Sexy undies for guys
Yes, this week has been all about the boy. The first story that
caught our attention was HommeMystere. This company has been around for a
while, but has had a massive relaunch to target the growing market for lingerie
for men.
Now, this may come as a surprise to you, given that we sell a lot
of very sexy underwear for men, but HommeMystere do something a little
different - their lingerie is like that made for women, but designed to fit men
instead. As the company website puts it, “A growing number of
guys are discovering the comfort of lightweight lingerie style underwear.”
It’s an interesting concept and we’re
definitely keen on the men in our lives exploring their more feminine side in
whatever way works for them, but we’re not sure that Homme Mystere is as
on target as they think they are. Our experience is that one of the delights of
wearing women’s underwear - for a guy - is that it is women’s
underwear. What men want in sexy underwear is … sexiness!
That’s why our stock includes the red hot (but actually bright
pink) Robin thong by Sensualle - sexy,
masculine and definitely lingerie!
Bahrain votes against lingerie displays
But the world is a highly varied place and over in Bahrain,
lingerie is under scrutiny - or perhaps it’s not!
The Southern Governorate Municipal Council voted to change some
lingerie rules recently. Based on some ‘complaints from the public’ about
‘inappropriate window displays’ they
passed not one but two new regulations. First that scantily-clad mannequins be removed from
shop windows because they were “unacceptable". According to the
leader of the council, they have regularly asked for female mannequins to be
removed, but been ignored. Now they have a rule - mannequins must be modestly
dressed - no ‘provocative garments’ to be displayed. According to the
leader of the council, “Everyone knows what women's lingerie
and underwear shops are, so going full frontal is unacceptable.”
But that’s just half the story. The other half
is that female customers have been made to feel embarrassed when buying
underwear from male salesmen. this proposal was put by the Committee Chairman
who stated that it was not a religious position, because that was clear but
that the concern was, “… about the idea of men telling women
they are not related to which nightgowns would look good on them”.
As he went on to say, “There is an issue with a male staring
at a woman's body to estimate her measurements.” Now
we definitely agree there, although not in the moral sense - men are
notoriously incapable of correctly estimating a woman’s size and shape!
Still, Bahrain seems to be missing the point - the answer to the problem is
simple - buy your sexy lingerie online!
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