| That attitude vest really got around. Here's two more poses, in an Indoor/Outdoor pairing! The leather copy of the BVD-style briefs wouldn't cooperate in my "no exposure" campaign, so I sewed the fly closed. Does anyone remember the name of the company who sold the "Attitude" vest? |
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One of the most fascinating products of the venerable West Coast Shoe Company, "WESCO" for short, are the "Big Boss", their take on the ultimate motorcycle boot. A friend brought his up for an extended weekend, and I ordered my own pair shortly thereafter. They do make them in pull-on form too, but why take a minute to get into them, when you can spend a pleasant 10 minutes lacing these guys up?! The leather "carpenter's" apron was a trade, and peeking between the apron and boots are my laced scrimmage shorts.
I know, you can hardly see the shorts -- in fact, I had to send the boots back for shortening. I had been a mite too enthusiastic in my initial measurements, and even though they're great boots, they weren't too good as a jockstrap! |
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From an ancient photo on Lameuse Street, a quick jump across town and space to Early Shorecrest! The codpiece jockstrap and the very thin zip-side shorts both do a great job of basket emphasis, but I'm sure you're concentrating on the boots! Yes, the shoulder harness does include its own built-in collar, tightness adjustable to suit. |
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One of favorite leather finds from Larsen's Leathers, what I call a "Crop Side" T-shirt. Heavily oiled in this photo, of course, and I really liked the V-front collar.
The pants I termed my "Lean Cyclist", because of the definitely pegged nature of their legs. I made them even more so by replacing the worn-out knees with my accordion-pleat sections. |
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Yet another attitude photo, and I think it might be the last! The pants are called "Triple Laced": Not only are both legs laced, front and back, but the fly and rear center seam both have their own laces. It's a challenge, particularly to pull them off!
Was the temperature a mite cool, to provoke me to wear a mere fabric shirt under the Attitude vest? |
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My photographer never makes a mistake, honest!! We really meant to leave the camera set on "AUTO" when taking a flash picture at night. And the camera certainly did a surreal job of turning our decisions into a spectacular advantage! It's the triple-laced pants, and quadruple-laced jacket teamed this time with the Crop Tee Shirt. |
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Another attitude-correcting photo. Trying to follow Doctor's orders about wearing looser-fitting leathers without losing bulge emphasis, this was a mid-period attempt at taking traditional BIKER riding pants, and adding some basket room into them.
My tailoring needed a lot of learning, as I had to pleat the pouch to get it to work about the way I intended.
The boots? Those old rubber things? I'm wearing Iron Age hippers, folded, and beside them are something made by a company named Hodgman -- a friend in Houston sent them up to me! |
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After finding how hard it was to build bulge into street leathers, I visited a pro in Houston. Right up the road from where I found the ancient cyclist pants, Harry designed and built my fantasy bulge pants!
Harry did ask me how large I wanted the pouch, and in a moment of bravado, I blurted "surprise me"! Wow! Did he ever! And I continue to enjoy the freedom to bulge to Blast-0ff in these great "Super Front" jeans!! |
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Well, it wasn't long before I unleashed my new bulge-ability on an unsuspecting world! I'm thinking this was a pre-dinner pose one evening.
The uniform epaulet shirt was also the custom effort of a leather tailor in Denver, some years previously. The boots are of a fairly traditional equestrian riding style. |
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There's this room in my garage I call the Rubber Room. It's got this marvey floor by Wondermat of 5/8" foam, that seems to invite resting. Does this qualify as an "Attitude"? Or, is it a position? The shirt, or you could call it a jacket, is of very thick leather from a pre-1980 San Francisco company called "East West Musical Industry"! The chaps were a second pair from the same, now forgotten pawn shop on East Colfax Avenue in Denver. |
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