My story with lingerie
My journey through the world of lingerie started from my childhood; my mother used to say that when I was a little boy, I always looked for the opportunity to caress the legs of any woman who came to my house wearing a skirt and pantyhose or stockings; She told this anecdote with a certain pride, because his youngest son had been very flirtatious with women since he was a child!... She never imagined that perhaps the true intentions of his two-year-old baby were to verify the quality of the materials and think about what would be better to wear in the future.
The next step was - I guess - similar to that of many of us in the LGBTTTI+ community. During adolescence, a time of self-knowledge and exploration, I had the first opportunity to try on - secretly, of course - some stockings that my mother had “conveniently” lost, as well as some heels, and some other things from her closet. Then, I realized that I liked that a lot, and although I knew that if I was surprised I would have problems, I didn’t stop doing it and enjoyed it every time I had the chance.
I remember the sensation of caress and compression in my legs and buttocks that first pantyhose gave me, and a softness never felt before, which marked what would be for me the beginning of an exciting path of discovery that continues to date… Also, those pantyhose revealed shapes and curves on my body that I didn't imagine were there and that definitely looked sexy to me.
In my youth, the first lycra shorts and exercise tights appeared, which without having to hide to use them, continued to provide me with that wonderful sensation of softness and caress, which initiated and maintained my arousal to ecstasy at the right moment.
The sports garments of lycra and other elastic fibers were accompanied by male thongs, which caused me new stimuli. Additionally, I could wear these garments under my street clothes, without anyone suspecting it... This made me feel different and special, a transgressor of the conventional.
I respect and I have dear friends of all the colors of the rainbow, but I was not interested in cross-dressing, I was simply a man who liked men and lingerie.
For a long time I believed that I was the only one in my class, because my partners criticized my tastes for not being according to the gay expectations:
"We like men who look like men", they told me.
The funny thing in my case is that despite liking and wearing those feminine underwear, I have never been someone "effeminate".
As an adult, one thing led to another, and with the pleasant experiences of adolescence and youth, I began to buy and wear all kinds of garments made of elastic, soft, transparent and sensual fibers that made my masculine attributes shine; It should be said that changing gender never caught my attention, I never wanted to be or look like a woman.
Despite criticism from partners and friends regarding my taste for lingerie, I always hoped to meet someone who shared that interest with me, although it was not easy... For many years, my preference for stockings, bodysuits, transparencies, garters and even women's tops, had led me to have a hidden collection that I only used when I was alone, to live for a few moments in that world of forbidden sensations, not only for heterosexual men, but also for traditional gays.
That was me… A gay man with a taste for lingerie, but who had to dress up in famous and expensive -but boring- international underwear brands to fit in.
Fortunately, the only constant in life is change, and social networks came to change our lives...
Thanks to the advice of a friend, in 2015 I began to share my first lingerie selfies on Instagram, which had an unexpected acceptance for me, and my account went from a very few followers - mostly close friends - to dozens, then hundreds, to thousands of followers and hundreds of likes for each photo, as well as messages of support, admiration, congratulations and of course, sentimental proposals of all kinds.
It was a pleasant news for me to discover that more and more people appreciated a masculine body in lingerie, and that more and more stores dared to sell men's underwear with lace and transparencies, regardless of their gender identity or sexual preference.
The above, led me to significantly increase my collection of lingerie garments and even to make my own creations, from already existing lycra clothes or stockings, modifying them to create and wear something different for my followers.
And so, thanks to various social networks, I began to meet many people with similar interests, and I also understood that some people are afraid of and even reject the use of clothes traditionally considered only for women, which I consider to be a cultural prejudice derived from the binary conception of sexuality and the definition of what is socially acceptable for each gender in terms of dressing and grooming.
In 2016 I met my current partner, who shares my love for lingerie and who has been my greatest support and sidekick; Together we have seen how on social networks -and especially Instagram- there are more and more accounts with users who post and recreate photographs that I have uploaded over the last five years, confirming that the interest of the average man -gay or heterosexual- for lingerie is on the rise, and that no matter their complexion, race, gender identity or sexual preference, everyone - regardless of age and nationality - is freeing themselves and enjoying those feelings repressed and denied by simple social and cultural conventions, showing off his men's lingerie to the world.
Long live the freedom of feeling sexy
and being your own object of desire!
Written by Nacho Amez
Instagram: @sxbody007
Photography: Rodolfo Zacarías
Location: MK Dreamakers Headquarters • Mexico City • MEXICO