The NYT thinks those pants make your butt look big

those are some nice asses!

I will say this about the pants, having a nice enough butt to make the handsome man that walks up behind you think… “mmmmmmmm, nice assssss, and if his face is anything as good as that ass then I’m in love”….. then the pants have done their job.  Even if it is designer enhanced!  At the age of 46, I still get an occasional, “OMG I thought you were younger from the back, you have a really cute ass” means the butt and the pants are still doing their job! LOL! Well to me anyway.  However, at the risk of the tightness of the pants on the hips to make the butt look better…. which from these pictures appears to maybe be the case,… thennnn not so much in favor of that.  I like to sit down form time to time, especially at this age regardless of how good a shape I’m in or not in depending upon your point of view without the worry of hearing a horrifying rrrrrrriiiiiip!  For those men that have gotten up their in years and who’s butt has turned into a flat highway, as my niece would say "their all gut and no butt", or who were not given the gift of a round firm butt from years exercise or God, then the pants in these pictures couldn’t hurt if it will help the view. Having one crotch down around your knees is not only not attractive, but really ruins the view!  If you’re not hung like a horse and have need for the extra crotch room, then I’d go for the butt pants!

Coming from Wrangler country, I'm firmly of the opinion that there is no such thing as pants that are too tight through the seat, even though I've had far too much self-respect to so much as own a pair of Wranglers since I was 12.

I have to say that I really love pants that highlight men's asses! I dont mean super tight but the ones of that guy in those pics are just perfect. Yumm!!

But the trends in Men's clothing for the last 200 years have been so subtle, compared to women, that most people tend to not notice. But like the bustle, hourglass and boy figure that cycles though women's trends, there are similar silhouettes that cycle thorough mens wear, in particular the cut of mens trousers. Accentuating the butt is one of them.

The most recent time I can think of when the butt was accentuated was the mid and late 70s with a stye of pant called "Baggies", that was the marketing term. These were not the hip hop or workout pants; but tailored to fit tight at the top, high waisted and flared out wide at the bottom with 2 inch cuffs. You find a similar attention to the ass in the cut of trousers popular in the early 1950s and mid 1930s.

Couple that trend with the fact that very thin models are the ideal right now, and most thin dudes don't have much padding; It shouldn't surprise us that a designer would buy padded underwear for his models. It is the hight of what the fashion industry provides: the unattainable. The designer masks it by saying he can find the right face and right body but it doesn't come with the right ass. That's because we aren't built that way. Most 6 foot tall men who weigh 125 pounds will look like skeletons in the face. It takes a freak of nature to have that body and a healthy looking face, one that isn't too gaunt. When they present these types of models and images they are really selling magic. The impossible, something that can only be obtained though starvation, padding and illusion. Which is what gives it value, it is a rare and expensive commodity to achieve.