{"id":484,"date":"2009-07-18T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=484"},"modified":"2009-07-18T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T08:00:00","slug":"bulges-and-breeches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=484","title":{"rendered":"Bulges and Breeches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/Sl21ZSczjhI\/AAAAAAAABeU\/u_JognMe9pI\/s1600-h\/Tom_of_Finland_06.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/Sl21ZSczjhI\/AAAAAAAABeU\/u_JognMe9pI\/s400\/Tom_of_Finland_06.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358638577694772754\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">This Tom of Finland classic is also a print that I had framed and have hung in my home.  It taught me what &#8220;flares&#8221; (sometimes called &#8220;balloons&#8221;) were on leather breeches.  The flares were built into riding breeches to give the rider (of a horse) ample maneuverability as he rode his horse.  They work well for operating an iron horse, too.  I know &#8212; I have a pair and have ridden my bike with them a lot.  They make very comfortable attire.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of what this image inspires in thought remains for the beholder to imagine.  And there&#8217;s lots there to think about, fantasize about, and admire.<\/p>\n<p>Wondering:  were other leathermen inspired to get breeches with flares by seeing this image after ToF published it?<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Tom of Finland classic is also a print that I had framed and have hung in my home. It taught me what &#8220;flares&#8221; (sometimes called &#8220;balloons&#8221;) were on leather breeches. The flares were built into riding breeches to give &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=484\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leather-lifestyle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}