I’m not sure I quite understand the attraction nor the impetus that made someone decided there is a need for them, but just the the same the French have invented men’s pantyhose (which I hereby dub “Mantyhose”) available in such manly styles as “Men’s opaque,” the daring “sheer,” and when you’re alone and feeling naughty, “satin.”
Because, I guess, tights just aren’t effete enough.
They’ll look great with your “bro” for the moobs … and your legs will look smashing when you’re wearing your manpris.*
*Capri pants for men, or shorts so long they’re indistinguishable from capri pants
“To meet the demand from clients.”
That says all you ever need to know about France right there.
Here are some of the other headlines on that page:
-Jail me, urges chocolate-eating Dutchman
-Brazilian frees grandson from anaconda death grip
-French court upholds Dada urinal attack conviction
-Germany awards golden-nosed dwarf for piracy
-Hertha reaches out to women fans to fill stadium
I think you might find a thread or two on some of these.
Nah, not worth comment.
“…and three models of feel-good knee-high hosiery made to help drain toxins and massage tired limbs.”
Okay… I get the massage tired limbs part.
Well, the knee-highs won’t get in the way when you’ve been drinking and have to “drain the toxins.”
Yawn! Joe Namath did it decades ago.
I wouldn’t worry too much. Every few years the fashion industry tries to convince us that men’s skirts will be the next big thing and they’ve been saying that since the early 80’s at least. Occasionally they’ll also tell us men want to wear makeup.
However, when I was in the Army I heard guys would occasionally wear pantyhose under their BDUs if they were going to be spending a lot of time marching. After awhile your inner thighs can start to chafe, and pantyhose were supposed to help with this. Never could personally verify any of those stories.
Thanks for the hysterical link! Now all I gotta do is tell the Cotta males why they *need *these!
I have a friend who swears that when he was a Marine they wore pantyhose on manuvers in tick infested areas. He said they couldn’t bite through the material and suck your life fluids. He told me the newbies always laughed the first time and had their own the second. I never asked for pictorial evidence.
This may be a state secret, because if the terrorists find out that the Marines wear pantyhose, they may have already won.
Look, people, “effete” does not mean “effeminate”. From Dictionary.com:
Wiktionary does give “effeminate” as a secondary meaning, but that’s almost certainly a case of incorrect use forcing itself to be correct.
I stand by my comments. 
I hear there’s 14 kinds of pantyhose in a feelgood pantyhose drainage.
Why make them for men when the women’s are softer? Huh. As if. And I want pantyhose with “an opening” dammit!
Does the man shave his legs? I hope so, 'cause leg hair crammed into hose is unsightly to these eyes.
Oh, see? How typical. As soon as guys get something cool the girls all want it.
Remember that America’s Funniest Home Video a few years back of the kid that pulled some pantyhose over his head which then stuck, pulling his entire face upward, when he tried to pull them off?
Do you really want that look for hairy legs, buttock and junk basket?
Tell me more…and what are you wearing?
rigs - Are you suggesting that a man in hose who did shave isn’t unsightly? Just picture it. Getting ready for a good night on the town with hubby coming up to you and asking, “Hey, honey, is there a run in the back of my stocking? I feel drafty.”
Spectre - Well, I’d heard it used in the context of being effeminate, though for some reason I’d always associated it with more of the poncy type of effeminacy, as that of a fop.
Brownie - Marines in hose? Oh man. That’s so Mel Brooks.
levdrakon - I have no worries about it showing up here. If anything, that this is in France doesn’t really surprise me.
Ellen - I think you just described a bar I went to once years ago.
Lieu - Thanks. My mind just boldly went where no Mantyhose have gone before.
No, I’m suggesting that a man unshaven in mantyhose is that much MORE unsightly.
I like guys in tights–never hurt Barishnykov (sp?). Then again, there IS Rocky Horror to contend with…
Off to at Windex my brain, if not outright bleach it.
