Harness - BACK VIEW

My final post on the topic of leather harnesses (from a writing perspective I'm so done with this), is to not forget how we look in harnesses FROM THE BACK.

 

There are tons of men with muscular man boobs, and yes, of course the harness is going to really draw attention to your MUSCLE BEAST MONSTER CHEST. But let's be honest, there are tons of muscle bears with massive muscle bear chests from the front, but from the back, it's not all that defined and the muscularity really ain't much there. You just see big and stocky, might be actually a bit flabby though.

 

And then there are guys with more humble relatively toned flat chests and stomachs (because they keep fit, duh). They are a bit standard modelly from the front to say the least, but once turned around ... FROM THE BACK, they are fucking defined and sculpted, BROAD AND MASSIVE, and have got proportions, contours and angles that remind us of the greek god perfect form ... as opposed to massive bodybuilder competition form.

 

This is the Hilary Swank Effect. Remember when she went to the Oscars in that extremely covered-up, constricted, demure violet dress all conservative and proper and lacking of sex appeal, and then from the back ... BANG! Total back cleavage! Perfect for over the shoulder pics!

 

 

This is where the harness comes into play. Okay, we're at the Folsom Fair, hot guys abound ... and then you see a group of dudes standing in circle hanging out n' talking, and there is ONE GUY back facing us, who's got all our attention, but you can't see his face. You're like, that guy's gotta be hot just from the way he looks from behind! The way he stands, his posture, the way he moves his arms, adn the way his back muscles shift just when he rests on one foot or the other ...

 

My chest obsession is equaled by my BACK OBSESSION. This dude in this pic has got the perfect back! Usually men's chests are actually smaller than the entire width and length of their back, and the leather straps in this example have to cover a much larger territory. I've always viewed the back as the ultimate symbol of STRENGTH in a man. Like in a horse sort of way. A horse is all back, able to carry the weight of a human.

 

To fully cover the vast muscular territory of this guy's hot back, 6 individual straps are required for the task. And the arm band strapping his triceps only attest to the fact that without seeing the dude face-on, we know this guy's packin' from the front cause he works out.

 

So, another condition of the harness, check how you look from the back! Is there the same wow factor as in the front?

 

I remember so many times going home with guys with okay so-so bods (honestly I'm a slut and I am not picky), and then in the morning, waking up and spooning them from behind and resting my chin against their warm back ... and then as they get up for a piss and head towards bathroom, I see an ASTONISHINGLY SCULPTED BROAD MASSIVE BACK then I wasn't expecting. That's when you know you've got a real MAN in your bed.



 



Hot Back!


 

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Leather harness guys and their attention grabbing chests

 

So my obsession continues in searching for hot photos of guys who do the leather harness justice by inserting their sexy bodies into these seemingly complicated leather devices, buckling up and adjusting the straps for a perfect fit, and then be ready to walk out on to the street and showcase themselves as walking pieces of art.

 

Again, I talked a lot about the framing of the male torso, and my obsession with male chests. I am definitely a face person of course, and would never date a guy who didn't have the type of face I consider embodying certain character traits that I find sumptuous and appealing in a man and possibly a lover. Having a semi-cute and generally masculine face are my basic criteria, and I could give or take should you have an unusual nose or slight lack of facial symmetry.

 

But I have inevitably fallen in love with guys bodies despite less than perfect faces before, and my obsession is really cuddling against a nice warm loveable chest. Hey I know girls who only date guys for their big schlongs that small penises can't suffice in terms of the female orgasm, but anyways ...

 

Back on track, I really wanted to discuss in this post the UNEXPECTED WOW FACTOR that harnesses can give a man, when putting one on. The first guy has an adorable face, but who'd know that neck below, he be rocking that body, and into that KINK. The second stud has probably done all leather harnesses before, so to up the hot quotient, he's choosen a CHAIN LINK HARNESS. He's muscle hunk abounds and has the confidence to pull off any look (cocky hot bastard!). This is really when bodybuilders wearing basically jewellery still come off as macho fucking beasts. It's a CHEST NECKLACE worn my a muscle king!

 

Third guy also caught me off guard. I adore geeky hunks, and his face is pinchable adorable (and tongueable too). He probably went with his friends to the Folsom Fair all normal and regular-like, and then at the right moment, off came his t-shirt to reveal his hot body complete with harness!!! Honestly, his body is the ideal bod I strive for.

 

I chose the 4th guy in this series because he is number one ADORABLE and poses well in the photograph, but because in his slimmer toned physique, he equally pulls off the harness look. It's not always about puffy chests and dungeon masters cracking whips. Sometimes a harness can also exhibit slimmer athletic bods and their versatility in movement a body can have while accentuated and outlined by form fitting tight arrangement a harness is.

 

I have been to leather dances and have seen twinks rock the harness in a way that is very much unexpected. In these cases, I notice more the twists and turns and flexibility of their tight bodies while in harnesses. If Beyonce can rock a bikini in her recent H&M ad, then tight bodied twinks can ALSO rock a harness LIKE THEY'RE FOOKING BEYONCE IN A BIKINI! It's actually suprisingly hot!

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Search for muscular guys in harness - more boner inducing examples

 

It's no secret I've said before I love older daddy types who've still got pretty banging bodies for their age. I like how this masculine ginger daddy in the first pic flaunts his physique and tattoos for the cameras. There's nothing to criticize on that well-kept bod, so go ahead ... DOUBLE BI-CEP POSE, POW POW! And I especially like the very artistic belly button tattoo too.

 

The second DILF has got a fookin' SOLID BUFF CHEST dude! He actually kinda looks like Jake Gyllenhal, cute face, but it's really his buff bod packed in solid DENSE muscle that's got everybody's dick poppin' up just at the sight of those well obvious HUGE MONSTER PECS, and just super big chest overall when you consider the width of his body back to front. It's like you almost want to take a punch at his chest just to see how hard that muscle is!!! He's also got super smooth flawless skin (one of my weird obsessions with men ... no cancer spots or freckles, no imperfections).

 

When a man has been naturally attributed the skin of Charlize Theron, I automatically consider a genetically perfect specimen made by God. And, the stainless steel armband is a perfect touch as it reflects the sunlight, kinda like a super-hero look there.

 

Finally, I chose this last muscle jock in the third pic as another good example of a hot guy in a leather harness, primarily for his spectacular side view of his hot bicep and great defined chest. You know, there's always those guys who working out seems to come easily to them, and them bam, they got a wicked bod like that in no time! Not too muscular like a bodybuilder, but COMPARABLE to a body builder. Those are the guys that take care of themselves, eat right. Here is, texting, flaunting bod and wearing leather harness, like it's a piece of cake!!!

 

And he also has that beautiful smooth flawless skin, glorious in the summer sun, taking in all them good rays we can only get being SHIRTLESS and OUTDOORS!

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Studs in leather harnesses - Chests that become super entities!

Proportion is very important. Even the most muscular of bodies can't just rely solely on their muscles to deliver the look. The leather harness must accentuate and compliment the right areas of the upper body, and almost in a very superficial way, elevate the STATUS of your chest to a different dimension visually. It can certainly compliment an already hot muscular physique (abs, pecs, nipples, shoulders), that you know for sure will command attention with or without the harness, and then, it also sometimes TRANSFORMS an already AWESOME chest to a super entity! It is part illusion, and part try it on to see how this thing really makes me look for real!



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I shy away from wearing leather harnesses ... I know I could never pull it off. But let's just say you are a muscle buff, and you in your own mind, give or take, think you could pull off a leather harness easily. Being buff in the gay community is always a superficial plus. You always look good. Because you're big and muscular. Heads will turn automatically.

But as I had blogged in a previous post, once size does not fit all, and you've really gotta find the harness, with the right fit and design, that truly suits you.

Getting technical, we are not all like Zeb Atlas, whose GIANT BOD will outstage any small lace of fabric leather that happens to meander its way across the peaks and valleys of his muscular landscape. Technically speaking, the male torso is a varied landscape, it is the sum of its parts, and also has an overall look from a distance perspecive of the male torso, and each kind of leather harness will cut and dimension a torso in different ways.

All of the guys above I feel are wearing the right type of leather harnesses given their specific physique.

All lookin' hot in harnesses!

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As I stated many a times before, I FEAR the leather harness and could never pull it off, just because of the body physique requirements a leather harness demands. Call me shallow or foolish, but not every guy looks good wearing it. But here are some GOOD examples:

 

Hot guys who rock the leather harness

 

So, naturally, I do have just a few defining principles and guidelines. 1) Confidence. 2) Look as good as you did in the front as how you look in a harness from the back. 3) Chest pops out and totally outshines the fact you are wearing any leather harness at all, and 4) Have a typically very broad chest like the cutie in the 4th photo. Harnesses vary, can outline the pecs, or ride above them. Having a BIG HOT CHEST in both circumstance obviously helps to achieve the look.

 

Harnesses are all about the very intended FRAMING of the male chest. So many guys wear, and many do not succeed. These guys ROCK the leather harness like it was made for their body. My favourite is actually the guy with the back-pack, looks like the harness was custom made to FRAME his perfect athletic and muscular back.



Lesson in leather

As a wrap up of all my other posts on the subject of leather ... I would like to say that past all my dumb cliché slogans ... one size does not fit all, feel good in your own skin etc., one thing I've learned about the leather scene and just only recently really getting into it obsessively, is that it is an evolution.

 

Each year fetish fairs and leather balls and leather competitions get racier and more high profile, porn sites reposition themselves around leather and how they present it to their porn audience (i.e. Bound Gods). Halloween and New Year's have now become official leather event weekends, and leather styles and trends get more innovative, require MUCH LESS fabric, but are more intricate and provocative in design. The face of leather changes and has been more mixed with the jock and sportswear scene. And industry leather events are bringing out record crowds headlined by wicked high-pofile DJ's.

 

Hot DJ Supergroup Luther headlined Bal en Cuir, Club Soda

 

Leather is essentially the average gay man's access to be a porn star. So it's really just about showing off a lot, and having fun.

Sometimes going to these leather events at first is a bit nerve-wracking. Just standing around in leather is actually not a lot of fun. One thing I've learned about the leather scene is that wearing leather is already an advertisment your 'out there.' So smile, act the part, be confident about yourself as a sexual being. That is HONESTLY the greatest turn on.

 

So after the Bal en Cuir, I ended up in somebody's apartment in a threesome, but don't remember how I got there. All I remember was somebody at the event talking to me, me really not sober, and I guess I got picked up. They must have seen me dancing half naked on the dance floor, no inhibition, drunk ... very sexual and ripe for picking!

 

Had I been at a regular gay bar standing in the corner, regular schmoe in t-shirt and jeans ... not every guy would be like coming to approach me. But that night, the leather and all the shots I took gave me a sense of sexuality I don't have when I am a just normal gay. It gives you visibility and raw animal sexuality being part of the leather crowd, that wearing ordinary clothes and being NORMAL, just doesn't.

 

At at the RENEGADE party, I went with a new friend I made, and sure he had been with me naked before at his condo, but in my leather get-up I donned that night at Apollon ... he was just very PLEASED to say the least with what I hard worn that night, constantly twerking my nips and touching my body every chance he got. He was great and I appreciated the attention.

 

This is the appeal of leather. Putting on leather means you're in SEX MODE. And let's be honest. Not everybody gay at a gay bar is necessarily interested in an end of the night hook-up. With leather, it is like the secret access code to tap into one's sexuality and bypass a lot of barriers that even do exist in our sexually progressive community. So really I just love it.

What I can't do, others can

So, where I have been talking relentlessly about what leather attire, get-ups, looks, gear and accessories could POTENTIALLY look good on me, and the looks that I more lean to in general ... that truly work for me, my physique and size, my self and body image, and make me feel the BEST on the dance floor ... others are tossing out the window all their inhibitions, they are FEARLESS.

 

I mention this because I've realized I've obsessed a little too much about what others will think of me in leather. If you're at the same event, THEY are also wearing the same thing. And not everybody has a super tight hottie bod either, yet they still manage to pull off a daring look I would never in a million years pull off, or have the slightest courage to. Sometimes we have to take risks. And you never know, it could actually work.

 

 

I would never personally wear this gurtle, but he is H-O-T in it! Well first off, he is naturally a sexy hottie to begin with, and the corset is definitely a beautiful design, but he is definitely pulling this look off perfectly. It works for him because he has a long lean torso that actually surpasses all the extra fabric at the stomach, giving the corset all the dimension demanded by this type of look. And the nipples happen to rest exactly where the peek-a-boo metal rings fall. The person in the store was probably like ... I have something that only somebody of your long lean body type can pull off. A muscle buff would not be even able to fit in this ... this dude truly has the right bod.

 

 

Again, not my very first pick if I saw THAT on a mannequin at Priape, but for him, IT ... WORKS! He's got an adorable cubbish body, great soft skin, great face and cute cowboy hate. It's as if that spider webbish contraption is holding all of his loveableness in nice and snug, and although he may have needed help putting it on and aligining the bands to his supple pecs, making sure it wasn't too low or too high on him ... everything is in the right place (!!!), and I still feel like he is wearing it and it's not wearing him. He seems pretty tall too, so with his stature, it's all about proportion of your body to the inherent design of the leather, so let's just say that where many could not do this look, he CAN.

 



 

Now admittingly it's a little threatrical ... but I still think HE, and what he is wearing are hot! Firstly, he must be some sort of model, so anything looks good on him. But those eyes, that GAZE, from behind this scary trojan leather warrior look ... OMG! This look on anybody else could frighten and just cause people to look for an instant and then shift their eyes another direction ... as if not being able to really interpret the image just seen ... but on him ... I would keep staring for sure. It's the juxtaposition of classic American masculine good looks, you might seem him in a suit during the day time, and then THIS is the photo on his recon profile? HOT!

 

 

If I saw this walk by I would definitely turn around to look. He's got a good bod, and a VERY HANDSOME side profile to his face. But then again, the leather shorts-slash-thong thing has got me thinking ... mmmm ... hot or not? I would like some help on this and appreciate any comments, but my final answer is DEFINITELY HOT. Sure, I DO have a thing for older men daddy types who still got relatively smokin' bodies for their age ... and also tall guys, hehehehe, so if I had a daddy type friend who invited me to go to this leather event with him, and I had never seen him in leather ever before ... and ... he showed up in THIS!!! ... I would fall in love with this daddy and ask him to be my BOYFRIEND! I would be flirting and touching him and his exposed areas all night long. Yum!

 

 

And of course to pull off this look requries a rock hard dick, and he does have a ROCK HARD DICK. So although I could not pull off this look, I am obviously glad he can! And it is a very nice dick isn't it?

My next potential leather buys

As I said, I am very picky when it comes to what I think I can pull off when it comes to the leather scene. Different outfits conjure up different symbols and sexually imagery all associated with leather, and just putting on something can instantly make you feel a certain 'way' about yourself. I've put on plenty of stuff in the store, checked the mirror, and was like HELL NO, running back into the change room cubicle, and praying that nobody caught a glimspe of me with THAT on.

 

As already established, leather fits differently on different body types, and it is truly something that cannot be influenced by a store person's or friend's opinion. YOU have to feel you look hot IN IT. You have to be turned on by YOURSELF looking at yourself wearing it.

 

Shopping for the right leather outfit is like preparing for a red carpet event essentially. Many people will see you from many different angles in your outfit when you're working the dancefloor, or even walking up a couple steps to the bar area, right past other guys. Yes, they will stare at you with thirsty eyes, and be looking at all you've got going on from head to toe. Everything will be examined because you are putting EVERYTHING out there.

 

As there are not often leather parties every single weekend, when there is one, it's truly a rare chance to show off your assets in CLUB LIGHT - unlike other regulalr gay parties we attend throughout the year that come and go, wear we dress up as 'NORMAL' gays.

 

As for me, for my next leather soirée, I'm setting sights on these next purchases:

 

 

I like the harness in the first example because there is a longer strap that goes down the chest within the nudge of the pecs, and connects with the straps that then go around the stomach area. There is no pinching of the muscle pecs, pecs of which I don't have, so the longer middle strap just loosens up the whole chest area in general.

 

Second potential purchase with the chain effect going on also seems fairly do-able for me. Seems like a simple contraption anybody could pull off, you don't need a spectacular body, it is the chains against skin idea (being bound!!!) that is the attention grabber. There is very little leather in this look, and you can spend more time jazzing up with arm or wrist bands to complete. The harness is just basically there, and due to the beautiful symmetry of the design that will work on all body types, you won't be in fear that you're turning to many heads by having people guess what the design of your outfit is trying to achieve. Plus, it looks light, and you can dance easily in it. It would be interesting the feel of dancing all sweaty, and having the chains rub against your chest, back and along shoulders.

 

Third potential buy would also be a great choice in my mind too. I like the white lining along the sides of the arm holsters. As I said, less is more, and this guy's got a GREAT HAIRY CHEST he definitely needs to show off. It doesn't look like he's trying too hard either. It is a very acceptable leather look. And he's just really a hot, furry guy.

 

And the last one I chose just because I haven't seen much brown or tanned leather. He looks GREAT in it along with stylish aviator glasses.

 

But something I've been eyeing on for quite some time now is the most SIMPLE of all leather gear, and I will surely be wearing this next time at a leather event ... a diagonal leather sash that races effortlessly across the entire cross-section of a chest. It simplifies leather suspenders down to ONE strap, and the emphasis is along the whole upper half of the body, not just encercling or defining the pecs or highlighting big broad muscular shoulders. Just the simplicty, and the sheer effortlessness it takes for anybody to pull this off is what intrigues me. But it is really the diagonal effect that continues to make it eye-grabbing.

Sometimes less is more - more leather commentary

At so many leather events like Black and Blue, and other gay leather affairs, it's gonna be hot sweaty, you're gonna be dancing to tribal music all night long, and be driven to complete horny extascy just being in such a sexually-charged environment, surrounded by so many hundreds of hot, hot men all in one single locale. They're raves, you dance, drink n' get high with everybody else who has let themselves go just as sky high as you are.

You could practically have sex on the dance floor given everybody is PRACTICALLY near naked already, and where occasional friendly grops are totally acceptable and extremely commonplace.

 

It's super easy to be picked up at events like these. And the point is to draw attention to yourself completely, dance shirtless, show-off different views and perspectives of your twisting torso, to really and truly advertise what a potential buyer will get if he comes up to you and tries to take you home.

 

So is it really necessary to get in full police uniform and other very costume-y types of leather attire to go to these events?

We can really leave that to outdoor leather demonstrations at leather fairs that explore different leather niches ... and that get into the functionality, features and various interesting characteristics that a wide range of leather clothing products can offer the leather consumeur. Even harnesses and other contraptions with buckles and fidgety metal things often get snagged up in other men's outfits as you walk by. This has personally happened to me, where something gets snagged off as you graze by others in packed clubs ... it is VERY awkward, but makes for good segways to talk to a new guy.

 

Sometimes leather harnesses and such are like weaves. They require constant adjustment and refitting. And sometimes they just feel unnatural on you. Leather harnesses are like spidery androids clinging to your chest and trying to assimilate with your human flesh.

Some people say an arm or wristband is not leather enough for a leather event. I say less is more, and sometimes way hotter.

I say JUST wearing leather armbands is hot enough. None of these muscle hotties need anything else but a couple of armbands to add to their already OBVIOUS hotness.



These stocky muscle bods don't need any help either. Just do the leather on the bottom: leather pants, chaps, leather thong, jeans with chaps ... and let the UPPER BOD do the talking for itself!



The first two hard bodies are porn stars, they look good clothed and unclothed, but I'm glad all they need is some neckware and socks to complete their look.

Second guy only needs basically a halloween mask to accessorize. The furry bear body and beautiful tanned skin can't be fussed by anything else, his hot chest is a stand alone entity.

Third guy - W Oh WOW - head to toe MUSCLE PERFECTION and gorgeous smooth skin, and yes, please just only wear that to the leather dance. That would be quite an entrance.

And last hottie with king of the jungle thong adorned with spikes ... FIERCE! Aside from hot chiseled physique, just HOT for being able to pull that off and actually wear that in a club!

Finding leather that fits - YOU!

As in my previous post, it's all about feeling comfortable in your own skin. I've talked about how I'm not a fan of muscle harnesses, I am not muscular, and I have no harness to pop my muscle pecs out of.

 

Here are some athletic hotties in leather get-up who don't have to fit the stereotype of big muscle leather guys with massive chests and biceps ...

 

All three are hot and are wearing their leather with total confidence. I love the first cutie with that take-on the harness with the loose chains wrapping around to the back. It avoids the restricted, chest-popping effect that a tight multi-strap harness typically has. There is a certain elegance with how the harness drapes on him like it's a gorgeous, expensive necklace. He's got a beautiful smooth bod, and the harness is letting his body do all the talking.

 

The second guy with great smile and face has a beautiful, toned chest and super flat stomach, and yes, I do believe a bodybuilder harness would overwhelm him or just not give off the intended effect. He looks great just drawing all the attention to his smooth chest you want to caress softly with your hand as he smiles boyishly at you. His look is totally just all about accessories. Wristband, armband, and gun holster shoulder straps.

 

The third hunky hottie has got something on that looks like hand-cuffs over his chest, and I am considering making that my next purchase!!! Again, the harness doesn't overwhelm and leaves much of his hot scruffy lean chest with nipple-ringed pecs exposed. Sometimes, I found some harnesses a little too dramatic, or intricatey conceived. Like it's a circus outfit. This harness is actually pretty simple in its design, and the use of metal, and the idea of metal pressed up against skin, is VERY HOT!!! For this, you need a toned relatively flat chest like on this hottie - the metal hand-cuff effect wouldn't exactly work pressed up against enormous bear boobies.

 

All these are great examples that leather works differently on different folks ... and definitely to choose wisely at your local leather boutique - so you can be your HOTTEST at your next leather event.

Leather - one size does not unfortunately fit all

Sure, the world of leather and fetishism is all about free sexual expression, kink has no confines, it's about getting your freak on and whatever the fuck turns you on. At events like Folsom Fair, the shock factor is the rule, and it is an open and welcoming space for all to come PUT INTO PRACTICE fantasy and fun in a very LIVE and in your face setting.

 

The Black and Blue festival is a total celebration of that as well. Although everyone else is also donning the same attire as you are, these events are events where people come to be SEEN by other gay men, photographs are to be taken, and really, REALLY ... very little is left to the imagination when it comes to what's worn. Can we really say we are not conscious at all of how we look?

 

Nudism is nudism, it is that, let it all hang out. But the concept of leather is that you have certain INTENTIONAL pieces, straps, chains, buckles that OUTLINE the contours of our body, various pieces of leather fabric that play hide and seek with our body parts.

 

One size DOES NOT fit all.

 

Harnesses Gone Wrong

And sometimes something has to be said to what you are comfortable personally putting out their, your freaky deaky meter, and how daring you are.

 

 

So ... this is really a matter of personal decision one must make as to the amount of risk it takes to explore your wild side. Every gay men who puts on leather has his own personal, PERSONAL relationship with the particular piece of leather he wears ... leather evokes certain feelings, and it changes depending on the type of leather gear worn.

 

Me, I am intrigued by leather. But there is a limit. ABOVE ALL, I have to actually LOOK GOOD in the leather.

What TO wear - my choice of preference

My second party was at RENEGADE, hosted at Apollon. The venue was a little smaller than obviously at a large industry venue like Club Soda, only making the scene more hot ... like LITERALLY HOT, temperature wise, with a whole bunch of muscle guys all sardined on to a small dance floor, dancing sweaty, bumping and grinding. My outfit for this night was thankfully just my leather suspenders and arm cuffs. I am a very body consious person, but this night necessitated I wear the least as possible - just due to the heat up in the club! It wasn't a leather dance, more like just go naked it's too hot in here.

 

But anyways, my favourite leatherwear is simply suspenders. I don't have the bod to pull off a harness, and suspenders really just let your body be what it be - it's just two lines that drap over both shoulders. I really just love the simplicty.

 

Whether you're a big or small guy, adjustable leather suspenders will work for you (geez ... I think that is like barbed wire on that guy). Still, a cool version or the suspender.

 

 

Like leather hardnesses, there are so many types of leather SUSPENDERS as well, and the details can be just as exquisite as the handle or shoulder strap of a designer handbag!!! Leather in itself is a form of high end fashion: first of all leather is an expensive material, and the artisty and craft that goes into making each piece and ensemble by leather seamsters is right there a form of haute couture.

 

 



All these are great examples, and I really like the first guy - the big thicker belt straps and cool buckle effect really go along with the POWER OF HIS STOCKY CHEST (very masculine version of suspenders).

But if you don't have a chest like his, you can also go with thinner straps, even rubber suspenders, for a more cute, boyish yet still masculine look. I'm no muscle god, have an average build I consider OK, and by wearing thin suspenders, I felt like I could still go shirtless, show off a bit, but still be wearing a form of leather that didn't constrict me from dancing on the dance floor, nor having to wear what everybody else typically wears: leather harnesses.

If you want to feel good in your skin, and show off what you naturally have, essentially your hot naked torso, go with suspenders!

Leather: Feeling good in your own skin ...

So, continuing my account of my BBCM 2013 weekend here in Montreal, I went 2 hot leather events: the Bal en Cuir, and RENEGADE held at Apollon, organized by local Montréal leather boutique, Fetiche Armada. I love how a local business in the gay village organized the second event Renegade, great community involvement there.

 

Rather than some leather community org, some of them with an old boys club leather brotherhood sort of vibe to them ... a fashion boutique hosted this event, with more a focus on LEATHER as FASHION, as opposed to sex with leather, whips, BDSM, pig, domination. It is very possible to be into the leather scene for the exhibitionism and imagism part of it - and equally be totally uninterested and even turned off by having sex while wearing leather, and all that role play stuff.

For the first event, I wore my typical leather vest, I hadn't been to one of these events in a while, and I wanted to stay a little covered up. Truthfully, leather vests these days aren't really the thing, when there are so many other revealing and more visually shocking apparel to don. Leather gear today has indeed reached high profile commercial sellability. They are the equivalent of the GAY MAN'S VICTORIA SECRET.

But nonetheless, who says a traditional leather vest that fits snug can't still be just as hot!

Stunning leather prince!

 

 

 

One mistake I made though when I purchased my vest originally, was that a leather vest is not meant to be able to actually close and zip up. It's meant to be tight and expose that chest of yours! Please don't buy a bullet proof vest and spend your $ for nothing ... better off going to the army surplus store for that. It should ideally fit you in the way it is designed and cut, but also allow you to move around freely, make you stand with confidence, and most of all, not restrict you from moving around on the dance floor! Some leather vests feel constricting as soon as you put them on, and they're heavy as winter jackets.

 

This hunky bearded daddy LOOKS GREAT in this vest that fits him to a perfect T. It also cuts right before the waist, so we can see his belt too. And of course, wearing leather vest is always paired with jeans. It is the traditional manly, biker look.

Here, this hot biker hear has barely any vest on actually, it is ALL CHEST, leaving all the needed attention to be placed where it should be, on his sexy CHEST and CHEST TATTOOS! On the other hand, the vest that I wore to the Bal en Blanc at Club Soda just really didn't do my body the exact justice that these hotties had rocking their vests.

What is the intrigue of leather?

HAVE NOT been back at my blog in milleniums. So much has happened to me since I came to Montréal. Ups and downs, ships sinking, celestial moments, HOT SEX inbetween, some disappointments too :).

So let's just start with a fresh topic: What is the exact intrique of leather? Lately, I have been fetichizing all about LEATHER. It's my first year residing in Montréal ... which is the home of the infamous Black and Blue Festival ...

Hot music, hot DJ's, hot A-list crowd. Brings me back to last year when I came to Montréal, just for this very same festival, attracting gays from primarily CAN and US to flock to the next hottest party destination in North America (yes, yes ... even after White Party, Folsom Fair ETC ETC) ...
 

 

 

Yes, there is yet one LAST STOP on the gay party circuit ... it's Montréal! Montréal is a MUST for its fests and above average hot gay men.

But last year THIS TIME around for me, I was just a visitor from Toronto, staying at a bathhouse for accomodation purposes, a little unsure about whether I should speak English or French as a non-local ... as a tourist. Really unsure of the scene.

THIS time around now, I have my own apartment in Montréal, and going to Club Soda on ST. LAURENT ... notorious entertainment district in Montréal (pretty much the red light district of the city), was easily a hop, skip, and a hump from my apartment given that I live here now (... the hump comes afterwards when I ended up somewhere the fuck I dunno after the leather ball, in a threesome with a hot Arabic bear and a cute Québecois local).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



But anyways ... I was pretty nervous going to this event, c'était le Bal en Cuir. I went to some leather events in Toronto of course, but Montréal is a different scene. The gay scene in Montréal is always one or two degress HOTTER than Toronto. Which requires a little more 'get it on.' The bring it on factor is a little bit more elevated. That just means it's more scene-ish. Like you see more good looking guys on the dance floor, and you really feel like it is an EVENT.

(By the way, guy on the RIGHT has a nice filled out natural muscular body in my opinion, yummy!).

And with these types of events, I always get a little nervous about exposing my body and wearing leather. It's so public. Let's be honest, leather soirées and dances are not industry PRIAPE fashion shows, it's not about wearing skin-suffocating head-to-toe full-on police leather uniforms ... it's RATHER simply more about naked muscle hot bodies dancing all sweaty together - hot muscle gay men which just by chance happen to be accessorized by some sort of minimal leather contraption (strappy leather type stuff, an armband, muscle chest harness ... really a stray piece of leather fabric grazing diagonally across a muscular torso, that's it). Honestly, it's really just about being NEAR NAKED and being all show-offy with other like-minded gay men. Which is hot BTW ...

 

 

But the thing is, leather DOES give you the right to strip down in public. It's that sense of sexual confidence that it brings to us just by wearing any kind of leather. It gives us some sort of humble bypass to bring out hidden personalities, LOOK AT MY BODY ... and, to show our bodies in scandalous ways that we would never permit, but that the leather does.

Me though ... boy did I pose in the mirror several and a many times before mustering up the courage to actually get out of my apartment in my leather get-up, and actually go to this event.

Obviously, I didn't have total body confidence like this big bod stud in full fantasy leather uniform, including leather mask, and also embedded with intricate metal studs on harness and leather thong. The look is also complete with the actual hot body ON the guy ... impressive pop-out chest and showcase of big arms and biceps from side view.

 

But, nevertheless, I felt good in my own outfit. Good within my own skin, especially after I had a couple of preliminary beers before heading out to Club Soda, and looking in the mirror and being like, ain't too shady myself!