2008 Woodie Awards
Designer trend names skinny man chic
Shaun Mitchell
Issue date: 2/21/08 Section: Perspectives
A recent New York Times article portrayed the idea of the "skinny man" as being the latest trend in the world of fashion and beyond. The thin models on the runways last year place low on the list of what is hot in 2008. Guys, this one's for you.
My doctor likes to refer to me as "husky." I'm no porker, nor am I a skinny man, but I have an average body type, just with some vertical challenges reaching five foot six respectively. Sure, this isn't a great body type to go crazy over, but thank goodness for my baby face, eh? I don't think I'll ever be "in" like the current fad: the skinny man. But I don't care!
According to the New York Times, the Skinny Man is making a name in the world of fashion iconography and the social scene in general. Designers are going crazy over designing things for this slender figured man just as they were last year for the slim woman. Honestly, I'm still waiting for the day when 300 pounds and wearing moo-moos are in style.
Now I'll trust the New York Times on this subject, they are knowledgeable and stylish themselves, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it. I, for one, will not start trying to slim my figure down to fit this current fad because with my luck I will lose all the weight I need just when the fad goes back to muscular or average men.
I don't think a skinny man is a fashionable thing. I find it very hard to imagine a tall, lanky fellow with legs the size of flagpoles and arms like elephant trunks to be remotely fashionable. I mean, look at the Jolly Green Giant, all he wore were leaves because he knew better. Tall men aren't prime fashion real estate. I think people are just forcing new fads because they are jaded with the old ones. How many times can you keep designing clothes for tall, lanky women without wanting to hang yourself from your own thread? Not like skinny men are a huge departure from the previous fad, but at least it's a new sex with new possibilities of accessories and basics.
Call me a cynic, but I can't see this going anywhere. Figure out something new for next year, and stop trying to make this a country full of skinny robots who don't know a prime rib from road kill. Let's get some meat on them bones!
Jenna Rignanese contributed to this article.
My doctor likes to refer to me as "husky." I'm no porker, nor am I a skinny man, but I have an average body type, just with some vertical challenges reaching five foot six respectively. Sure, this isn't a great body type to go crazy over, but thank goodness for my baby face, eh? I don't think I'll ever be "in" like the current fad: the skinny man. But I don't care!
According to the New York Times, the Skinny Man is making a name in the world of fashion iconography and the social scene in general. Designers are going crazy over designing things for this slender figured man just as they were last year for the slim woman. Honestly, I'm still waiting for the day when 300 pounds and wearing moo-moos are in style.
Now I'll trust the New York Times on this subject, they are knowledgeable and stylish themselves, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it. I, for one, will not start trying to slim my figure down to fit this current fad because with my luck I will lose all the weight I need just when the fad goes back to muscular or average men.
I don't think a skinny man is a fashionable thing. I find it very hard to imagine a tall, lanky fellow with legs the size of flagpoles and arms like elephant trunks to be remotely fashionable. I mean, look at the Jolly Green Giant, all he wore were leaves because he knew better. Tall men aren't prime fashion real estate. I think people are just forcing new fads because they are jaded with the old ones. How many times can you keep designing clothes for tall, lanky women without wanting to hang yourself from your own thread? Not like skinny men are a huge departure from the previous fad, but at least it's a new sex with new possibilities of accessories and basics.
Call me a cynic, but I can't see this going anywhere. Figure out something new for next year, and stop trying to make this a country full of skinny robots who don't know a prime rib from road kill. Let's get some meat on them bones!
Jenna Rignanese contributed to this article.
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