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08-01-2002, 08:03 PM
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The other day I was waiting for my flight back from Boston, seated at the airport, and indulged in the age-old habit of girl-watching. I was dismayed: it seemed no one was interested in wearing tight jeans. To understand what I mean, you have to know that when my wife and I traveled to Budapest this past September, tight jeans, pants, and skirts were very in. It did my heart good, and, judging from the glances of many Hungarian men, it didn't exactly pain their eyes, either.
Fashions change, and they differ across the globe. What's considered erotic or teasing in one culture is passe in another, scandalous in a third, and unpractical in a fourth. Are clothes used as an attractor in your culture, or one you know? What clothes on the opposite sex (or the same sex, or some hitherto unsuspected third sex) sends your blood singing, assuming your blood can carry a tune? 
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08-01-2002, 08:17 PM
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| | As for the third sex, you'd be surprised that a number of them here can really give some women a run for their money!
These "katoeys" would wear just like the women: strapless tank tops (with hanging hemline, exposing the belly button) as well as minis. They could really fool some foreigners in search of real women... especially when these foreigners are drunk.
Actually, I wasn't speaking metaphorically when I referred to a "third sex." I was speaking literally, as among the asexual species known as lawyers, who bud. However, I'm not opposed to this bit of information. Thank you for it. I'll probably file it away, along with all the other nonsense that passes for knowledge in the breezy attic of my memory.
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08-01-2002, 08:18 PM
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What clothes on the opposite sex (or the same sex, or some hitherto unsuspected third sex) sends your blood singing, assuming your blood can carry a tune?
| I must admit to having a thing for women in cut-off jean shorts. and halter tops. and leather pants. Shorts skirts are ok, but the three I have mentioned can send me into fits of oggling. 
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08-01-2002, 08:55 PM
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| | Here, tight clothing is in in both young males and females. Women in all ages mostly use low cut tight trousers, jeans or stretch. A tight top, showing everyting between 1 cm (0.4 inch) to 10 cm (4 inces) is common now during the summer. Tank tops and such aren't so common here though, a short sleeve or straps seems more common for city use. Short skirt has not been a fashion here since the 80's, instead, long skirts are in now, but they are also low cut and worn with a tiny top.
For the gentlemen, low cut jeans and fairly slim cut shirts or t-shirts are common. Suits are supposed to slim cut too, Italian style is still in. Unfortunately, "earth" colours and bleached jeans seems to be in, so everybody looks IMO fairly boring in all this brown, beige, grey and washed out blue jeans.
re: Katoeys, they really look amazing, one of my friends (a straight man) thought they looked better than the girls!
As for lawyers, I wouldn't say Astafas is totally asexual...the girls faint around him anyway, and it's not because of his bad breath 
As for me, I have this thing for untied bowties...I just can't control myself when I see a handsome guy with an untied bowtie...fortunately you don't see it very often
More generally speaking, I love a good looking, charismatic man in a slim cut Italian or even British suit, preferably in an unusual colour, not the standard grey and absolutely not chalk-striped or worst of all - dark blue.  I also love a man in jeans, but jeans demands a good, rounded ass. Boxer shorts and nothing more is fine too. When I think of it, almost everything is fine actually, if the man looks good
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08-01-2002, 09:40 PM
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but jeans demands a good, rounded ass
| yes yes yes, mmm hmmm
yummy yummy yummy.
i like guys with fluffy short hair 
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08-01-2002, 09:43 PM
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| | | and i think most girls look very good in their ethnic costumes...
like kabaya, cheongsam...etc
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08-01-2002, 09:53 PM
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| | @Wiwimu: Not in the Swedish ones, I can assure you. The Swedish ethnic costumes are to horrible to describe, take a look at this. Fortunately, very few people use then, and if so, only for special occations.
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08-01-2002, 09:56 PM
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| | Walks in with an undone bow tie.....hi CE
Everything where I live is all baggy clothes anymore. It is extremly frustrating 
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08-01-2002, 09:57 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by C Elegans
@Wiwimu: Not in the Swedish ones, I can assure you. The Swedish ethnic costumes are to horrible to describe, take a look at this. Fortunately, very few people use then, and if so, only for special occations. | Like punishment by public humiliation?
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08-01-2002, 09:58 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by C Elegans
@Wiwimu: Not in the Swedish ones, I can assure you. The Swedish ethnic costumes are to horrible to describe, take a look at this. Fortunately, very few people use then, and if so, only for special occations. | What on earth are they wearing?  It looks like it was laundry day for them and they had to improvise an outfit.
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08-01-2002, 10:21 PM
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| | | yah not very appealing to the eyes......................
whahahahhahahahahahah
oops am i being too insensitive...
but if they kinda removed the rags on their heads it would be much better......
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08-01-2002, 10:26 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Bloodstalker
Walks in with an undone bow tie.....hi CE: | Hi BS, you...look...unsually...good. Very nice bow tie, but don't you think it would go better together with a tuxedo rather than that baggy old T-shirt?
@Fable & Tybaltus: ROFLMAO The Swedish ethnic costumes are supposed to be reconstruced replicas of the kind of clothes people wore for celebrations in the old Swedish agricultural society. And take a look at this, in case you believe the male versions are better.
This man is not wearing them, but it is common that the male costume include a kind of garther with 2-3 plum-sized ballshaped yarn-tazzles on. This is fastned just below the knee, where the trousers end.
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08-01-2002, 10:32 PM
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@Fable & Tybaltus: ROFLMAO The Swedish ethnic costumes are supposed to be reconstruced replicas of the kind of clothes people wore for celebrations in the old Swedish agricultural society. And take a look at this, in case you believe the male versions are better.
| Are you sure that link is correct? I mean, no one in the right mind would force anyone to wear that. There is such a thing as cruel and unusual punishment.
Celebrations? Thats one party I would NOT like to go to, let alone dress up for.
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