛 Yes, I wear boxer briefs (Chereskin, Hanes or Fellini) underneath my leather pants. My hemp pants, that’s another story. We swing freely in those on hot but breezy summer nights 😉 ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295/6 "2001-01-16T18:33:53Z")
I wear a thong under mine. No unsightly VPL that way. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295/7 "2001-01-16T19:15:55Z")
The leather pants I tried on were lined. I would have worn a thong with them, though, because I could see panty lines. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295/8 "2001-01-17T03:15:23Z")
Thong for me. ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295/9 "2001-01-17T03:22:06Z")
Commando with leather pants. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-leather-pants-question/50295/10 "2001-01-17T06:19:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by absoul \* > > \*\*Serious chafing. Does that answer your first question? > > > > \*\* > > You say that like it’s a bad thing. \*\* Not to me. Personal preference on the chafing. 😃