I must say that I think I would find it really distracting as a costume piece.

Not me!

But there will always be SOME guy who will wear it.

the more I look at it, the more ideas I get.

My troupe leans more Cabaret-styled and once I can afford it I am going to have a vest and belt custom made with all the intricate beading and fringe that the bra would have on the vest. For the belt I was going to just have one of the same ones as the women have that goes straight around the hips.

looking at your codbelt though, I am thinking if it was done in a cabaret beaded style it would look really good. whenever I see the catalogues of the bra/belt sets for women I do not like the ones that put something (eg. a flower, a butterfly) right over the center of a woman's breast. this accentuates that feature and is distracting to an audience. In the same way, the vertical stripe in the center of this "codbelt" not only draws attention to the man's crotch, but looks like the member itself. (like a bra with a target drawn on each side!) If you did diagonal stripes or swirls or even horizontal stripes it would not only be more flattering, it'd look really GOOD!

I went into your profile to see the other views and being able to see the tassels at the bottom from the front looks like he didn't wipe properly, the back accentuates the butt which is awesome, I would suggest doing some kind of design on it though so it is not just a black panel over the tush. As I do not do tribal I do not know what would work, more tassels, more stitching? For the cabaret cod in my mind, I am thinking more of the style of swirls of beads like is on a woman's belt.

if it was done differently, I would definitely consider buying one, t would all depend on where the lines lie.

-Kirvo

p.s. if you made that vest I'll buy one. If not, PLEASE tell me where I can get one!

I personally would never be able to get myself to wear something like that, and it might be hard to market since it is a bit like hey heres my bits, but i think its a freakishly cool design. My only idea would be to maybe take out the tasselage along the bottom of the butt and just keep it up higher, but keep the bead work.