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November 2, 2005
Leather PANTS
The text below came from an Ebay item that recently sold... a pair of men's leather trousers (the seller calls them pants, but we are British. We shall call them trousers).
n.b. picture above obviously a lady in leather trousers, not a man. I hope. Picture provided just to give some ambience.
"You are bidding on a mistake. We all make mistakes. We date the wrong people for too long. We chew gum with our mouths open. We say inappropriate things in front of grandma.
And we buy leather pants.
I can explain these pants and why they are in my possession. I bought them many, many years ago under the spell of a woman whom I believed to have taste. She suggested I try them on. I did. She said they looked good. I wanted to have a relationship of sorts with her. I'm stupid and prone to impulsive decisions. I bought the pants.
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The relationship,
probably for better, never materialised. The girl, whose name I can't even recall, is a distant memory. I think she was short.
Ultimately, the pants were placed in the closet where they have remained, unworn, for nearly a decade. I would like to emphasise that aside from trying these pants on, they have never, ever been worn. In public or private.
I have not worn these leather pants for the following reasons:
I am not a member of Queen.
I do not like motorcycles.
I am not Rod Stewart.
I am not French.
I do not cruise for transvestites in an expensive sports car.
These were not cheap leather pants. They are Donna Karan leather pants. They're for men. Brave men, I would think. Perhaps tattooed, pierced men. In fact, I'll go so far as to say you either have to be very tough, very gay, or very famous to wear these pants and get away with it.
Again, they're men's pants, but they'd probably look great on the right lady. Ladies can get away with leather pants much more often than men can. It's a sad fact that men who own leather pants will have to come to terms with.
They are size 34x34. I am no longer size 34x34, so even were I to suddenly decide I was a famous gay biker I would not be able to wear these pants. These pants are destined for someone else. For reasons unknown - perhaps to keep my options open, in case I wanted to become a pirate - I have shuffled these unworn pants from house to house, closet to closet. Alas, it is now time to part ways so that I may use the extra room for any rhinestone-studded jeans I may purchase in the future.
These pants are in excellent condition. They were never taken on pirate expeditions. They weren't worn onstage. They didn't straddle a Harley, or a guy named Harley. They just hung there, sad and ignored, for a few presidencies.
Someone, somewhere, will look great in these pants. I'm hoping that someone is you, or that you can be suckered into buying them by a girl you're trying to bed. Please buy these leather pants."
They sold for $102.50. The Q and As at the bottom of the page are really worth a read....
Posted by scumkitten at November 2, 2005 9:41 AM
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I just wanted to state that to my knowledge I have never met this man, never encouraged him to buy leather pants, trousers or otherwise. I will admit m'lud to having a penchant for a well turned arse in leather, for rock and roll and for all things piratical. I think it sad these pants have hung so long without the thrill of even one public outing, and hope they went to a good home where they will be worn, worn out, worn to fit the curves of their wearer perfectly, and are used for all that leather pants were originally intended...... Rock on.
Posted by: glittrgirl at November 2, 2005 11:01 AM
Leather TROUSERS! Leather pants sound like something we'd wear to a fetish night in Bristol. Not that I've ever been to a fetish night in Bristol, but I hear that that sort of thing is big up there...
Posted by: Scumkitten at November 2, 2005 11:48 AM
OK OK TROUSERS. Actually I usually call mine my leathers. Avoids any discussion over nomenclature. Pants, yes, have other bottie cladding or revealing connotations.....
Posted by: glittrgirl at November 2, 2005 4:07 PM
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