Citations:guylons

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English citations of guylons

Noun: "(informal) pantyhose designed for and/or marketed toward men"

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  • 2012, "Mantyhose: Are men really ready to wear tights?", The Week, 7 March 2012:
    I actually think male tights are kind of sexy, says Emily Abbate in The Stir. But mostly, I want my man to wear guylons just to "watch him squirm. Can he get them on without ripping? Will he understand how not easy that is?"
  • 2012, Kevin Courtney, "Word on the street Mantyhose", The Irish Times, 31 March 2012:
    Now we are expected to roll mantyhose, brosiery and guylons over our hairy legs and knobbly knees.
  • 2012, Jane Wells, "Mantyhose: Time to Hand in Your Man Card?", CNBC, 20 April 2012:
    Really? I don't even like wearing pantyhose, why would men want to put on “guylons”?
  • 2013, Todd Plummer, "In Brief: DIY Lacoste Polos, Bradley Cooper's Orange Glow, the Rise of Mantyhose", Details, 29 January 2013:
    Italian specialty legwear manufacturer, Emilio Cavallini, is claiming that sales of "brosiery" and "guylons" are its fastest growing category, accounting for a whopping thirty percent of e-commerce revenue.
  • 2013 October 29, Cory L. Armstrong, Media Disparity: A Gender Battleground, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 157:
    [...] guylons (a trend for men in Europe) increased significantly in 2012 (“Mantyhose,” 2013). And Unilever's Dove Men + Care (the brand's first line of male facial-care products) launched an advertising campaign in 2013 targeting men. The []