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~ TP ~
JUST LOVE TO FEEL THEM ON THE LEGS
~ Geraden ~
Activskin 869 are the best, but microfiber opaques from silkies.com are very good too.
~ cl ~
Oh, here's another. Which opaque tights would you recommend to cover up my legs? As if I were wearing socks?
~ cl ~
What about underwear? Do we wear underwear with our tights? Or no underwear?
~ Shanelle ~
But is it imbaressing to where tights what if a person can find out what if they spread a roumer do you have to do something or walk away s.v.p.
~ Geraden ~
Shanelle - if you want an anwser to your question, this blog is the answer!
~ HollyGirl ~
Приветствую всех участников форума! Я уже 6 дней читаю этот форум, и вот решила зарегистрироваться... Также хотела бы отметить, что домен [i]geraden.blog-city.com[/i] очень подходит для форума
~ SHANELLE ~
why do men where tights is to imbaress them selves or for a reason i dont understand
~ tom ~
I also wear nylons daily.
~ Lucky9 ~
men wear tights also important to keep legs with blood flow to aviod from DVT, I used wearing tights and mini skirt cos it keep my body cooler as Im suffered from body inflammation which is muscle stiff - it feel good when wear tights and skirt.

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Latest Entries

Another personal story

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Another personal story of a man's discovery of tights.

Emmeline Rules

Wednesday, 28 May 2008
In which a lady guest relates how her partner told her about his tights wearing, and how she supported him to the hilt.

Keeping Straight

Tuesday, 20 May 2008
In which Geraden gives a tip for not getting tights in a twist.

Spilling the Beans

Saturday, 17 May 2008
in which Dave gives his mother-in- law a surprise

Enjoy Legwear

Wednesday, 14 May 2008
in which Geraden discovers a new legwear blog

Gerbe Drain Up 40

Sunday, 27 April 2008
In which Geraden reviews the strangely-named Drain Up 40 tights for men by Gerbe.

Photo shoot

Monday, 17 March 2008

In which Harisnya tells about a recent male tights fashion photo shoot.

New Blog

Saturday, 26 January 2008
In which Geraden gives a 'leg up' to a new tights blog.

Runner in tights

Monday, 21 January 2008
Photo, courtesy of Arcim

Dave's story

Friday, 4 January 2008
In which Dave tells his personal tights story.

Visitor Poll

As tights (or ph) for men to wear openly with shorts, which do you think are more acceptable generally? (Poll started 01.06.2008)
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Welcome to Geraden's Blog.

 

Men, as well as women,
wear nylon legwear (tights and pantyhose)
for a number of reasons.
Fashion, warmth, comfort, athletic performance, healthy legs
or just because they feel good to wear.

 

This is not a fetish site. There are plenty of those around and you will find them easily enough without my help. There are not all that many 'clean' tights/pantyhose sites, and most of them have links from this site. I have been told - and who am I to disagree? - that this site is a resource which many have found useful.

This site is for the men who wear (or who would like to), and for the womenfolk who refuse to be swayed by myths and prejudices and therefore support, accept and understand their men's clothing choice. It is also for the womenfolk who do none of those things, in the hope that they may come to understand, accept and support.

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Recommended

Legwear4men
A UK retail site run by my friend Bozeman

Legwear4men

This is the place in Europe to get tights that are made for men. Carries the full Activskin range, as well as ranges by European manufacturers, including the new men's range by Gerbe. The customer service is excellent.


Activskin

The classic, pioneering manufacturer of tights made specially for men. 'These are not your mother's pantyhose!'

Also the US distributor for Gerbe.

Activskin

For US and world-wide customers, this is where to go! Another excellent customer service site.


LAUF

The Delphi Forum: Legwear as Unisex Fashion

LAUF

A good clean forum based in the USA for discussion of male hosiery.

Wikipedia

The Wikipedia article called Pantyhose for Men was started by my friend Harisnya. He kindly asked me to help him with it.


E-Mancipate

Harisnya's great campaigning and resource site for male legwear, e-mancipate.net


Interesting

Political Correctness, the Origins of

Dr Vernon Coleman's thoughts on why men wear

Transactional Analysis - the psychology that makes sense to ordinary people. See also here.

Ladylike - advice for women with cross-dressing partners (Please note - in posting this link I am not suggesting that men are cross-dressers simply because they wear tights.)

Geraden's Champion - Bob Savage / Kim Novak song, based on the original 'Geraden' .


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Latest Entry

Another personal story

Tuesday, 10 June 2008 9:56 P GMT

by Anon

 

The most popular pages in this blog are the personal stories. Here we have another one for you to enjoy, sent in anonymously. Thanks very much to the contributor!

When I was eight years old, my mother caught me in my room one night wearing my sister's white tights under my short pajamas. I was scared stiff, as I thought she would scream at me, and call my father over, who had quite a temper. Actually, she was pretty cool about it, and told me, as far as I can remember, "don't worry about it, there's nothing wrong with it."

I was quite relieved, but because of that, stopped wearing them. In fact, I had been doing so for about a month or two prior to being caught. All I know is that something inside me told me that I should be wearing tights, and that it was not fair that girls could wear tights at any time while I couldn't. Lucky for me, I had a sister 2 years older than me with an ample supply.

The week prior to my being caught, my parents were away, and my grandparents were babysitting. Every night, my grandmother would come into my room and ask me if I had picked out my clothes for school, and I would then show her my shirt, pants, underwear, socks, etc. One night, I was determined to wear tights to school the next day. I took a pair of my sister's brown ones and placed them under my shirt. When grandma came by, I proudly showed her my clothes, just showing her the lower portions of the tights to make them appear as regular socks. Boy, was I excited about the next day! The next day, however, I chickened out and didn't wear them, being scared stiff about being caught in school and being the laughingstock of the grade.

Fast forward until age 12 or so. One day while in school, I looked at a girl's legs, clad in grey tights. The switch was turned on again - I knew that when I got home I had to find tights and wear them. When I got home, I snuck into my sister's room, and it started all over again. In fact, throughout my teenage years I surreptitiously tried them on at any opportunity for a quick thrill, but felt guilty about it afterwards each time. Like others have written, I built up the courage to walk into a store and buy a pair for myself, and somehow got out without being caught! Most of the time, however, I availed myself of my sister's and mom's supply.

The desire to do so more or less fizzled out over the years, although I always enjoyed seeing women in tights/pantyhose, most of all my wife. After seeing an advertisement for Wolford tights, I insisted that my wife buy a few pairs. She was initially put off by the price, but after she wore them was converted over.

After about a twenty-year hiatus with only 1 or two relapses, I was recently traveling for business, and chanced upon a Wolford store. I went in to buy my wife some tights, which I did. The next day, during the meeting, my "switch" was turned on again! I actually left the meeting, went back to the store, and bought some in my size. I felt quite sheepish about it, but on the other hand felt great when I wore them for the first time in many years on the plane ride home. Before I got home, however, I threw them away in a garbage can, my sense of guilt overtaking me.

The next day, I thought: 1) I shouldn't feel so bad, and... 2) I want to buy more! So, I found the nearest Wolford store and bought more. I also felt that I had to tell my wife, since I did not want to hide anything from her. As I explained my history to her, her face had a rather surprised expression, but I think she was actually relieved that I wasn't telling her about an illicit affair with another woman. She looked at me and said something to the effect of "well, that is very weird, but many people have weird aspects to their personality, and this seems rather harmless." She did ask why I couldn't purchase cheaper ones! I explained to her that, as she knew, once you wear Wolfords, you can't go back.

At this point in time, I have realized that, at times, I enjoy wearing them. It is not a full-time obsession, and I can go weeks and even months without them, but at other times I have a "run" of a few days where I do. I never had/have a desire to wear any other articles of woman's clothes, just tights. My wife as mentioned has been surprisingly OK with it, and has even washed them for me at times. I joke about it with her intermittently, and thank her for understanding. 

The way I look at it is as follows: 1) It is harmless and does not hurt anyone, and 2) If I enjoy doing so and it doesn't affect anyone, why not!

After finding your website/blog, it is good to see that my story is not that different from the others.


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Articles

Some articles that I have stumbled across on the Web (most recently posted at the top).

Meet the Men Who Dared to Wear Pantyhose - the results of a challenge to men, with a video and comments. (Alberto Orso and Jonann Brady, ABC News, 16.06.2008)
Skirts for women, trousers for men - a male writer acknowledges the priority of male tights-wearing (Matthew Sorrow, fibre2fashion.com, 16.06.2008)
Which current trends do you dislike? - a woman columnist deprecates the bare leg look (Ellen Koven, news-journalonline.com, 28.05.2008)
Men Go for It By Any Name Besides Girdle - mentions that men are turning to compression pantyhose too (Cheryl Lu-lien Tan, Wall Street Journal, 15.03.2008)
Silkies hosiery settles multi-state lawsuit - and how many of us buy by mail order from Silkies? (Connie Thompson, komotv.com, 11.03.2008)
Are pantyhose on list of what not to wear? - No, unless you wear strappy sandals or suntan hose. (Clinton Kelly, Chicago Tribune, 23.02.2008)
Beginning of the end for laddered tights - Scientists are developing a self-repairing fabric which could (it is claimed) have uses in the hosiery world. (Lewis Smith, Times Online, 20.02.2008)
Sheerly You Jest: Sheer Tights For Men? - A blog entry on Trendinista (24.01.2008)
Ready To Wear: The death of practicality - Opaques give way to sheers! (The Independent, 28.01.2008)
Cabin fever? Hah! Wintertime’s real curse is Insanityhose - tights better than flight socks? I think we know the answer already! (Helaine Williams, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 20.01.2008).
Pilots trial tights for ankle relief - tights better than flight socks? I think we know the answer already! (Sydney Morning Herald, 20.01.2008).
Tights aren’t just an accessory anymore - encouraging article (Sharon Fink, St. Petersburg Times, 02.01.2008).
Is it wrong for boys to wear tights? - a mother's blog entry (Rebecca Barry, momlogic, 28.12.2007).
How to get dressed - enthusiastic about good quality tights, and the proper way to care for them. (Lisa Armstrong, Times Online, 22.12.2007
My new take on the world of hosiery - "I THINK I am becoming unhealthily obsessed with tights" says a female journalist. (Emma Johnson, Liverpool Daily Post, 13.12.2007

 

'Older' articles are archived here.