A very close, and might I add extremely straight male fashionista friend of mine made a comment the other day about men’s current fashion trends that stuck with me. He said to me, “what happened to clean masculine silhouettes? Everything I find in the stores for the contemporary market is just so feminine, I feel like im running out of options, I just cant do the 4’ inseam!” I thought about what he said, did some research, and it’s just so true. Men’s fashion has always carried off pastels, salmons, and historically royal blues and purples, colors mostly associated with femininity, as well as embellishments like ruffles, rhinestones, pleats, and gauze, but in the past have done so on classic or masculine silhouettes. Recently the problem many men find themselves facing while shopping for say a pair of summer shorts is that no matter the color, they are just too slim and much too short. Granted if you’re an ultra hip fashion god say like David Beckham then short, tight, and pastel is completely acceptable, but for the average style conscious guy the options at stores like Barney’s, Neimans, and Nordstrom are getting “slimmer” by the season. Now don’t get me wrong, I am completely obsessed with wild chic men’s fashion, especially that of the gay community, as a matter of fact I worship the gay community for that exact reason, but I think its about time that department store buyers and designers pay a little more attention to this forgotten niche; the masculine male and his everyday look.
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