I never posted the manpoll results!

I put up an "Are stockings actually sexy?" poll last Tuesday, and then I sort of just let it marinate...

Turns out 68% of men find stockings uber sexy,* 19% are indifferent, and only 13% find them non-sexy.

(If you peruse the comments, however, you will find that nobody likes pantyhose.)

Photo by Michael Pudelka
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*I'll admit I used to rock a pair of black thigh-highs that went over very well. The whole point is that you don't take them off.

MANPOLL: Are stockings actually sexy??

I truly can never predict which posts will capture y'alls imagination. Who knew you'd have so many terrific and helpful and bizarre responses to the SEEKING: Stockings post?

(Palmer's leg gloss?? Eeeeeew.)



Anyhoo.

A question did arise. Do men actually think stockings are sexy?

Pls drag a man or two over to your computer screen and make em vote.

Fill out my online form.

Mila Kunis for Vanity Fair (Oct 2008) by Matthew Rolston

OMIGOD PLS NEVER MAKE ME SHOP LINGERIE AGAIN

Hey ESB,

I know you're on a long weekend / vacation right now but I thought maybe I could get some help when you get back? (Hope you have a great time, btw) To be honest, I don't have much of a fashionable lady support system so your blog has been my LIFESAVER throughout wedding planning.

I'm looking for some sort of honeymoon / night of bridal lingerie. Lingerie stores are my worst enemy. I go inside of them and I feel as awkward as Michael Cera in every one of his movies all put together. All, "Do you... like... uhh.... well... my size?" Then shop ladies are like, "ooooooh, try on these FEATHERS! WOOOOWWW! How's it gooooooing? Shoooow meeee!!" I'm usually perfectly comfortable with m body and sexuality but there's something about lingerie "boutiques" that turns me into a 13 year old shopping for her first bra.

I don't have a ton of money to spend (budget is about $100) because any I do have is for last minute wedding shit. I'm willing to stretch the budget but only if I LOVE it, not just "kind of like and it will do."

I don't know why I'm having such a hard time with this. My fiance is super chill and probably wouldn't care if I were wearing a potato sack. I want to look / feel nice FOR ME. It's our honeymoon / post wedding and I somehow want to feel special. (oops, guess I should have held out for marriage and losing the V-card could have been my "something special.") (totally jk). But I don't want to be all post-wedding on our fabulous vacation in my normal striped man pajama pants.

I'm going more for, "Wow, how pretty and beautiful and sexy." NOT going for, (In dude-ly bro douche voice) "Damn girl, that's HOT! I want to spank that ass and put my d in your v!"

I like lace, rompers that don't give camel toe, generally soft things, and comfort (read as: no thongs). I think I'm looking for pajamas that are nicer than normal.

Here are some I've been considering but I'm looking for more options / similar but cheaper options:

La Fee Verte Romper (My last option if I can't find something more budget friendly)

Only Hearts Chemise (I have mixed feelings about chemises?)

Salua Romper (I'm afraid this would look funny with my relatively big titties.)

Also, I hate things like this: Lace Silk Chemise

Any help you or your readers could give would be seriously appreciated.

Thanks,
Lingerie-less

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So. I was all ready to tell you "MEN DON'T LIKE ROMPERS," but according to the totally and completely scientific data I collected over here, 35% of men actually do appreciate a good romper. A sexy one, not a religious undergarment one.

I'm thinking you should go with a teddy. Which may or may not be the exact same thing as a romper?? (Shopbop is certainly confused about the whole thing.)

(Alex Teddy from Araks in Mist)

(The Ace x Araks in Fog)

Anyhoo.

These two are a little out of your budg, but that's what you get for asking me to shop lingerie.

Photo at top: Alexa Chung for Araks via Refinery29

MANPOLL: The (Bedtime) Romper

A reader just emailed me seeking suggestions for wedding night/honeymoon lingerie. She provided a few examples of things she likes, 2 out of 3 of which are rompers.

I was all ready to tell her "STOP LOOKING AT ROMPERS. MEN DON'T LIKE ROMPERS." But then I thought, maybe I should collect a little more evidence.


Ladies, pls drag your menfolks over and make em vote.

You know, for science.

(Pictured above: La Fee Verte Romper + Play With Me Romper)

all right, I'm calling it.

Dudes were all over the map at the beginning, but the MAN POLL: Should your lady rock a caftan? results have been holding steady at 60% Drum Circle/40% Hell Yes since I went to bed last night.

That was thoroughly entertaining. We will clearly have to do it again.

MAN POLL: The Caftan

This poll is for men only.*

If you see a man in the vicinity, please drag him over to your computer and make him vote.

Butterfly Caftan by EmersonMade
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*We'll just go ahead and assume that women who like women will like the caftan.