Monday, August 16, 2010
Plus size men and Fashion
I hate when plus size man dresses in a baggy shirts and some awful trousers...i really do, I've written so much a bout plus size women, now its plus size men who take the lead now..and I'm not the only one who thinks so too...
Dutch style bible ‘Fantastic Man’ (that is to say the men’s spotlight – thanks to Sophie Dahl, Evans, Mark Fast and the like, women have been gabbing on about plus size fashion since the dawn of spanx). Their newest issues features a six page spread with the premise of ‘A series of stylistic suggestions for bold summer fashions to be worn by gentlemen of a quite marvellous shape’. Revealing trunks, short shorts and horizontal stripes are modelled by gents selected through street castings and who, by no stretch of the imagination, would fit the stereotypical ideals of the traditional male model; whether that be the buff and bronzed man as favoured by labels such as D&G or the skinny urchin look championed by Dior and Kenzo.
The magazine’s creative director, Jop Van Bennekom, says ‘We have been thinking of doing this for a couple of years, and it has taken a long time to find the right men, and get clothes, because they are not sample size’. Indeed the larger man seems to present a quandary for the fashion world; fashion is built on fantasy and aspiration. Looking good should never be reliable on size!
Plus sized men's fashion advice and online store...go to fantasticman.com
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