# The upcoming fashion for men - meggings! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344 "2010-12-25T06:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/21 "2010-12-26T08:30:33Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Nah, they still looked pretty stupid. > > But not stupid enough to mock a guy wearing a sword. > > “Armed society, polite society,” and all that. 😉 Ya mean ya don’t wanna look like [that?](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/3773673950_8cf24a4cb2_o.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/22 "2010-12-26T11:40:49Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > ‘Meggings’? > > ‘Guyliner’? > > I’m WAY less boggled by the fashions than the bizarre desire to ‘masculinize’ the naming of them in such ridiculous ways. Whenever I have my guyriod, I always use a manpon. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/23 "2010-12-26T12:48:58Z")
I plan on wearing them when get abs like that (read: never). ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/24 "2010-12-26T14:07:21Z")
Something gives me the feeling that not being willing to wear man-makeup is going to be our generation’s equivalent of sans-a-belt slacks when we’re old. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/25 "2010-12-26T14:21:04Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > They look good on those models . . . but anything would look good on those models. I’m wondering how they’ll look on a short, fat, balding (with a pony tail) middle-age guy. As a short, fat, middle aged balding guy with a ponytail, I have already imagined how foolish I would look in these things. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/26 "2010-12-26T14:57:06Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Leggings under shorts for men](http://www.fashionfame.com/2010/06/spring-2011-emporio-armani-menswear-black-leather-fashion/) to be the next fashion. I can only assume that the last photo on that page is of the Fashion Police arriving to arrest them. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/27 "2010-12-26T15:11:30Z")
No ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/28 "2010-12-26T15:34:30Z")
So this year the style is Gestapo-chic. Sextapo? Mantapo? ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/29 "2010-12-26T17:12:41Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Ya mean ya don’t wanna look like [that?](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/3773673950_8cf24a4cb2_o.jpg) Nooo, not today, not really. Back when, sure. He looks like an upwardly mobile dude. Chicks dig that. **Jim:** I thought very nearly the same thing upon reading the OP. Either that or they’re a buncha metrosexuals on [Vespas](http://www.vespausa.com/) trying to play like they’re the Sons of Anarchy (Greenwich Chapter). ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/30 "2010-12-26T17:38:13Z")
I like the second to last dude in the sexy bathing suit. But I think he put it on backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/31 "2010-12-26T19:04:20Z")
That was a model? I though thought that he was a heel wrestler with a gladiator schtick. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/32 "2010-12-26T19:31:41Z")
Futher evidence that the fashion industry is run by gay men who know as much about fashion as your average lemur. Seriously, what kind of idiot listens to _decades_ of mockery of superheroes wearing their underpants on the outside and thinks “You know, that’s not such a bad idea!”? ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/33 "2010-12-26T19:38:44Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Futher evidence that the fashion industry is run by gay men who know as much about fashion as your average lemur. > > Seriously, what kind of idiot listens to _decades_ of mockery of superheroes wearing their underpants on the outside and thinks “You know, that’s not such a bad idea!”? Pretty sure the idea isn’t so much that these exact items will be showing up tomorrow at your local GAP, but rather that this is some Plantonic Essence of fashion from which designers at more mainstream stores will shape a pale imitation, which is then available for your suburbanite purchasing pleasure. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/34 "2010-12-26T19:41:28Z")
[Lemurs](http://www.thewildones.org/Gifs/Lezle/lemur.gif) are very style conscious. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/35 "2010-12-26T19:42:34Z")
Yeah, I like guy’s legs, and no, I don’t ever want this fashion. Leg coverings that close fitting are for Ren Faire/SCAdians, surfers, certain hipsters, and dancers, not every day. Takes the magic out of it, otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/36 "2010-12-26T19:50:42Z")
The look like the the ultra-hip arm of the Freedom Party of Austria as wardrobed by Cléo Dubois. And what the hell is with that guy wearing a woman’s one piece swimsuit backwards? That can’t be comfortable. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/37 "2010-12-26T19:52:31Z")
Umm, that’s runway fashion clothes. It’s supposed to be all funky and crazy because the designers are having a field day preening for other designers. Yes, that clothing is serving as an influence for current fashion but the majority of clothing that you’ll see coming down the line is not going to be that overt. Although, now that someone mentioned, while I never thought about it in terms of leggings, there are a shit ton of guys at my college who wear their underarmor underneath their shorts as if they are leggings, so… Oh, I see Gestalt is saying the same thing as me. Well, maybe if people read it twice… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/38 "2010-12-26T19:54:15Z")
Maybe these designers should concentrate on wash clothes and towels, to clean themselves up after their circle jerks. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/39 "2010-12-26T20:00:46Z")
Are you always this dismissive about stuff you don’t care about? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344/40 "2010-12-26T20:05:43Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > Pretty sure the idea isn’t so much that these exact items will be showing up tomorrow at your local GAP, but rather that this is some Plantonic Essence of fashion from which designers at more mainstream stores will shape a pale imitation, which is then available for your suburbanite purchasing pleasure. Which would make sense if what they were creating in some way _resembled_ a Platonic Essence of anything but ineptitude. It’s like experimenting with your soup recipe by adding cowpat. No matter what you do with the idea, it’s not going to create anything better than just leaving the cowpat out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-fashion-for-men-meggings/565344.md?page=3)