Christmas Gifts for Men Who Wear Lingerie

Christmas Gifts for Men Who Wear Lingerie

Every gift guide in this category is a list of things. But choosing something is rarely the hard part. You don't know his size, and asking would give the whole thing away.

So this one is arranged around the sizing problem rather than around products.

Three ways to get his size without asking

Read a label. The simplest method and the one people overlook. Anything he already owns in this category has a size in it. So does a well-fitting t-shirt, which gets you close on chest.

Measure a garment flat. Take something that fits him well, lay it on a table, and measure across rather than around. Double the number. Waistband across, doubled, is his waist. This works on any underwear he owns and takes thirty seconds.

Work from his trouser size. Less precise but usually close enough. His waist in inches is roughly his trouser size; add 8-10 inches for hips.

If none of these is available to you, the rest of this guide is built for exactly that situation.

The one gift that can't be the wrong size

A gift card solves the whole problem in one move. He picks, he measures himself, and nobody has to have an awkward conversation on Boxing Day. It arrives by email, so there's no production time and no shipping, which also means no deadline: you can buy one on Christmas Eve and it lands in minutes.

If that feels like a cop-out, it usually isn't in this category. Lingerie that doesn't fit can't be worn, and per our returns policy underwear can't be exchanged, so a guess that goes wrong goes properly wrong.

Gifts where size doesn't matter at all

If you'd rather give an object than a code, this is the next safest category, and it isn't a consolation prize. Body jewelry and accessories adjust, so they fit whoever puts them on.

Garter belts and stockings also belong here in principle: garters sit on the waist and adjust, and stockings size by height and thigh rather than by a garment size. If you know roughly how tall he is, those are safe.

Everything in this group lives in accessories and body jewelry.

If he's never worn any of this

Start small and unfussy. A first piece that's too elaborate tends to sit in a drawer.

The thing to avoid is a moulded or push-up bra, which won't fit a flat chest no matter what size you buy. Soft cups and lace sets work. Our guide to women's lingerie for men explains why, if you want the detail.

If he already has a collection

Then he owns the basics and the gift needs to be something he wouldn't buy for himself.

If it's a gift for the two of you

A different kind of present. Buy something he'd actually wear at home rather than something engineered for a photograph.

One caution on one-pieces as gifts: a bodysuit has to fit his torso length, not just his chest, and that's the one measurement you can't estimate from a shirt. If he's tall, size up, or choose something else from this page.

If he goes out

Our Berghain dress code guide is the long version of this section.

By budget

Under $40. Masks, rings, a mesh thong, lace panties. $32 to $34.

$40 to $80. Chain harnesses, a bodysuit, a single bra, a two-piece set. This is where most gifts in this category land.

$80 to $120. Four-piece sets, corset vests, sleepwear.

Over $120. The crystal chain pieces, and anything you're commissioning in a specific colour.

Ordering in time

Everything is cut and sewn to order by hand in Ukraine, so nothing ships from a warehouse the same afternoon. Production takes 2-4 business days, then the parcel travels. Shipping is free worldwide.

December post is slower than the rest of the year everywhere, so these dates already include a margin:

Order by For delivery before Christmas in
9 November Australia, Asia, South America, everywhere else
18 November USA and Canada
20 November Europe and the UK

After those dates we'll still take the order and it will still arrive, just not necessarily by the 25th. If you're reading this in December, buy a gift card instead. That one arrives by email in minutes.

Full delivery times by region are on the shipping information page.

If you genuinely can't work out his size

A gift card, or something from the accessories section. A chain harness or a pair of masks fits anyone, arrives looking like a proper present, and doesn't put him in the position of having to tell you it doesn't fit.

That last part is worth more than picking the perfect set. Lingerie that doesn't fit is a conversation neither of you wants on Christmas morning.

On packaging: parcels go out in a plain outer wrapper with nothing on the outside identifying the shop.

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