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6 Feb

Unpicking the history of gay male beauty standards

Unpicking the history of gay male beauty standards
From physique culture, through to Tom of Finland and Grindr – gay male culture all the time been rigid relating to policing body types and enforcing outdated ideas of masculinity It only takes a scroll through Grindr to see that a select few body types reign supreme relating to gay men: from oiled, glistening torsos to slim, hairless bodies, it seems our definitions of ‘beauty’ are fairly rigid inside our so called ‘community’. Ideals could have modified and expanded over the previous couple of a long time, but ultimately little has shifted – and research shows that it’s having an actual effect on each our mental and our physical health. Crucially, there’s historical context to...
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22 Jan

Billie Eilish has a message about body shaming and

Billie Eilish has a message about body shaming and
Billie Eilish has never been afraid of speaking out about her body – the way in which she views it and the way in which society and the media view it. In a Calvin Klein campaign last 12 months, she said that the rationale she wears her signature baggy clothes is because she doesn’t want the world to know the whole lot about her. “No person can have an opinion because they haven’t seen what’s underneath, you understand. No person may be like, ‘she’s slim thick’ ‘she’s not slim thick’...
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29 May

Ferragamo Taps Jeno Lee as First Global Male Brand Ambassador

Ferragamo Taps Jeno Lee as First Global Male Brand Ambassador
FIRST AMBASSADOR: Ferragamo has found its own K-pop artist. The Florentine fashion house has tapped Jeno Lee, best generally known as Jeno, as its first global male brand ambassador. A member of South Korean boy band NCT, Jeno attended the brand’s fall 2023 fashion show in Milan in February, sharing behind-the-scenes moments of his Italian trip along with his roughly 6 million followers on Instagram. “Jeno Lee has a charismatic personality and an uncanny ability to attach with a young international audience through his music, style and persona,” said Maximilian Davis, who took Ferragamo’s creative helm last yr.  “We’re driven by the identical passion for creativity,” underscored Davis, while Jeno said he was “excited concerning the opportunity to create synergies with the brand,” which...
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