Men In Tights: Hot Or Not?
With leggings remaining a hot commodity with the ladies, was it inevitable for them to translate into menswear?
Both leggings and tights ran rampant on fall 2010 runways, from Givenchy to Phillip Lim—but in quite a masculine manner. They were paired with heavy work boots, bulky outerwear, shorts—even kilts.
Phillip Lim
Givenchy
Historically, tights were acceptable on men from fictional superheros to Shakespeare. They served as practical garments for horseback riding, and were popular in the theater during the Renaissance. High class fellas, such as King Henry VIII of England, sported fine fabrics of silk or fine wool, while lower classes got stuck with the cheaper, coarser materials.
King Henry VIII
Superman
In this day and age, you usually only spot them on athletes for functional purposes…or so you would think. A few years ago, the NBA set out to ban tights on the court, feeling that players like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwayne Wade were actually rocking them as more of a fashion statement than leg warmers.
Awe, check out Kobe in his color-coordinated leggings
Chris Brown was perhaps the most recent male celebrity to rock these questionable bottoms, and definitely received mixed reviews for it:
Chris’ Graffiti album cover
Given that silhouettes in menswear are going slimmer (along with hemlines going shorter), is this an acceptable look or going too far?
Team GOING TOO FAR!
Yes Indeed…..making clothes that supposed to be on females are becoming more and more common for menswear. Even though menswear is getting slimmer and hemlines are going shorter (in case of skinny jeans), I don’t think a man in his right mind would wear these, unless you’re a homo/metro sexual (no offense) or European. So we already see skinny jeans with guys, man-purses or “murses”, and so forth, so what’s next, sanitary napkins/tampons or guys using more lip-sticks or any kind of make-up. lol
“but in quite a masculine manner. They were paired with heavy work boots, bulky outerwear, shorts—even kilts.”
LOL yes quite masculine they would fit in perfectly on a construction site.
JJ I was thinking the exact same thing lol
C’mon SON!!!!
i like tights.. show me what you’re workin with !
i’m not really diggin this shit…i mean…it doesn’t even look good?!?!
goes definatelly too far!
I wonder why nobody questions women wearing mens clothing, such as shirts, pants, boy shorts, etc? Pants weren’t made for women, they were for men. But nobody seems to be protesting or making fun of that. I’d say, vice versa – it is found attractive when a woman is wearing a mens dress shirt. People, stop judging. There is nothing wrong with men wearing hosiery. It keeps them warm, it makes them comfortable, it provides vein support, it makes them happy. It is just hosiery! Just plain legwear.