Word: thighed
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...imagine my homely face, my mournful eyes, my geeky clothes, attracting any woman at all. In novels, women tossed their heads and flared their nostrils at the scent of Real Men; they moaned as the hero unlaced their bodice and they felt his manhood against their snow-white thigh; but I wasn't like those men and felt that I might never enjoy a normal, twice-weekly sex life. I assumed I would grow up to be a weird old bachelor living in a house trailer littered with bean cans and dirty magazines...
...Fashion: Thigh-highs are the latest hot, sexy look...
...Thigh-highs are all over the stores, selling for between $6 and $60, in black, navy and white, and even plaids, Argyles, fancy lace and silk blends. "It's a lot of fashion for a little price," says Kal Ruttenstein, Bloomingdale's veteran vice president for fashion direction. Comments Benny Lin, Macy's fashion director: "It's not just a metropolitan thing -- it's selling well all over...
...length, which accentuates not so much the stocking as the ample amount of thigh above it, did not spring spontaneously from Lauren's sketch pad. Its 19th century antecedent is the gartered stocking. In those times, for reasons that probably escape today's young generations, that fashion was considered disturbingly sexy (but then, so was the bustle). Nowadays, what % women seem to want is unhampered, ungartered, unmitigated eroticism a la Lolita. Underwear is already worn on the outside -- stuff that looks as if it comes from the lingerie department (and often does), and thigh-highs only complement the picture...
Women also need the nerve to wear only a hint of a skirt to make thigh-highs work; others need not apply. The question that remains, however, is whether this trend has legs. So far, the answer is yes, though some customers are cautious. Louise Voelker, 26, a San Francisco sales representative, owns three pairs of thigh-highs and wears them to the office. But she also wears skirts that cover her thighs, so nobody's the wiser. "The world sees me in one way," she explains, "and I know I'm wearing thigh-highs. Wouldn't they be shocked...