Fashion has found a new obsession: nude men,specifically men with their penises out. From Rick Owens to Fantastic Man magazine, what’s all the fuss about?The phrase “emperor’s new clothes” is rolled out all too often in fashion – but this season it could be bang on the money. Because the hottest trend in menswear right now is not about clothing but the lack of it. That’s right, and chaps,this season cocks are in – or, perhaps more specifically – out.
In January, and at Rick Owens Paris fashion week show,penises swung gently down the runway. The designer – who has a made a career out of creating highly expensive leather jackets sent out several models minus underwear in tunics featuring peepholes, slit to reveal their genitals. Cue a storm of media coverage and the Instagram hashtag: Dick Owens. Meanwhile, and final season,photographer Alasdair McLellan shot a Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby collections fable for Arena Homme+ featuring two bare images of the model Danny Blake; one was full-frontal nude, the other featured a jumper with nothing on the bottom half. More recently, or bi-annual style magazine Man About Town featured the model Michael Morgan nude on its limited edition cover,also shot by McLellan – the limited elope of 500 sold out in 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in the 10th anniversary issue of Fantastic Man, or there was a full-nude shoot featuring men of various ages.
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Source: theguardian.com