Loincloth Nudists

For anyone who enjoys loincloths or similiar minimal garb for those occasions when nudity isn't possible. Or for anyone who first got interested in nude living from watching the old TARZAN movies as a kid like I did!

Making a Loincloth

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One way of making a loincloth is to start with an old pair of shorts. first open the crotch. Then open the sides to the waistband.
If you start with shorts with a fly after you open the crotch, you can rotate the shorts so the fly is on the side. Then remove the fly and a similar amount of material on the other side.
Either way, you can then leave the remaining panels as they are or narrow and/or shorten them depending on where you are going to wear then and how daring you are. There may even be situations where you can remove the back panel completely and only have coverage in front!

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I use a belt an a long strip of fabric to make a breechclout style loincloth

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I use a belt an a long strip of fabric to make a breechclout style loincloth

Then I guess you are making the type that has a layer of cloth between the legs in addition to the front panels. I was referring to the type that just has the two panels with nothing in between. More risk of accidental exposure, but less restrictive feeling.

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Whichever style you prefer is fine---I think minimal is best
How narrow/short do you make the panels?
Do you ever wear a front panel only loincloth?

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In Sri Lanka and India the loin clothes are make with a small rope around the waist and small piece of cloth which cover the front and go between both legs to the back.
We can adjust the thickness of the cloth at rear according to our comfort level to expose the butt.

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A loin cloth or "langot " or "komanam" as it is called in India is very much like a g-string and is pretty easy to make and to use with descriptions and diagrams being available on the internet. The most fundamental one is to simply to tie a string round the waist and pas a strip of cloth from the front so as to cover the genitals , to the back, between the butt crack, and knot it on the string behind. You adjust it to how snugly you want it to fit. The fact that t has o elastic at the sides reduces the chances of chaffing and allergic reactions that can arise from the rubber of the elastic usually found in commercially manufactured underwear. Cotton is the coolest and best for this and the thinner the material the less you feel you're wearing anything! Though I like mine white , you can have them in a variety of colours and prints of your choice. :)

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Two more that have material pass between the legs.
While I know that that is one definition of a loincloth, I usually think of the type with two separate panels front and back an nothing in between,
If there is material between the legs, the comfort and freedom of wearing a loincloth are lost, in my opinion.

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I cut rectangular panels out of an old t-shirt, including the hemmed bottom edge, which became the bottom edge of the finished garment. I then made a narrow hem across the top of each panel and then folder it over and sewed it again so I could run a draw string through it -- I used a bootlace.

The back panel is wider than the front panel. I tie the bootlace to one side.

Clearly, I don't have anything on under it. But nothing "important" can be seen.

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Basically the same end product as starting with an old pair of shorts and cutting away parts like I mentioned.

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You end up with a better waist band starting with shorts.

But, other than that, yeah, pretty much the same thing.

Mine are probably less work .

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Another twist on this method - In order to avoid sewing a hem, would be to use the hem after you've cut your desired front and rear panels and then thread a shoe string or a thing piece of the additional fabric to create a "tie band" to secure the loincloth. If you attach a large safety pin to the end of it, it makes for easier threading through the fabric.
If you use pinking sheers you get a jagged edge on the fabric, but that should stop any potential fraying - although most cotton blend tshirts would tend to roll a little and not fray.
I have also used the sleeves from a tshirt that I have made into a muscle shirt. I snip the seam up the sleeve to open it as my panel. It may not give as much coverage, but it does work. (for a cleaner look, I also snip the sleeve from the tshirt. The snipping does take a little time so it's a trade off from the sewing in that case.

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