Male leggings??? Jesus Christ on a donkey.

An empire waist dress can have a slimming effect, but ONLY if the skirt is narrow and smooth-fitting. Can't have any bunching or elastic.

Yes...good point...I should have clarified. I'm talking about those that start at the boobs and then go out wide, maternity style.

Dear lord - if my boyfriend wore leggings I'd RUN AWAYYYYY. Ew ew ew. I like it all - sweaty and dirty from doing yard work, jeans and a nice t-shirt on Saturday night, and most of all the suit and tie for work. But I'm not really into Peter Pan costumes on grown men being passed off as "fashionable" or "cool."

Empire waists make me look fat. I have a waist and hips and dressing like a little girl on Easter Sunday ends up looking more like I'm wearing a tent. I'm almost six feet tall... I play up my assets and I've never gotten any complaints.

Leggings on men?!? I don't THINK so. Jeans, T-shirt, flannel shirt w/khakis, nice suits, yes. Kilts, absolutely (preferably regimental)!

Empire waist depends on the dress, agreed. I don't wear them much, except for one I bought back in the 70s. Nice paisley pattern.

I was talking to a female friend about the whole new empire-waist trend just the other day. We agreed that it makes everyone, even the skinniest girl, look like they've got a bun in the oven. I tried on one myself out of sheer curiosity. When I looked into the dressing room mirror the words "nine months" popped into my mind. Ugh. Most of those shirts are incredibly, incredibly unflattering, especially when combined with the (strangely) always-popular trend of one or both bra straps hanging out.

Reminds me of my wild and crazy youth back in the late 80's and those spandex wearing big hair bands. The bulge is fine on rock stars and my hub....not so good on my co-worker. Where to look? Perhaps its intended as revenge on all those guys who look us in the chest instead of the eyes...

I know a young girl who got a few empire waited shirts, and shes a flat tummied thing...and she made a simple knot in the back of the shirt at the hem. It cinched it up nice so she didn't look preggars.

I really like Hadley Freeman from the Guardian. Good fashion advice. Good Brit wit.

I think the fashion designers are actually just making fun of us now- empire waists, skinny pants, remember a couple of years ago when the look was a beautifully tailored jacket with a big, floppy bow around the waist? Built in, so no removing it. How about suits with capris pants? Jeez, I could go on and on. I hate the fashion industry.

I'm having flashbacks to David Bowie in Labyrinth.

I ignore what's trendy and have my own style.

>I'm having flashbacks to David Bowie in Labyrinth.

Okay, I was going to say something negative about men in tights. But now...
Bowie can wear tights all he wants.

Ironically enough, I'm eight months pregnant, and can't find any damn empire waisted maternity clothes. At least none that aren't in patterns only a great-grandmother would love.

Nerds and engineers (of which I am both) tend to view fashion as some absurdist form of abstract art.

Clothing, to an engineer, serves very few purposes. If nothing's either freezing or sweating, and there are no naughty bits hanging out, then clothing has served its primary function.

And leggings on men violates the "naughty bits" provision. Nobody wants to see your schlong. Put it behind a pair of jeans already.

Kimberly-

My wife stills goes nuts (no pun intended) for David Bowie in Labyrinth. Bad teeth, pocky complexion, 80's Glam rock hair... but always so comfortable in his skin.

And anybody wishing to kill time, there is a video of a waiter in tights floating around the internet, schlong and all.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/sizematter

I have a few dear friends with, erm, ENORMOUS breasts and rather Rubenesque figures. Well-cut empire waist dresses are often the best among their somewhat limited choices - once you're shopping for bras in the F+ range (really), there are only so many things that can be made to fit. Me, all I have is my waist going for me - no empire waists for this chickadee. But for some body types, done right, they're a blessing.

Leggings on men?....if they're dancing "Swan Lake" or dressing up as elves for a naughty Christmas pageant, maybe. Otherwise? No. I advise everyone to follow my lead in cheerfully rejected the dictates of high fashion.

Stupid fashions for women include the empire waist dress

That photo...potato-sack race winner?

Actually, Marion, according to Dev Singh's research on waist-to-hip ratio (men across cultures go for the hourglass figure) the dumbest thing any woman can do is cover hers up. If she doesn't have one, she should dress to affect one.

I must disgree. Empire waist dresses look great if you're thin and they're a mini strapless dress. I have one and if it wasn't an empire waist, it would be slutty. And, empire waist work well over short shorts. When I display one feature (legs, boobs, tummy) I cover the rest up. That's the secret to dressing semi-sexy without looking like you're for sale.

But men in tights? I'll pass.

> according to Dev Singh's
> research on waist-to-hip
> ratio

Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi! Ummmmmph!

&@&#%_^!

!!

Crid, you're too much! ;)

Your blogger & I have a history on this issue.

What the lyric of the day?

Coolness rules, which both of you ooze! o_O

Uh, no, that's not the earworm of the day. (I just now made it up!) That would be SRV's version of Hendrix's "Little Wing".

You still marrried? Be my bride.

My fondest wish come true, darling! >_O

I can't help but think the male leggings thing is literally a joke by the fashion industry. They're always getting slammed for encouraging the objectification of women... so now the're objectifying men by making sure the only thing we're looking at is their packages.

Please don't shatter my naive illusions; they help me get through the day. LA LA LA LA LA...

> Please don't shatter my naive
> illusions; they help me get
> through the day. LA LA LA LA LA...

I love you for that. (Sorry Flynne, but when SRV wasn't playing Hendrix, he was less than useless.) And just like that I have a new blogcrush

TO: Amy Alkon, et al.
RE: Leggings

"Leggings on men?!?" -- someone else

Actually, during WWII, most US soldiers wore 'leggings'.

There were a few exceptions. They were referred to as 'paratroopers'. Instead of leggings with their boots, they wore what were called 'jump boots'.

"
WWII US ARMY LEGGINGS

The leggings were used during WWI and WWII. Of canvas construction. With multiple eyelets to allow a thin, long shoe string to wound in and out to tightly secure the leggings. A bottom strap was provided to go around the sole of the shoe. This would provide further stability and keep the leggings in place.

The idea was to provide support to the soldier while he was runing, jumping, etc. In reality, the item was very cumbersome and difficult to use. The idea was abandoned and replaced by the use of tall boots." -- http://www.quanonline.com/military/military_reference/american/wwii_leggings.html

Paratrooper took to calling non-jumpers "Legs", because of the difference.

Regards,

Chuck(le)
[You haven't lived, until you've almost died.]

Crid, you cheater, I'm devestated! o_,O

(PS - I'll live!)

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