It’s a strange world we live in where the guys we all ogle and lust after on blogs like this are usually the beefier muscle boys who would never score a high fashion modelling gig in a million years but underwear and swimwear, they are the first call.
A guy I’ve met recently and hung out with a bit is a model but for the fashion end of the spectrum and he’s lost 20 pounds of muscle from his competitive swimming days to maintain the lean figure required for high fashion. Why is it we portray a style of clothing as ideal but the people who we portray as ideal can’t wear the clothes in the right way?
it’s a niche market….the designer has a vision of what and who they want to were their clothes. if you don’t fit this ideal then you should not wear it and admirer from afar. there are plenty of designers designing for different body types. besides if the clothes look really good on a skinny model why would someone with a bulky muscle body would want to wear it? i like the look of skinny jeans on skinny boys but i have big thighs so would never wear skinny jeans.
Because as much as we love the muscle boys, slim boys are easier to fit in fashion, just as slim women are. It’s no coincidence that both male and female high fashion models are rail thin. A Victoria Secret’s model would never get a runway job in Milan or Paris. Same with a cover model for Men’s Fitness.
Male models have always had to be tall (over 6 feet), broad shouldered and narrow waisted, muscular but lean. There is a standard size that all clothes for male models are initially tailored for, before final fittings, and it doesn’t account for a broad chest or heroic thighs.
Fashion = Fascism!
Sorry, but “body image” is a real problem and we should stop pandering to this nonsense. Boys are now presenting with eating disorders as often as girls.
I’ve just posted a comment on another Blog where an otherwise very sensible man is talking about artificially boosting his weight to achieve his “ideal”.
Shouldn’t we be encouraging people to achieve their potential in the most healthy way? Shouldn’t clothing manufacturers cater for all body types, not just some narrow band of measurements?
Your mate’s weight may not have been totally sustainable when he was a competitive swimmer, but at least he had a fitness regime etc. to ensure balance. What health supervision does he now get to achieve the anorexic look?
Sorry for the rant, but this is a real bug-bear for me.
Cheers, Polomint