Leather Trousers. Have you ever owned a pair of.

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This thread is making me feel better about the midlife crisis leather jacket I still wear, thanks bimble.

bought one about 3 years ago and barely worn it

 

[Poot]

I used to dress pretty much head-to-toe in pleather. Like some kind of wipe-clean car seat from a 1979 Ford Escort.

Still would, given half a chance.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Pleather is environmentally horrible though. Just call it plastic, because that’s what it is.

 

[Elpenor]

Never owned a pair. But then my fashion sense comes from “Man at C&A”

 

[pogofish]

That puts me off them - they must stink after a while.

You pull the lining out and wash that with a sponge. The leather just got a regular airing and an occasional wipe-down with something to keep it waterproof/supple.

I'm another who had them for motorcycling purposes Think I went through three pairs in my riding career and I'd probably still ft the last pair OK. Didn't wear them when I wasn't on the bike though.

 

[sojourner]

No, but I did have a fetching pair of shiny purple pvc kecks in my clubbing days, twinned with a teeny tiny top. Oh, and had a black pair of pvc kecks too. Took a lonnnng time to get them off after dancing for hours!

 

[bimble]

Pleather is environmentally horrible though. Just call it plastic, because that’s what it is.

I am a massive snob about fake leather but from now on will claim it’s because of the environment.

 

[maomao]

I had a friend who had stinky leather trousers. I think I would find them restrictive. I am slim hipped with big leg muscles so finding trousers with comfortable legs and waist can be difficult anyway.

 

[The39thStep]

I read a biography of Jim Morrison when I was about 16 and an anecdote about Morrison wearing stinky leather trousers for weeks at a time gave me a longstanding prejudice against the garment and I never wore leather trousers during the approximately decade-long window where I could have fitted into them and looked good.

But if I make it into my sixties and no longer fear embarrassment, death, or offending people with the odour from unwashed trousers, I can definitely see myself donning plus-size leather trousers and driving around on a motorbike.

Also had problems with his footwear

" I'll never wake up in a good mood again. I'm sick of these stinky boots." An American Prayer

 

[WouldBe]

Many people wear socks

Would only stop your footwear from smelling if the socks were waterproof / airtight. I speak from experience.


Had a pair of leather trousers when I had a motorbike.

 

[WouldBe]

I had a friend who had stinky leather trousers. I think I would find them restrictive. I am slim hipped with big leg muscles so finding trousers with comfortable legs and waist can be difficult anyway.

MC Hammer look could sort that out

 

[spanglechick]

In late 2001 I bought a pair of fake leather, plum coloured, snakeskin-effect trousers in the sale. They had ridiculously long legs, but being fabric-backed plastic, they only needed a sharp pair of scissors to lop 6 inches off each leg. They looked amazing, and I was very pleased.

And then I went out in them. I went to a kind of pub-with-dancing - not a proper sweaty nightclub. But within half an hour it became clear that they were not for me. When I took them off at the end of the night, my legs were soaking, running wet. Like I’d just got out of the bath. The sensation of soaking wet sweaty legs from waist to socks was not one I could bear to repeat.

I’ve no idea if real leather would be less sweaty. I don’t wear trousers these days, other than pyjama/lounging pants, so I suspect I shall never find out.

 

[rubbershoes]

You pull the lining out and wash that with a sponge.

TIL leather trousers have a lining

 

[ska invita]

Jim Morrisons wife used to complain about how bad his stunk, apparently. Can't imagine he just had the one pair, either.

Anyone worth their salt stunk in 1971

 

[pogofish]

TIL leather trousers have a lining

Good quality motorbike ones, yes, some can even completely detach the lining for cleaning. Shit fashion items that you wouldn't want to go sliding down a road when wearing, no.

 

[spanglechick]

Of course they need cleaning! The comparison to shoes doesn’t work. I wouldn’t want to get up close with a pair of stinky boots, nor would I want that bacteria anywhere near my delicate crotch-parts.

And then, foot sweat is bad enough, but trousers are pressed into the pelvic area, where there are poo and pee particles, and other bodily fluids being generated, as well as crotch-sweat and skin cells. And while fresh underpants obviously filter the worst of it, we’ve all seen too many breakthrough wet spots on the front of a bloke’s trousers to kid ourselves that the trousers aren’t being filthed up too. And that’s apart from actual dirt from sitting on the ground, spilled drinks, food/whatever.

it is manky not to have clean trousers. To pretend otherwise is blatant, scummy, self deception.

 

[pogofish]

I think with real leathers, some people used to take the "tanning chemicals are excellent antimicrobials" approach/excuse to not cleaning them.

Not that I did - whenever the lining came out for a clean, the leather got a good wipe down with something antiseptic before it went out to air.

 

[krtek a houby]

Voted yes but think they were fake leather. They were a bit tight and maybe wore them 2 or 3 times.

 

[StoneRoad]

Yes, I've worn a pair. If they are too tight or stiff you might find them uncomfortable.

Also have m/c leathers, not fashionable in the least but excellent protection.

Maintain / clean with leather saddle soap [or one of the sofa / car seat products] if glossy, not sure about suede
& don't put away or store in "damp" conditions as they'll go mouldy [nor too dry, that makes the surface of leather craze]

 

[Clair De Lune]

Nah...but I did have a pair of black PVC trousers I used to wear out to a dirty alternative club ...along with a spiked collar and excessive eyeliner of course.

Yes they made me very sweaty indeed. Used to talc my legs before putting them on

 

[Sasaferrato]

Of course they need cleaning! The comparison to shoes doesn’t work. I wouldn’t want to get up close with a pair of stinky boots, nor would I want that bacteria anywhere near my delicate crotch-parts.

And then, foot sweat is bad enough, but trousers are pressed into the pelvic area, where there are poo and pee particles, and other bodily fluids being generated, as well as crotch-sweat and skin cells. And while fresh underpants obviously filter the worst of it, we’ve all seen too many breakthrough wet spots on the front of a bloke’s trousers to kid ourselves that the trousers aren’t being filthed up too. And that’s apart from actual dirt from sitting on the ground, spilled drinks, food/whatever.

it is manky not to have clean trousers. To pretend otherwise is blatant, scummy, self deception.

You are a person after my own heart. In my view, godliness is next to cleanliness.

 

[spanglechick]

You are a person after my own heart. In my view, godliness is next to cleanliness.

Godliness couldn’t be less relevant to my opinion on wearing clean trousers. Tbf.

 

[xenon]

I like my leather jackets. But would never wear leather trousers. The idea is a bit repellent. The creaking, warmth etc. I suppose softer leather would be different but, it’s not for me.

 

[bluescreen]

"What a smooth and beautiful skin the cow's is"

 

[TopCat]

i don't remember them being smelly but it is possible. people don't wash their leather shoes though and thats not regarded as disgusting .

People crutch is a fair distance from their shoes.

 

[TopCat]

I have loads for the motorbike. One pair for leisure. Not worn them in twenty years.

 

[marty21]

Briefly considered them in the early 90s , very briefly.

 

[bimble]

bought one about 3 years ago and barely worn it

what shape is it, is it a leather blazer?

 

[moose]

I read a biography of Jim Morrison when I was about 16 and an anecdote about Morrison wearing stinky leather trousers for weeks at a time gave me a longstanding prejudice against the garment and I never wore leather trousers during the approximately decade-long window where I could have fitted into them and looked good.

Yes, that's stuck in my mind for ever, too. Poor Jim.

I had some for motorcycling, in my youth.

 

[Voley]

He did at least look good in them, Jim.

I can think of other rockers who didn't fare so well. Whitesnake and whatnot. I think one of Ian Astbury's many ill-advised moments involved leather kecks.