July 31, 2008
To dream the impossible dream:"Not a few designers are pushing men to expose more of the bodies that they have spent so much time perfecting at the gym. "We have all these self-imposed restrictions" about our dress, said Ben Clawson, the sales director for the designer Michael Bastian. "As men's wear continues to evolve and becomes a little more casual without becoming grungy, it's not impossible anymore to be dressed up in shorts.... "The idea of being threatened by the objectified male body has gone, the process is complete," explained Aaron Hicklin, the editor in chief of Out magazine. "Men are the same as women now."" - Shorts Crack the Code - NYTimes.com
Posted by Vanderleun at July 31, 2008 8:46 AM from American Digest
Comments
Ack! The infantalizaton of the American male jumps the shark!
Posted by: Alan Kellogg at August 1, 2008 3:06 AM
Angus Young from AC/DC called. He wants his stage outfit back.
Posted by: Rich Fader at August 3, 2008 9:24 AM
They're fucking kidding, right? Right?
You know he's going to get beat up when he walks by a middle school during recess.
Posted by: Roderick Reilly at August 4, 2008 2:42 PM
"They're kidding, right?"
No, the freaks who run the fashion industry have tried this sort of stuff before: suits with short pants and short sleeve jackets, skirts, you name it.
Posted by: pst314 at August 5, 2008 5:57 PM