for late and adult beginer ....follow your dream ! all you need for ballet & dance for beginners & advanced register for free now !  de - en - es - nl tribute for all women Users online: 62 [ Forum ]  [ New messages ] Name (register):  Password registered user:  Email address (optional):  Subject:  Text formatting:                     [i]> "LEO". So yes, the first tights were designed by men for the wear<br>> of men.<p>[pedantry alert]<p>Close but no cigar. The inventor was Jules Leotard, an aerialist.<br>(Can't find his dates, but he appeared in the U.S. in 1868.) It<br>wasn't a full-body garment; it covered his torso only; a full-body<br>garment is known these days as a "unitard" (as you probably know).<br>Tights-like legwear goes way back in history, but tights, as we<br>know them, date to around the time of the French revolution & are<br>attributed to M. Maillot, a costume designer for the Paris Opéra.<br>Yes, they were made for men, but I don't know whether they were<br>made exclusively for men.<p>Tom Parsons<br><ul><li><a href="http://www.panix.com/~twp" target=_top>Tom's Page</a></ul><br>[/i] URL of own homepage (optional):  Name of homepage (without the homepage will not show!):  URL of a picture (optional):       Tags for smilies [neener]   [lurk]   [fire]   [grmpf-blue]   [grmpf-red]   [grmpf]   [brood-blue]   [brood-lilac]   [brood-red]   [brood]   [heart-pink]   [heart]   [kiss]   [normal]   [oh-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [oh]   [acidic-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [acidic]   [smile-orange]   [smile]   [pointed]   [updown]   [twinkle]