by Mark Simpson (The London Times, 28 July, 2008) Next week the V&A opens an exhibition called Fashion v Sport, profiling the relationship between the sports and fashion industries – a relationship that seems to be flourishing despite the habit of many of today’s sportsmen and women of wearing less… Read More »From Sportsmen to Sporno Stars
Beck’s ‘tidy’ Armani underwear ads have generated a craze for male waxing, according to the Guardian: All over the country more and more men (gay and straight alike) are marching into beauty salons and demanding a “Boyzilian”, or as one Yorkshire-based salon bills it, “the Full Monty”. In other words,… Read More »Becks’ Bulge Begins Boyzilian Boom
Retrosexuality Islamic style – which until recently was possibly the only un-ironic or non-fashion-accessorised kind of retrosexuality left – seems to be in a bad way in the Islamic heartland. Medievalism just isn’t what it used to be. Yesterday’s London Times carries a news feature on what’s termed “Pakistan’s metrosexual… Read More »Bin Laden’s Metro Makeover Betrays His Whereabouts