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Frightening Men’s Swim Trend ‘09 - Short Shorts

July 21, 2008 by Designer Ella

The trend for males from Miami Swim this past weekend, showcasing designer swimwear for Summer ‘09, is definitely a fright of sorts. Every designer that included men’s swim trunks (or lack of trunks) included short shorts.

Short shorts.

On guys. Male short shorts.

Every guy I know only wears shorts down to his knees, and swimwear is no exception. I don’t think any straight men, at least American ones, will adopt this look. First of all, straight men don’t follow trends in fashion, and boy do I love them for that! Consdering that, this isn’t such an actual fright with any danger to impact our view at the beach, right?

Yes, but it’s still a fright in and of looking at the photos, itself. If you look closely at the pictures, you should notice not only do these men wear short shorts, but they actually “nair” for short shorts.

Another thing one could never get any straight man I’ve ever known to do is to consider shaving at all, at least when it comes to their own legs. (I happen to wish men would shave their armpits, and have vocalized this to men in my life. 100% of them firmly rejected the idea, period [even trimming, silly boys].)

So either the designer fashion world’s male aspect is pure fantasy, product-less eye candy for girls’ dreams (I think most secretly do hate overly hairy bodies - no fair!), or actually all for gay men. I’m sure designer/expensive men’s apparel is actually all aimed to gay men, because straight men wouldn’t pay for it. I wouldn’t even ever subject a boyfriend to it with gifts, I see no need. Except there’s one sad flaw in this - in that the women looking at fashion shows and ads hope to be looking at straight men when it is men they see, right?, and they’re clearly not, at least not the character these models portray in these getups. So do women actually enjoy looking at the male models? (I don’t, but I personally am not attracted to the muscular type and even the rugged or pretty-boy types anyway.) I hope this doesn’t mess with women’s avoiding-gay-dar. Ouch.

If you’ve had enough cerebral discussion on silly fashion, or are just still interested or want a different view, especially one from a male himself, stay tuned for a snarky straight male’s POV on this “trend” a bit later!

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4 Responses to “Frightening Men’s Swim Trend ‘09 - Short Shorts”

Chris Says:
July 21st, 2008 at 4:40 pm

First off my first impression was that these guys look like terminators, and that very very few men can pull off that type of suit in the first place. We men couldnt care less what we wear as long as it isnt a speedo (at least for me) or a flamboyant color.

If I was given a suit to wear id wear it without a thought, but something this out there will just get a no.

Somya Says:
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:35 am

Wow, this one sure is not needed but is much better than the idea of guys hanging out in t-backs! It’s true that men are fast becoming more and more conscious of their looks and body type and when one slaughters oneself to look the best one can, they have got every right to flaunt it, right?

James S. Says:
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:49 am

They might be different but they looks hot. Can you imagine how girls will run after you??? Every man one to look the best piece they can.

Designer Ella Says:
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:03 am

Men need to realize that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Be true to one’s self and accentuate your natural positives. If you’re a nerd, show it off - for one thing. Some women actually hate athletic bodies and muscle men, and Brad Pitt types, etc. I am one of them.

I also lurve my own petiteness, short legs and all, and love my body in its not-yet-lost-ALL-the-weight-yet phase. Some men love skinny girls, others love hips … what every person should do is be true to their body’s natural inclination, while still attempting to be healthy enough to live a long life, while at the same time, please their own eyes for how they prefer to see their own sex, or at least not go against it.

MHO.