Is it Porn or Art?

The other day, I was searching for new material for our blog, and I entered the term "pantyhose art" to see if I could find some artistic displays of pantyhose, or some new clip art in which to post. I always like to post a picture or video with new entries. I just feel it adds to the quality of the entry.

Most of the search results, were of course, pornographic. I then came across a performance artist, Vanessa Beecroft. http://www.vanessabeecroft.com/

She directed a performance, entitled VB55 at Berlin's National Art Gallery (story here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2005/apr/11/art.germany) In the performance, she had about 100 women standing still in the gallery, just wearing nude sheer to waist pantyhose.





First, I can't believe that I didn't find this earlier! Secondly, I am happy to see that it is considered art. It is definitely art that pushes the limit, but it is still considered art. A supreme Court Justice once said something to the effect of, I can't define pornography, or what it obscene, but I can tell you when I see it.

What I wonder is what kind the reaction would be, or if you could even get 100 men to do the same piece of performance art!

I am advancing in my techno knowledge. Here is a video from You Tube about the performance. It must be art and not porn, because they show it all in this video!

Just when you thought all the new mens hosiery ideas were coming from China..

I was going to post earlier today about a couple of new types of men's hosiery from China, that I found on ebay. Before I got a chance to, I found that Comfilon has announced two new styles of tights. Both, have a fly. I personally find the fly feature that I almost demand in my legwear. Without going into great detail, there are times when I can not easily undo my belt to use the bathroom for a pee break. With a fly, there is no problems. Enough potty talk, lets see those new tights:










They are base on the old 879's, which were Comfilon's only footless tights. The fly is supposed to be the same as the 849/549 design. I guess the difference between 849 and the new 866 is the full support, versus the light support.

I'd like to say that you heard it here first, but I did find this on LAUF. I found it important enough to make mention of it here, since we were just talking about new types of hosiery from the East.

New pantyhose from Taiwan; Thanks for reading

First off, we'd like to thank our readers. As you can see, our counter has recorded over 5,000 hits!

I like to look for interesting pantyhose facts, websites, or products and let our readers know about them. I also don't like to duplicate what I see in other blogs, or in the LAUF Forum.

Yesterday while searching, I found a new type of pantyhose made in Taiwan. Here's the description, "It is our pleasure to announce that we are manufacturer & exporter of pantyhose in Taiwan and are available to supply the innovative design pantyhose which have 200% super elastic & ventilative pantyfork. (please see the attached pictures) The features of our pantyhose are as below; 1. With 200% super elastic pantyfork, you may always make yourself at home by wearing it. 2. With leading edge net fabrication, its ventilation nature may automatically alleviate the excess steam out of your body and make you feel healthy and comfortable. 3. Its innovative design compounding automatic machine fabrication can improve the defects of ripping off, displacement, stretching taut, and slipping down occurring in the pantyhose without pantyfork. 4. The key parts of the pantyhose are processed with antibiotic treatment to protect you from germ infection. 5. With super elastic pantyfork, the pantyhose can be flexibly expanded to fit you in every way. By using classy and full elastic fabric for the pantyfork, its delicate fibers extend very a good tactile feeling for you."

I believe that the translation may have been a bit off, any how here's the accompanying picture:I love the description, " You will always be at home by wearing it!" And it is always important to "alleviate the excess steam out of your body!" Ha!

Here's the "American Dad" video

Here's the "American Dad" video clip. I laughed my ass off! I love the way Roger cracks open the Legg's egg. Thank you You Tube!

Roger wearing pantyhose on "American Dad" last night

This is not a picture from last nights episode, titled "Stan's Night Out" Season 4, episode 20. In the episode, Roger the alien, shown above left, is in competition with Hayley (not shown) to see who is more attractive. Roger "cracks open" a Legg's plastic egg and dons pantyhose before heading out on a date. I laughed my ass off. You can watch the episode online on Fox. If I find the picture or an easier video link, I will post it.

Mr PH asked that I share this painting...

That I just showed him. It was one I saw when I was in London in February at the National Gallery there. I'm not hyperlinking the picture, so you will have to go to the site itself. We were not allowed to take photographs there.

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG1909

I showed it to him as we were having a discussion about the painting of the Crucifixion he posted, and how the clothing would have been historically inaccurate, but rather reflected the period of time the artist rendered the painting. The Execution of Lady Jane Grey is also like that. Not that Mr PH really cares about that, he just thought it was cool with the guy in hose.

I know there were other paintings I saw at the London Gallery with dudes in tights, but the Lady Jane one really stood out for me, her gown was exquisite, the entire piece is, in my opinion. The following day I was at the Tower of London and learning more about her execution, and that really left a lasting impression.

Men in tights in paintings

I recently went to Washington DC, and had a couple of hours to spare. I was walking by the National Gallery of Art , and decided to walk in. While looking at some of the paintings, I saw men in tights. Armed with only my cell phone camera (and because it was permitted) I took pictures for our readers:

I did not try to capture the whole painting, but rather, tried to capture the depiction of the Romans wearing tights. At least that is what it looked like to me, especially the man furthest to the right.


This was the second one I saw. Not sure if he is wearing tights, or just very long socks. There were probably more that I missed, there was just so much to see. As for real live men wearing hosiery, I only saw one, and he probably wouldn't qualify. A bike messenger wearing athletic tights, under shorts.

New Product Idea

I was thinking the other day while biking. Wouldn't it be nice to have an extra layer for your legs, to slip on if it got cool, that would be easy to pack. I was thinking of pantyhose, of course. But, I thought, wouldn't it also be nice to be able to slide them over your bike shorts, and then have the appearance of not having on an extra layer? The only way you could do that is to have something kinda like the old "Underalls" A different colored brief portion, with tan legs. I put something together to illustrate my idea:
I did this by putting a pair of regular hose through a pair of Comfilon A323 Sheer Briefs, just to illustrate my idea. My thought was, one could slide on and off the extra layer as needed, and wear it while giving the illusion of still having bare legs. Good idea or not?

JT in Tights Part 1

Saturday Night Live _ Give it on up to Homelessville

Here's the first time JT went on SNL wearing white tights. Again, the video in the blog doesn't work, but the link does!

JT in tights again!

Saturday Night Live _ Surgery Center

Well the video doesn't work here in the blog, but the above link will work. Mrs. PH's favorite SNL host/guest was the host last night. It seems that often, he is on SNL wearing tights. We saw him dancing with Beyonce in "Put a Ring on it" wearing hosiery. We saw him a while back doing a skit similar to this one wearing white tights. Yet again JT (Justin Timberlake) is wearing white tights. You go JT!

Sneaking this in for Mr PH and others

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7541126&page=1

This quote stuck out at me- because I'm not a hose lover. I think I've always been upfront about that here, so this should come as no surprise.

We don't want to be told what to wear, so we make our own guidelines.

And in the days that I had to wear business attire to work, and the unspoken rule that hose was necessary. I was resentful of the requirement. I often wore pantsuits, occasionally skirts. And the day that business casual was adopted, I celebrated. Probably to the dismay of Mr PH.

But now at work I can wear pretty much whatever I want and honestly, if I did show dressed up people would certainly notice because the nature of my work requires more rugged clothing. Hose would get wrecked in no time. I don't miss the corporate world one bit.

What do you do with your damaged hose?

What to do with old hose with a run? Ehow.com has several uses, one of them is to make a Frisbee. http://www.ehow.com/how_4479177_frisbee-out-recycled-pantyhose.html

I'm just not that "crafty". I did read some where, that if you have a leg with a run, cut that leg off. Take another pair with a run in the opposite leg, and cut that leg off. Then, pull on both pairs, so that you have two good legs. I tried it with some old Comfilon 549's, and it does work, but all I did was try it. I didn't wear them for an extended period of time. I have also tried cutting off say the foot portion, if it was damaged, and then wearing a knee high of the same brand/color. I wasn't too impressed with that, and it would look kinda weird. I have also tried just cutting off the foot portion if the foot was damaged, and wearing regular socks. this didn't work, because the hose would roll up. does anyone else have any good tips or ideas for damaged hose?

Keeping up on a blog can be tough

It is sometimes hard to find new material to write about. I don't want to write the same thing day after day, nor do I want to write about topics that have recently been discussed in other blogs.

One of my "sources" for information, is ebay. What people are buying and selling when it comes to male pantyhose can be better than checking the news or other forums and blogs. I enter different search titles, and get different results. Today, I searched "pantyhose man" and then searched under title and description, and came up with this movie:


The description of the movie on the ebay listing is as follows: "Pantyhose Hero has caused quite a stir since its first release with many believing it to be homophobic and extremely distasteful. While I understand their reasons, I am of the opinion that this is a great kung fu comedy, which is admittedly not politically correct! Sammo and Alan are cops assigned to a murder case in which the killer is apparently targeting homosexuals. As a result, the 2 cops are 'trained' to act like Gay men in order to lure the assailant into their trap. What follows is a hilarious set of comedy sketches coupled with its fair share of bloody encounters. The finale in particular is extremely violent as well as being expertly crafted."

The movie was released in 1990. I'm sure I could have a lot to write about if I bid on it, but I don't feel like watching a movie with subtitles. If anyone has seen the movie, I'd love to hear your review.

How Pantyhose Are Made

Pantyhose
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Just in case you've ever wondered, here is a video that shows how they are made. I was surprised how many they make each day, over 180,000!