Anti-Pervert Hairy Stockings

Hi ya! How're you doing so far today? Keeping out of mischief, are we? Fill your mug with some delicious java and munch on a virtual muffin while I rant on about the latest fashion trend in China... hairy stockings. Yup! You heard right...

Forget a hair shirt, or even a hair belt – they’re so Tudor – no, the hot trend for young women this summer is a pair of leggings that make the wearer look like they’ve lost their Ladyshave and embraced a more natural look. 

Are they a fashion item, or a deterrent? It is difficult to tell – perhaps they are both. Indeed, many men find the garments worn at the higher end of the fashion world a deterrent in any case (straight-jacket and transparent kilt on a first date, anyone?), so there is already some degree of crossover. 

Maybe they are for women with leg-hair envy. After years of shaving and waxing, the hair follicles are so weak that even if the average western woman wanted to grow a full thigh-beard herself, she probably couldn’t, and so for those who wish to experiment with a new look, here is the answer. 

They first appeared on a microblogging Chinese site Sina Weibo (China’s version of Twitter), and have become a viral sensation. They have been called ‘anti-pervert stockings’.

Perhaps their primary function is to put off the more unenlightened members of the male sex, who will be so repulsed by the sight of a nubile young girl with gorilla pins that they will dismiss her as a possible target for their attentions. 

I suppose there this is one of those "It takes all kinds..." ideas. While I hail creativity and inventiveness, sometimes the results are less than hoped for. Reckon I'll leave it at that. Oh and, in case you were wondering...they are not marketed by Gillette.

See ya, eh!

Bob