Men Without Chests
AFP/File Photo
Macho man is an endangered species...fashion industry insiders say.
A study along these lines led by French marketing and style consultants Nelly Rodi was unveiled to Fashion Group International during a seminar Tuesday on future strategy for the fashion industry in Europe.
Asks Pierre Francois Le Louet, the agency’s managing director, “We are watching the birth of a hybrid man. ... Why not put on a pink-flowered shirt and try out a partner-swapping club?”
We’re waiting for confirmation whether the study actually examined any men outside the borders of France.
Comments
#1 2005-06-08 21:17 (Reply)
They’re the metro-sexuals -- and they’re too “gay” to ever fully replace Marlboro Man.
But my wife thinks I look great in a pink shirt; I think so too -- and most manly men AND women do look good in pink.
Nice Klaun picture.
#1.1 2005-06-10 03:59 (Reply)
Oh, come off it, most high fashion is virutally unwearable. Most women wouldn’t be caught dead in the majority of costumes that parade down a catwalk, either. Why just pick on the men?
#2 2005-06-09 14:23 (Reply)
I wonder what clowns will now have to wear to look different. Or perhaps they will just have to carry balloon animals to show their trade.
There was the blue-jean as fashion statement, then the further work-clothing “grunge”.
Maybe they could combine metro-macho - a leather cap and jacket in pink.
Society has decayed far when shocking pink isn’t.
And the problem may not yet be men without chests as much as men without sense.