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This is great
news for
men
who
want to
volun-
tarily
subject
them-
selves
to the
tyr-
anny
of the
under-
wire.
Japan, the coun-
try that has brought
us everything from
tentacle porn to
cat cafes to toilet-
themed restaurants,
leads the world
in innovations we
never knew we
needed. Which is
why it’s unsurpris-
ing that the first
male lingerie line
was created in Japan. And we’re not talking like great box-
ers and wife beaters for dudes.
Fashion label HommeMystere will debut the line in mid-
February, featuring bras and panties with design features
like lace, florals, and underwire that would be found in a
women’s collection, but specifically sized for men’s bodies
and without any padding that might feel “unnatural” to
men. The company’s executive director reports that they
were surprised by the amount of interest they received,
telling the Daily Mail, “‘Since we launched the men’s bra,
we’ve been
getting
feed-
back
from
cus-
tomers
saying,
‘Wow,
we’d
been
waiting
for this
for such
a long
time.’”
This is great news
for men who prefer
women’s under-
wear for what-
ever reason: as a
bedroom kink, for
cross-dressing, or
because they’re
transitioning.
They’ll now have
options that are
actually designed
to fit them, rather
than trying to make do with lingerie designed for an entirely
different body shape. I mean, have you ever tried to shove a
whole bulge into a tiny thong? Just imagine stuffing a foot-
long hot dog in a Ziploc.
On the other hand, do men know that bras are terrible? As
one of the millions of women who gratefully rips her bra off
the second she gets in the house, I can’t believe men want to
voluntarily subject themselves to the tyranny of the under-
wire. Dudes can have all the lace and ruffles: I’ll be rocking
this $12 sports bra until it falls off my body.
Frilly Men’s Underwear Is the Latest Crazy Thing to Come from Japan
BY JESSIE LOCHRIE
FEBRUARY 2014 -
SEXY GLAM
MAGAZINE -
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