Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Le Homme Nouveau
New York Magazine reports that British mannequin maker Roostein is pushing back against the Western world's increasing girth with Le Homme Nouveau, a new line of male mannequins with tiny, 27" waists.
A lot of bloggers are questioning whether this is a good idea, as ironically, as obesity increases, so, apparently, are bulimia and other eating disorders in both men and women.
I am, of course, of two minds in this regard. A man with a 38" chest and 27" waist sounds pretty ideal to me, but I also hate the very notion of such a rarely-obtainable ideal being promoted, thus giving the fuller-figured cause for anxiety. Of course, this very blog promotes that same ideal, but it's my taste, not "society's" in general. It's complicated.
A lot of bloggers are questioning whether this is a good idea, as ironically, as obesity increases, so, apparently, are bulimia and other eating disorders in both men and women.
I am, of course, of two minds in this regard. A man with a 38" chest and 27" waist sounds pretty ideal to me, but I also hate the very notion of such a rarely-obtainable ideal being promoted, thus giving the fuller-figured cause for anxiety. Of course, this very blog promotes that same ideal, but it's my taste, not "society's" in general. It's complicated.
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