Men Strut Milan Catwalks
January 19, 2012 No Comments
Men! You can be pretty too.
I’m sure you know that by now. It’s 2012, after all, and as your burly provider/protector credentials lose value, your value as an object of beauty increases.
Nowhere was this more apparent this week than in Milan, where men’s autumn/winter fashions sauntered down all the catwalks under that watchful gaze of fashion people. Who are like real people only scarier.
The Darcy-inspired Christmas sweaters that miraculously became fashionable this winter will still be around at the end of this year, it seems. Except they’ll be “sculpted.” I don’t know what the hell that means. I do know that you all look very sexy in knitwear which may or may not have been a gift from your mom. You love your mom, so much that you’re wearing a “cardigan sculpture,” which is also handy for snuggling.
That’s why we love new men.
You’re also copying our beloved Ryan Gosling, which is fine. No complaints here if you’d like to come to our office Christmas party in a Ryan-inspired pyjama shirt, possibly quoting Germaine Greer. You would look even more alluring carrying a Burberry duck umbrella with umbrella holder, in case it rains. Then you can do your protector (from rain drops) impression, for old times sake.
This is a bit tongue-in-cheek, you may have noticed. We’re not necessarily turned on by duck umbrellas, but the increasing emphasis placed on male beauty tells me our gender roles are meeting somewhere in the middle.
Which makes all the stabby bras and bikini waxes just a bit less painful.
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