Straight Queens
What do Simon Cowell, Vinnie Jones, Tony Blair, Kayne West, Christian Bale, David Cameron and Russell Brand have in common? They’re all Straight Queens , according to an entertaining piece by Stephanie Theobald in The Sunday Times.
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Sporno
Mark Simpson on how sport and porn got into bed – while D&G and Mr Armani took pictures…. (Out magazine, May 2006; expanded for the V&A’s ‘Fashion V Sport’ catalogue, June 2008. Also collected in ‘Metrosexy‘) You might think that it was Italy’s greater ball skills, or stamina, or team… Read More »Sporno
Metrosexuality and the City
Mark Simpson and Caroline Hagood Discuss the End of Sexuality and Other Girlie Stuff huffingtonpost.com
Retrosexuality isn’t what it used to be
My attention was recently drawn by a concerned member of the browsing public to a piece on Salon.com, ‘Retrosexuals: The latest lame macho catchphrase’ by Aaron Traister, entertainingly lambasting the ‘new’ retrosexual trend: I woke up this morning to discover my local paper, the Philadelphia Inquirer, peddling a story about… Read More »Retrosexuality isn’t what it used to be
Male Bras are Big in Japan – Even if Men’s Breasts aren’t
Thanks to my Japanese metrosexuality correspondent Daniela K for informing me that, in addition to the popularity of skirts and dresses with Japanese men I blogged about last week, brassieres are catching on too. Yes, brassieres made for men. Brassieres made for men to wear rather than gawp at. Apparently… Read More »Male Bras are Big in Japan – Even if Men’s Breasts aren’t