November 7, 2009


Issue: Hairy back and hairy chest show through shirts.

Solution: Wear an undershirt, tank or sleeveless. However, it’s important to note that hairy chests have now become acceptable and no longer need to be waxed away or hidden. Some chest hair showing at the neckline is now acceptable.

(I found this site while trying to get an answer to the question, “Does anyone make sized men’s underwear without elastic?” (i.e. boxer shorts that fit at the waist [which of course means a button at the waist and a fly], like in the old days)

(Another question: When did hairy chests become unacceptable?)

posted by Cooper Renner in clothes 

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5 Responses to “Issue: Hairy back and hairy chest show through shirts.”

  1. Sheila Ryan on November 7th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    Aw, Cooper, you know the answer to your question concerning the history of hairy chests and their non-acceptance.

    It was when boys started growing their hair long and wearing sissy clothes and before long you couldn’t tell the boys from the girls.

    But seriously — ahem –

    In ‘matters of the cloth’ (fashion, broadly considered), you just have to adopt a completely different mental timeline.

  2. Coop on November 7th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    Would it, seriously, be possible to link the preference on non-hairy chests to ‘hippiedom’ and early ’70s musical androgyny, or is it just Madison Avenue and underwear models?

  3. Sheila Ryan on November 7th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    These are deep waters.

  4. Phil Bebbington on November 8th, 2009 at 3:50 am

    Thankfully a hairy back and chest have never been an issue for me. Of course, I’d never survive in the wild if some bear nicked my clothes whilst bathing in a stream. An unlikely scenario I know, but still!

  5. salvo on November 9th, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    I have an allergy to latex, and developed a rash a few years ago around the waistlne where my underwear hit.

    I found a company in Colorado that made boxers that buttoned up, and I bought a bunch. They weren’t cheap, and I was disappointed that they didn’t last too long—they all developed tears in the seams that I’d like to attribute to my enormous penis, but more realistically they just weren’t made to last.

    I ended up finding a prescription ointment that got rid of the rash.

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