Union Suit Fans: Today is the Seventh Anniversary of Union Suit Fan!

It's hard for me to believe, but yes I started this blog seven years ago, May 4, 2016. Where do the years go, I ask myself frequently. Perhaps you do too. 

Seven years ago, I first wrote in my blog "Welcome to Union Suit Fan, a blog promoting my favorite underwear, long-handled Union Suits! Postings include articles, stories, anecdotes, and photos of and for union fans everywhere...." And you responded. 

At the beginning, I confess, I wondered if I created this blog from my personal experiences and collections for my own enjoyment or for others too. Would anyone bother to take a second look? I mean, I love the feel, look and warmth of Union Suits. Do others as well? I thought I'd share and find out.

The result was beyond anything I had imagined. In fact, thanks to your interest and responses, a couple years later, I added a companion blog, Union Suit Fans in the Spotlight which featured entertainers of all genre: music, television, movies,  animation, books, and more.

A reader/viewer/enjoyer of this blog for quite sometime and whom I have gotten acquainted with as a union suit fan, recently emailed to ask, "how much material do you have left in order to continue your fun, compelling blogs about union suits? You must be running out of stories, pictures, and ideas... Cody, Internatioinal Falls, Minnesota.

Well, Cody, it seems nearly limitless. Surprisingly, union suits are back in vogue. More and more men and women, boys and girls are wearing them again. Need proof, just look at the number of companies that now manufacture and sell them on the internet. 

So, I'm thinking I have at least another seven years of material to continue these blogs. And thanks to so many of you, I suspect I can do it with your continued assistance. I've said numerous times, Union Suit Fan would be exceptionally boring if it were only pictures of and stories about me, and surely would not have lasted nearly this long. You all have stepped forward with photos and stories of your own which are exceedingly entertaining, fun and, dare I say it, educational. 

And that is what our "old-fashioned underwear" is about, entertaining, fun and educational. Since the days of vaudeville and movies without sound, union suits have made their way into our lives, quite often with hilarious results.

Over the next couple of weeks, I am going to feature a couple of Union Suit Fans, as I describe them (I hope they too describe themselves as such) who first contacted me through comments and by emails and who have contributed immensely to my enjoyment in this endeavor we have created together. That is not to say that a large number of you, who have come after, have not contributed greatly as well. But I thought it would be interesting and great fun to remind those of you who have been here for years and to introduce those of you who may be "newcomers" to my dear ole long underwear friends. So watch for this and them, coming soon. In the meantime, thanks to all who check into this sight and to all those who have contributed. Hope you'll continue to be involved.

Keep 'em buttoned, I do, and remember... 

                                                                                       .....Chris Ayers.

Added May 9, 2023:

Acknowledging my 7th anniversary on the 4th of May, I presume... Thanks, Clem for this and for adding so much to this blog, Your union suit buddy, Chris:

Dear Chris~

 

"Hooray, Hooray

The Fourth of May!

Until later, Clem