Susan Toepfer
The Bumpy Ride
https://trueslant.com/susantoepfer/2009/12/10/top-10-male-style-trends-we-never-want-to-see-again/
Dec. 10 2009 - 1:26 pm
Good God! As if the world isn’t grim enough for women, now comes this report: Plunging necklines on men, a look favored by disco dancers, sweaty crooners and porn publishers of the ’70s, is back:
If the fall runway shows were any indication, men’s necklines are taking a plunge….
Plenty of men, from regular Joes to “Dancing With the Stars” contestants, have loosened to the trend.
On HBO’s hit series “True Blood,” 29-year-old ex-model Mehcad Brooks rarely went an episode without removing his shirt. Mr. Brooks also frequently displays his perfect pecs off-screen, wearing rib-hugging T’s with deep V-necks or shirts with the top buttons suggestively undone….
Other fans of the look include actors Jude Law and Ed Westwick, who’ve been snapped showing off their man cleavage — or “heavage,” as one style writer dubbed it.
More Men Have Something They Want to Get Off Their Chests — Their Shirts – WSJ.com.
Okay, so Jude Law can get away with it, and so can a sexy vamp on True Blood. But guys, guys, for most of you, this is not a look we want to revive. Along with:
The Bumpy Ride
https://trueslant.com/susantoepfer/2009/12/10/top-10-male-style-trends-we-never-want-to-see-again/
Dec. 10 2009 - 1:26 pm
Good God! As if the world isn’t grim enough for women, now comes this report: Plunging necklines on men, a look favored by disco dancers, sweaty crooners and porn publishers of the ’70s, is back:
If the fall runway shows were any indication, men’s necklines are taking a plunge….
Plenty of men, from regular Joes to “Dancing With the Stars” contestants, have loosened to the trend.
On HBO’s hit series “True Blood,” 29-year-old ex-model Mehcad Brooks rarely went an episode without removing his shirt. Mr. Brooks also frequently displays his perfect pecs off-screen, wearing rib-hugging T’s with deep V-necks or shirts with the top buttons suggestively undone….
Other fans of the look include actors Jude Law and Ed Westwick, who’ve been snapped showing off their man cleavage — or “heavage,” as one style writer dubbed it.
More Men Have Something They Want to Get Off Their Chests — Their Shirts – WSJ.com.
Okay, so Jude Law can get away with it, and so can a sexy vamp on True Blood. But guys, guys, for most of you, this is not a look we want to revive. Along with:
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Gold Chains
These, some may recall, went hand to chest with the open-necked shirts of the ’70s. Aside from the fact that most of them, not being actual gold, will turn your neck green–if you really have that kind of money, invest it in gold bars.
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Pony Tails
Maybe Fabio could get away with one–if Fabio’s your kinda guy. But why is this particular affectation so beloved by aging men with thinning hair? Bald with a pony tail? I think not. As a character in the Broadway play Superior Donuts points out, “You know who looks good in a pony tail? Nine-year-old girls and ponies.”
3
Leisure Suits
If you’re too young to remember them–don’t look back! Even a casual glimpse of green polyester and ruffled shirts and you may never have sex again.
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Beatle cuts
Not a member of the Fab Four? Two words: Austin Powers.
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Dropped trou
The saggy/baggy pants look was already ludicrous when it was mocked in Clueless in 1995–that’s 15 years ago, Dude!–why, oh why, would any guy think it works now?
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Bow ties
Great on Howdy Doody–but unless you’re about to make a zillion inventing a computer program or a search engine, why would you want to advertise that you’re a geek?
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Bell bottoms
Good on sailors, bad news for everybody else.
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Mullets
Trust me, you’re no David Bowie. Not even Tom Jones. And do you really think you’ll score with a haircut that screams Florence Henderson?
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Powdered wigs and silk stockings
Man, if they’re bringing back plunging necks, who knows where they’ll go next? I don’t think any of us are ready for Hulk Hogan in a Dancing With the Stars minuet.
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