Eeek! Trousers

[denimini]

I had spent most of summer wearing mini skirts, particularly doing renovation work. Now the summer has well and truly ended and have had to resort to wearing trousers, I am finding them quite uncomfortable; I squatted down as I would in a mini and there was a moment of extreme discomfort, also when walking I keep thinking I have a piece of duct tape stuck to my boots. I am now trying to devise some comfortable work wear that doesn't look out of place on a building site.
I have thought of converting some overalls into a tunic and wearing leggings. I used to wear tights under trousers when I was a mad motorcycle rider but found it quite painful after removing them - felt like the hairs on my legs had been bent the wrong way.
I do like the outfit on the stonemason picured and as I am doing stonework it would be most appropriate.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... emason.jpg

[Liino]

Gotta say that the Utilikilt known as the "Workman" is a good working kilt. I just received mine yesterday from Seattle and it will be perfect for working.
It is made from similar material as a pair of Carhartt work pants, it is called "duck" and is heavy duty. While it is not light it is super durable. It does give great freedom
for working about. They also make other styles which are lighter. They make 3 lengths which the shortest is 21.5" just above the knee. As posted elsewhere here many
times I can agree that are very comfortable and worth while.

[dillon]

I have sewn a "farm" skirt from old Carhartt jeans, and I think a skirt made from a pair of Carhartt dungarees would look bitchin'! You should consider that. We can get the heavyweight Carhartts for around $45 here. A local seamstress/tailor could knock a skirt out of a pair in a few minutes, using spare fabric from the lower legs for the expanding panel. My homemade skirt is great; happily, though, I can't wear it now because I have significantly reduced my waist girth. Same fate for my beloved old camo skirt. Carhartts are great for creating a masculine work skirt since they have the hammer loop and tool pockets. And I always found the heavy fabric uncomfortable as trousers, but that's not an issue when it's a skirt. Couple it with leggings and you'll have a great workman's rig.

[denimini]

Thanks for the suggestions; I had to google Carhartt as they are not a brand familiar to me (king Gee, Yakka, RM Williams workwear here) - but certainly a similar idea to converted overalls although it would be more like a tunic than a skirt with overalls. I did try a rough skirt out of some work pants that had holes worn thru at the knees, cut them off for shorts and now more cutting and picking to a skirt, with a frayed hem; rough and a bit short for winter without leggings. I do like tool pockets, in fact I quite like overalls except they are so restrictive for movement and difficult to remove. (welders don't wear them these days because if they catch fire they are too slow to remove). As an aside; I have been looking for a real leather skirt to use when I am welding. Hard to find real leather, even with filters -pu -faux -vegan -imitation etc. I always keep a look out at charity shops.

[skirted_in_SF]

As an aside; I have been looking for a real leather skirt to use when I am welding. Hard to find real leather, even with filters -pu -faux -vegan -imitation etc. I always keep a look out at charity shops.

A leather goods store I have bought from has leather skirts from time to time. Probably not what you're looking for though. Too lightweight, short, and sexy .

[denimini]

A leather goods store I have bought from has leather skirts from time to time. Probably not what you're looking for though. Too lightweight, short, and sexy .

Yes, I am aware of those leather goods - I suppose a welding lead could look like a whip.

[skirted_in_SF]

A leather goods store I have bought from has leather skirts from time to time. Probably not what you're looking for though. Too lightweight, short, and sexy .

Yes, I am aware of those leather goods - I suppose a welding lead could look like a whip.

Nope, not that kind of leather goods.
The owner of this shop's father is an importer of leather purses, wallets etc from Italy. I've bought a unisex bag to carry to work and a wallet from the same Italian manufacturer (I Medici) from the shop. The first time I went in the father was staffing the store and showed me around a bit. I went back the next day and the mother was there (scored some points when I asked if she was the daughter ) and we spent some time looking at stock while I figured out what I was looking for. Smooth, not textured, leather and no obvious logos. She found a great bag for me behind a door in the under stock. The store is in an area that I walk by all the time on my lunchtime walks and I soon got to know the woman that is an employee. I bought the wallet from her and looked at a rack of leather jackets. I'm rather small for a modern man so the jackets actually fit me. I went back a month or two later and bought a jacket. They are of the old school sizing, so this is the only garment I have that is an extra large.

[denimini]

That actually sounds like a nice, old world sort of store - sorry for jumping to the wrong conclusion with the mention of very short, sexy leather mini-skirts.

[skirted_in_SF]

That actually sounds like a nice, old world sort of store - sorry for jumping to the wrong conclusion with the mention of very short, sexy leather mini-skirts.

You're quite excused. Not all of San Francisco is like that.

[dillon]

That actually sounds like a nice, old world sort of store - sorry for jumping to the wrong conclusion with the mention of very short, sexy leather mini-skirts.

You're quite excused. Not all of San Francisco is like that.

Ironically, that's an aspect of the city I'd like to see, from a disengaged distance. Im far too shy and nervous to become part of anything "wild." Aside from changing planes, I've only been to SF once, albeit at a historic moment - the summer of 1967. I was nine years old and on a country-wide circuit with my mom and sister, by rail no less, to visit relatives. We were visiting my mother's aunt in Oakland, and one of the trendy tourist attractions was to cross the Bay Bridge and go down to Telegraph Avenue or Haight Street and look at the hippies. At that time, of course, the term "hippies" had not been popularized, and I can't recall what my great-aunt called them. Regardless, it was fascinating. Being a bur-headed little country boy from the rural south, I had never seen a boy with long hair, and I'm not talking Beatles mop heads but crfriend length manes! My own would reach those lengths eventually, but ten years later. Who knows, I might have seen Jerry Garcia or Grace Slick and not have known it!