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BLUF is a club for men who enjoy wearing leather breeches and leather uniforms. The purpose of these pages is to give you some information on our club activities and, more in general, to celebrate the image of men in leather uniforms, boots and breeches. Although membership is limited to men only, everybody - man or woman, gay or straight - can have a look around in the public section of this site. Have fun!
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| What are breeches? | ||||
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Before we proceed, let's make clear what BLUF sees as breeches. In some parts of the world, breeches are any kind of trousers worn inside tall boots. This is not what we have in mind here. According to Tom of Finland - and who would challenge the man, who has given us hundreds of images of men in breeches? - this is how we should picture breeches:
So, if you prefer to talk about britches, jodhpurs, rangers or Reithosen, that's okay with us, but in BLUF we use the term breeches and what we mean with that is a pair of trousers with balloons on the side and worn inside high boots! |
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| A little bit of history | ||||
| Originally breeches were worn by horsemen. For comfort they were wide above the knee, but to fit into riding-boots they had to be narrow below the knee. In the early days of motorcycling, bikers wore riding-boots for protection and had riding-breeches made of leather.
How and why the old-style breeches developed into the Tom-of-Finland/Kake style breeches with their typical very pronounced balloons, or whether that is an invention of Tom himself, we do not know. if you have any information on this. |
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| Breeches and leather uniforms | ||||
| Boots and breeches have been part of the typical military uniform for a long time. Uniforms with woolen breeches were popular not only in Nazi Germany, but around the world! In some European countries motorcycle police wore leather breeches until the seventies. In Austria they still do! Boots and breeches are a strong symbol of authority. For many people - men and women alike - a man wearing boots and breeches is a powerful sexual stimulance. More so if the breeches are made of leather and even better if they're part of a complete leather uniform!  In BLUF we are interested not only in uniforms that are worn with breeches but also in other types of leather uniforms. Full leather uniforms have become rare these days. In many countries police wear partially leather uniforms. The American highway patrol cop with his tight fabric pants, shirt, tall boots and leather jacket is an icon known all over the world. In other countries motorcycle police wear boots and leather pants with nylon or Goretex jackets. A selection of these uniforms can be viewed in BLUF's galleries. (top) . |
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