What do we think of these trousers?

Edward Strange · 10-29-2007, 04:36 PM

Now, before you shake your heads and cluck your tongues and morn even more web space lost to some poor newbs attempts as self-validation (which I suppose is what it is)...

I don't know where I was going to go with that.
Anyway, assuming you are still reading, have a look at these beauties...
BEHOLD!

Now, I would have liked to think I'm old enough and wise enough not to buy things from Blue Banana (or, more appropriately, Criminal Damage) but these rather fine looking pinstripes caught my eye and I'm seriously debating sticking them on the ol' xmas list along with a rather fetching pair of Vinyl trousers I found on X-tra-x, being the wonderful site that it is.

A little premature perhaps, but with xmas only being two months away (October sales!) and the holiday adverts about to spam our television screens with plastic joy, I thought I'd better start work on 'the list' which is on a budget this year as money is a tad tight.
And as such I ask you fine and wise fashion gurus what you think of the above item?
What might it go with?
And, will it suit my lean and bearded self?
As seen here, demonstrating my new found interest in mild androgyny, stripy stockings for the win.

It is arguable that if I like them, I should damn the torpedoes and ask for the damn things, but I really don't think I'm own anything that would go with them.
I suppose that once I did have them and they were nestled away in some darkened closet some amazing idea of what to do with the bloody things will leap into my head at some point in the future.

I'd just rather not waste 30 quid on another pair of bondage pants I'm never going to wear. My first pair I bought in my wannabe days and now that I sport a beard I look somewhat... Questionable, when I wear them.

Thank you for reading.

Lapin · 10-29-2007, 04:43 PM

No. I say this out of love of good taste: Bondage pants are bad.

No.

(Though I expect disagreement)

gothicusmaximus · 10-29-2007, 04:49 PM

I've grown to enjoy large chains on my pants less and less as the years have progressed, but if the straps were removable I'd consider wearing those.
Acoutrements or no, I don't think they'd necessarily look worse on you than they would on anyone else.

Green.Lady · 10-29-2007, 04:52 PM

I'm more of a lace person than a chains person, so I'm not a huge fan.

prophecyofdoom · 10-29-2007, 05:03 PM

The mega-long chains look pretty dumb to me.

Underwater Ophelia · 10-29-2007, 05:12 PM

I think these pants would look better on a girl wearing a form fitting babydoll tee to offset the bulkiness of the pants.

Edward Strange · 10-29-2007, 05:37 PM

I believe the extra long strap things are supposed to be... Braces/Suspenders... Things.
But yes, you have got me wondering if I want these -at all- now. Perhaps a simple pair of pinstripe trousers will suffice by far instead.

But from what I've seen of the local alterna-teens you arn't Goth unless you have a pair of bondage pants bought from some conveniently placed chainstore.
I feel if this were so, Goth would have died out a very long time ago.
Consider them striken from the crimbo list. They look better on the ladies anyway.

Draconysius · 10-29-2007, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Strange

I believe the extra long strap things are supposed to be... Braces/Suspenders... Things.
But yes, you have got me wondering if I want these -at all- now. Perhaps a simple pair of pinstripe trousers will suffice by far instead.

But from what I've seen of the local alterna-teens you arn't Goth unless you have a pair of bondage pants bought from some conveniently placed chainstore.
I feel if this were so, Goth would have died out a very long time ago.
Consider them striken from the crimbo list. They look better on the ladies anyway.

You could always buy a pair of pinstripe pants like that but without the chains. I saw a few at Abercrombie not long ago. (OMG! Drac loses 1400 goth points!) And you could buy some chains from a hardware store and attach them. And yeah, every single babybat owns a pair of Tripp bondage pants. But don't let that stop you if you like them. Like I said, you could make a DiY pair of bondage pants. They'd be gothier than 10 pairs of any from Snot Rocket.

roserougesang · 10-29-2007, 07:05 PM

I likey the pants, not too sure about the chains though, they seem just a tad too tacky. But then again I've never really been a big fan of bondage pants.

Edward Strange · 10-29-2007, 07:07 PM

Thankyou for your suggestion but bondage pants really arn't me. I look like someone's dad trying to be 'cool'. Fetching and attractive they may be, they are not for me unless I decide to lose the beard and gain several points of 'cool'.
And to be fair, I would rather just have the pair of straight up pinstripes and use my theater suspenders on them. Sorted. However, not that you mention it I am -very- tempted to sew zips, distress it here and there, stick some chains on... Something like this...

While it might be seen as a little harsh and judgmental to say, it is almost funny how you can identify which faction the alternateens belong too based on choice of legwear.
Drainpipes or bondage trousers. Deary me.

ForgetThisLostLenore · 10-29-2007, 07:18 PM

I'm a babybat ( at leat I consider myself so), and i have no bondage pants. I've only worn a pair once, and that's becasue I was dressed up as my bf. They were so heavy and hard to walk in... I prefer my skirts, or black cords, if I must wear pants. I do believe the chains are a tad tacky though... and pinstripe pants would probably cost less, considering that for bondage pants, you pay for a tag and badly sewn on chains.

Edward Strange · 10-29-2007, 07:24 PM

If I mentioned this before I do apologise, but I bought my pair back in my wannabe days when I would gaily prance around telling everyone how Goth I was and how I would only eat burnt toast as it reflected the darkness in my soul or some such nonsense..

I'm not a fan of overly baggy trousers, even less of a fan of skin tight ones because they bring out my painful thin-ness. And cords are lovely things that are warm and comfortable. I've never seen them in black though, not since I broke my really old pair...

And you do make a good point, thinking about it now, I don't really see where chains would fit on my pinstripes.. So I think I might scrap that in favor of distressing, sewing on patches and lots of zips.
How we love our zips.

ForgetThisLostLenore · 10-29-2007, 07:28 PM

Try JC Penney's. That's where I found mine (my cords). They have a hole in the knee though, because some girl attacked me with scissors as a joke.

Wormboy · 10-29-2007, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Strange

Now, before you shake your heads and cluck your tongues and morn even more web space lost to some poor newbs attempts as self-validation (which I suppose is what it is)...

I don't know where I was going to go with that.
Anyway, assuming you are still reading, have a look at these beauties...
BEHOLD!

Now, I would have liked to think I'm old enough and wise enough not to buy things from Blue Banana (or, more appropriately, Criminal Damage) but these rather fine looking pinstripes caught my eye and I'm seriously debating sticking them on the ol' xmas list along with a rather fetching pair of Vinyl trousers I found on X-tra-x, being the wonderful site that it is.

A little premature perhaps, but with xmas only being two months away (October sales!) and the holiday adverts about to spam our television screens with plastic joy, I thought I'd better start work on 'the list' which is on a budget this year as money is a tad tight.
And as such I ask you fine and wise fashion gurus what you think of the above item?
What might it go with?
And, will it suit my lean and bearded self?
As seen here, demonstrating my new found interest in mild androgyny, stripy stockings for the win.

It is arguable that if I like them, I should damn the torpedoes and ask for the damn things, but I really don't think I'm own anything that would go with them.
I suppose that once I did have them and they were nestled away in some darkened closet some amazing idea of what to do with the bloody things will leap into my head at some point in the future.

I'd just rather not waste 30 quid on another pair of bondage pants I'm never going to wear. My first pair I bought in my wannabe days and now that I sport a beard I look somewhat... Questionable, when I wear them.

Thank you for reading.

Id buy em in a heart beat! Thumbs up!!

thedoll · 10-30-2007, 12:23 AM

a bit off topic, but has anybody worn those pants with the heavy chains and decided that they were comfortable or flattering at all? They seem so irritating and make most people look like boxes.

Edward Strange · 10-30-2007, 12:55 AM

The chains jingle something awful too!
Once again referencing to my solitary pair of bondage trousers (official shop title: 'Hammer pants' >< ). They had chains around the bottoms that looked rather swish, however, when you walked, the chains surrounding either foot would make such a racket I would end up shuffling along trying to be as quiet as possible before someone starts singing jingle bells.

Winter Morte · 11-08-2007, 12:04 PM

They would be better as drainpipes.

Clockwork · 11-09-2007, 02:05 PM

Regular pinstripes are better. I can't think of anything off the top of my head that could be added to such pants to improve them.

KontanKarite · 11-09-2007, 04:29 PM

Those would be AWESOME if you can remove the chains.

DeathToLems · 11-09-2007, 05:17 PM

I bought these about 2 weeks ago. I Loved them as soon as they arrived I was so chuffed at how the picture I saw online done no Justis for how stunning they actually are.

Yes the chains come off.
There is also extra chains at the bottom on the side of the legs which I didn't know the purpose of so I took them off (i thought they looked a little silly).
The "corset" ribbons on the thigh are quite cute too (even after you've taken off the chains, you'll have two styles of trousers then)

WARNING
Do NOT crouch down in these!
I did that while lighting a firework and got my boot heal caught in the braces, nearly tripped up right there on the firework. jeeze it shit me up, broke a part of the link holding the chains and lost it in the grass (replaced it with the link from where I took of the other chains though)

I highly recomend these trousers (for girls) though
Love them!

Miss Cogs · 11-10-2007, 02:03 PM

Yes, remove the straps and I'd wear them. Though I have no clue as to how pinstripe would look on me.

Heart Stole Away · 11-10-2007, 03:16 PM

I quite like bondage pants. and don't mind admitting it even though I've noticed the majority of the people here don't care for them. the bagginess I like as well, I find them pretty comfortable myself. and every pair I've ever bout has had chains * which I agree do look stupid* but every pair I've got has always had the chains where they can come off. so I never have the chains on them.

its pretty funny, the first pair I got and had the chains they jingle with every step. and like my goofy self I decided to jump up and down where it jingled to jingle bells. sorry if I like them but isn't it all about being ourselves anyway and wearing and thinking what we believe, among other imortant things as well.

Opteron_Man · 12-10-2007, 01:25 PM

i could only imagine what will happen if you stepped of a bus, and the door closed on the chains and the bus takes off!