Before the movie. Art and the fig leaf
In 1857, Queen Victoria unexpectedly received a copy of Michelangelo's statue of David as a gift.
The sculpture was placed in the Museum of Applied Arts (now the Victoria and Albert Museum), and soon enough it shocked the public with its obvious and undisguised nudity. For that time it was too much, and David’s dignity was urgently covered with a specially made giant fig leaf, which was removed from its place only in the 1950s. Statue of David at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Source
Despite a number of curious cases and even acts of vandalism (by order of Pope Innocent V in the 17th century, the members of ancient statues were beaten with a hammer), naked people of both sexes were present in abundance on the canvases of artists within the framework of religious or mythological subjects throughout the history of art. Therefore, it cannot be said that the male nude in painting and sculpture was completely taboo - starting from the Renaissance, the image of naked men became mandatory for artists both in the process of learning the craft and in their subsequent creative careers.
And yet, a certain censorship existed: more prominent by nature compared to women’s, it was customary to draw male genitalia as deliberately understated.
Or, as in Michelangelo’s fresco “The Creation of Adam,” drape. Or cover it with fig leaves, as Sandro Botticelli, who depicted Saint Sebastian in this form, and Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted Adam and Eve, did on their canvases.
Lucas Cranach the Elder. Adam and Eve. Source
Male nudity in pre-war cinema
It would seem that cinema, which arose in an era when revolutionary changes were taking place in painting (from impressionism at the end of the century to the avant-garde movements of the 20s), should have adopted the experience of fine art and followed it to the study of naked nature. But from the very beginning it becomes clear that the male body is of much less interest to directors and audiences than the female body.
With rare exceptions. Thus, the inventor of time-lapse photography, Eadweard Muybridge, captured the movements of naked men in different situations: shot throwing, wrestling, horse riding, climbing stairs. In the same circumstances, he showed women and animals in the frame. Muybridge was mainly interested in movement, regardless of the gender or even the appearance of the hero. He treated the body primarily as a scientist-observer.
Eadweard Muybridge. Naked wrestlers. Source
Even the most superficial research shows that in the history of cinema there were much more naked women than naked men, and this “gap” is still quite significant.
For example, in Fifty Shades of Gray (2011), Mr. Gray has sex in his pants, which completely contradicts the logic of the narrative and the original message of the series of erotic novels.
Despite the fact that female nudity in the frame was much more diverse, multifaceted and has been in obvious demand from viewers since the beginning of the last century, over a hundred years of cinema history there have also not been male nudes.
The main sex symbol of the silent film era, Douglas Fairbanks, chose roles that allowed him to expose himself to a certain extent and demonstrate his seductive body and athletic perfection in every possible way. In “The Black Pirate” (1926) the actor appeared in a shirt with an open chest, in “The Thief of Baghdad” (1924) - naked to the waist, in “Half-Breed” (1916) he swam in primitive underpants, reminiscent of modern thongs.
Douglas Fairbanks in Half-Breed (1916). Source
In silent films, as, by the way, in classical painting, men could be naked within the framework of historical, biblical and mythological subjects. Thus, in the first film adaptation of Lew Wallace’s novel “Ben Hur” (1925), actor Ramon Novarro appeared half-naked before the audience. On promotional cards for the film, it seems, he posed without panties at all, although the most interesting thing remained behind the scenes.
The first appearances of Gary Cooper on screen are noteworthy. Before becoming one of the main actors in Westerns of the 30s–50s, in silent films he acted as handsome handsome men and was primarily attracted by his appearance and excellent figure.
Promotional postcard for the film "Ben Hur" (1925). Source
In the 1929 box office hit Wolfsong, Cooper bathes naked, but the viewer only sees him from behind. The actor managed to appear on camera bare-chested even in the 40s, when cinema was extremely conservative in everything related to male sexuality. For example, in the western “And Came Jones” (1945) there is a scene of a duel with pistols between two shirtless heroes.
Cooper's tight cowboy pants still haunt visitors to thematic forums.
Gary Cooper in Wolfsong (1929).
Source In early talkies, nudity was the responsibility of five-time Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, who played the taciturn king of the jungle, Tarzan. Although the peak of his popularity, as well as the most explicit scenes in the film series, occurred in the early 30s, he continued to play the lord of the monkeys until the mid-40s. The only thing that changed was the length of Tarzan's loincloth, which became less revealing after the Hays Code censorship restrictions came into force, although in the first films of the series it barely covered the actor's crotch.
Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan in the 1930s. Source
Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan in the 1940s. Source
Truman Capote recounted how, in one of his conversations, Marilyn Monroe casually mentioned another star of the classic Hollywood era, famous for her physique:
“Errol Flynn took out his dick and started playing the piano with it!”
Indeed, Robin Hood's leggings in the 1938 film fit him perfectly, and the famous pirate's open shirt in Captain Blood's Odyssey (1935) haunted moviegoers of the 30s. The naked torso of the famous filibuster and the tight cowboy pants of Gary Cooper are the maximum that Hollywood could afford in the 1930s and 40s.
Errol Flynn as Captain Blood. Source
The most beautiful men (105 photos)
Beauty, of course, is the privilege of women, but men can also be quite beautiful in appearance. Perhaps external beauty is not so important for men, but there are men who really like to take care of themselves or are naturally beautiful. This selection presents the most beautiful men. Look and admire these beauties.
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Handsome famous actor Brad Pitt
Handsome blue-eyed actor
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Handsome young man in a classic suit
Tall handsome man with a naked torso Ben Affleck in a coat
Handsome man in a gray suit
Cute guy in a black T-shirt
Handsome man in a leather jacket
Handsome man in a gray sweater
Ben Affleck tying a tie
Cute Ricky Martin
Young man in a white T-shirt
Handsome young man
Cute brunette with stubble
Nice young man
Elegant young man
Young man in a sweatshirt
Handsome man lying in bed
Handsome man on a dark background
Handsome athletic man
Black and white photo of a handsome actor
Famous handsome actor
Handsome man with glasses
Cute blond man in shirt
Handsome man against a gray wall background
Justin Timberlake in a light suit
A man in a khaki T-shirt. A young handsome guy with a naked torso.
Handsome guy
Man with facial hair
Johnny Depp in his youth
Handsome Johnny Depp Handsome man in a car
Man in sunglasses
Oriental man
Handsome man in a black business suit
Man with gray eyes. Cute young guy sitting on the floor.
Handsome guy in the pool
Handsome man in the shower
Man in a white sweater
Handsome facial features of a man
Man with long hair
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Black and white photo of a man in a leather jacket
Blond man with a polobenz
Man with glasses and white jacket. Handsome man in the swimming pool.
Handsome young guy
Man with a beautiful hairstyle
Handsome young man. Cute blond man with blue eyes.
Cute handsome actor
Photo of a famous actor Man in white trousers and a blue shirt
Stately Brad Pitt
Man in the car
Handsome man in a classic gray suit
Brad Pitt in stylish glasses Beautiful smile of a man
Man in a stylish jacket
Fashionable man with stylish hairstyle
Young man with curly hair
Handsome man against the background of beautiful clouds Stylish photo of a man
Brad Pitt with long hair
Man with long blond hair
Cute guy by the water
Handsome man at an event
Oriental man Stylish Korean guy
Young man in a black T-shirt
Photo of a cute guy
Stylish man
Stately man in a suit Blue-eyed handsome man
Famous singer
Leonardo DiCaprio
Handsome man in denim shirt
Elegant young man
Guy with bleached hair
Handsome man at the parade
Young man in a denim jacket
Handsome young man in a cap
Man in a smart suit
Man in a wooden house Profile photo of a handsome man
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After the war. Farewell to weapons, and with them clothes
Since the passage of the Hays Code in 1934, men have appeared on screen primarily in suits and hats. In the early 40s, the noir genre began to take shape, for which this dress code was mandatory. However, with the end of World War II, much began to change. The world around was collapsing, and the suit protected the hero in the frame from the threat.
The men on the screen kept their mark until the last: the new cinema of the post-war generation was ripe to blow everything up. In the 50s, young Hollywood actors Marlon Brando and James Dean changed into T-shirts and jeans, but complete nudity was still far away - the penis remained hidden from the public eye until the last third of the 20th century.
Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Source
Like everything progressive, it happened in a freer Europe. New wave cinema and the sexual revolution changed the rules. Sweden turned out to be the most liberal country in terms of censorship conventions. In Vilgot Sjöman's dilogy "I'm Curious" (1968), viewers saw not only the naked main character played by Lena Nyman, but also the completely naked actor Börje Alstedt.
In one of the love scenes, the characters lie on the grass so that their faces are in close proximity to each other's genitals.
Perhaps for the first time in a feature film, Schoeman showed a close-up of the male genital organ, rhyming complete nudity and sexual liberation with the ideas of freedom that swept the world in the 60s.
Börje Alstedt in Vilgot Scheman's dilogy “I am curious” (1968). Source
In 1969, the film “Women in Love” by Briton Ken Russell was released. The heroes of this film adaptation of the scandalous novel by David Herbert Lawrence, two close friends, wrestle for quite a long time completely naked on the carpet by the fireplace, having first gotten rid of their uncomfortable aristocratic outfits and locked the door. The battle ends with a heartfelt monologue from one of them about how spiritual intimacy in friendship between men should be accompanied by physical contact.
“Women in Love” (1969), fight scene by the fireplace. Source
If the true intentions of the characters in Ken Russell's film remain hidden in the subtext until the finale, then in Bertrand Blier's Waltzing (1974), the hero of Gerard Depardieu, when there is not a single woman nearby, squeezes his bosom buddy in his arms and forces him to submit to circumstances with the phrase: "It's normal between friends."
Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dever in Bertrand Blier's film Waltzing (1974). Source
In "The Twentieth Century" (1976), Bernardo Bertolucci Depardieu finds himself in bed with Robert De Niro.
The young heroes have one mistress between them; the camera zooms in on the bed the three of them are in and captures a scene of masturbation.
The episode begins as erotic, but ends comically: De Niro's character jokingly touches the embarrassed Depardieu's penis.
So in the 1970s, in European cinema, the appearance of male genitalia on screen became almost the norm. Wartime horrors discredit old morality, censorship seems absurd after a nuclear disaster, and the answer to this is the sexual revolution. Nudity in cinema can be considered a belated reaction to the tragedy of the concentration camps, an affirmation of life for humanity, tired of the horrors of death.
The effect of surprise
In such a dream, the dream book interprets a naked husband to mean that this will happen in reality. You will take this person by surprise, and it will be very difficult for him to justify himself to you and find an explanation for his behavior. Pay attention to where and how this happened.
Seeing a naked husband in your own apartment and in an intimate setting in a dream means that this person is ill, mildly ill, or increased sexual activity . It all depends on your situation. If your spouse aroused pity, frightened you with his unnatural skin color or lethargic state, then in reality he can become very ill for a long time. Especially if in the dream he was unnaturally fat or thin to the bone.
Seeing your husband naked at home with a normal skin tone, healthy complexion and eyes burning with desire means that in reality you are a little afraid of his violent temperament.
Especially if you had to see him like this in a dream not only at home, but also in the most unexpected places. These plots often indicate sexual disharmony between husband and wife, different temperaments and needs in bed.
Especially if a woman was raised strictly, considering sexuality to be a manifestation of promiscuity and “debauchery,” or if the spouse shows a very violent, bright and rude temperament, causing pain and inconvenience during intimacy.
Therefore, dreams in which you see a naked husband in a dream in search of intimate contact with you reflect that you are uncomfortable together, and the woman is afraid of showing aggression in bed.
If you are divorced, and you dream of a naked husband with burning eyes, who constantly pursues you, not allowing you to arrange your personal life, what is this dream for? The dream book writes that in reality he will not immediately retreat either and will make various attempts to make peace with you and return home again.
But often such a dream, especially if he possessed you against your will, means this person’s intrusiveness, aggressive behavior and even vindictiveness. It is possible that the spouse will continue to cause scenes and scandals. But, if you have a normal relationship and he is far away, what is this dream about? The modern dream book writes that very soon he will remind you of himself and think about you.
But, if he is looking for intimacy with another person, and you see him naked in the presence of a beautiful woman, then the books indicate that he can really cheat on you, unless the wife suffers from pathological jealousy over every trifle.
Seeing your spouse naked in the company of women or just strangers. Why do you dream? This dream means surprise. It is possible that in some situation, due to his excessive frankness or contradictory behavior, he will say something unnecessary that will greatly surprise you.
After this dream, a wife may take her husband by surprise, hear what he really thinks about her, or simply information that changes her opinion about the honesty and decency of this person.
If he did not notice your presence and was looking for intimacy with another woman, such a dream may indicate that he is really looking around. But this may happen due to the wife’s inattentiveness or the fact that she does not give him something in bed.
Seeing your husband dancing a striptease naked in a bar without noticing your presence means a scandal and a big quarrel. This can happen if you discover what he is hiding and how he spends his leisure time. It is possible that a quarrel will happen over a woman who will be vindictive and can remind herself and lead to conflict between the spouses. Therefore, after such a dream, most likely, something very bad will happen in your family, or he will make a mistake that will betray infidelity.
The Phantom Menace: Exposure at the End of the 20th Century
An American gigolo drove into the 80s in a black convertible. Richard Gere's character had impeccable taste, wore chic Armani suits, spoke six languages and was the best in his field. Perhaps director Paul Schrader was the first to connect escort services with capitalism and show how material values enslave a person, and Richard Gere was the first Hollywood actor to go completely naked in a Category A studio film.
Liberation from the costume becomes an important motif of the film. At the beginning of the film, Julian Kaye performs the ritual of dressing: closets are full of sparkling new jackets, perfectly ironed shirts and ties, patent leather shoes (yes, the main character uses the services of a shoe shiner). Then, towards the end, when the character gets into trouble and, in addition, truly falls in love, he changes to a used rental car and appears before the viewer dressed in wrinkled and faded gray trousers and a shirt. Gere appears naked once in the film - but at a turning point.
The director does not show his sex with his clients - the viewer sees Julian completely naked only when he truly falls in love for the first time in his life.
American Gigolo is a story about deconstructing traditional ideas of masculinity. It is no coincidence that the world of the elite is opposed to the underground community of gay clubs and call boys. Gere's hero conveys the masculine establishment's fear of this crowd and himself speaks with disgust about orders that involve contact with men, although he probably carried them out at the beginning of his career.
The hero's nakedness is directly related to the gradual destruction of his material world. And if at the beginning of the film we see Julian literally naked, then in the finale, when he loses everything, the character’s soul is naked. One of the main ideas of the picture is the hero’s movement from the material to the spiritual, metaphorically shown through liberation from clothes.
Richard Gere in American Gigolo (1980). Source
The end of the century turned out to be rich in erotic scenes where men were completely naked. The British were especially successful in this - perhaps they were helped by the legacy of Muybridge and Ken Russell with his breakthrough picture.
First of all, it is worth noting the merits of the actor, who did more to free the penis than anyone else in cinema before him. In the '90s, he appeared naked numerous times: jumping around the stage without pants as a young Iggy Pop in Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine (1998); spent most of his screen time naked in Peter Greenaway's Bedside Notes (1995); acted out explicit erotic scenes with Tilda Swinton in Young Adam (2003); Danny Boyle’s cult films “Shallow Grave” (1994) and “Trainspotting” (1996) also featured his nudity. Ewan McGregor made a serious contribution to the understanding of male sexuality on screen and earned the main phallic symbol of the era in the form of a Jedi sword after the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi, turning from an arthouse star into a Hollywood celestial actor.
Ewan McGregor in the film Trainspotting (1996). Source
Selfie of men at home
Men take their first self-portrait on a smartphone out of curiosity, then with their beloved or family. Once a couple of shots are taken, the selfie no longer seems such a terrible beast and a monstrous offense against masculinity.
A photogenic person pleases the eye. Whoever he is - a charismatic man, a pretty girl or a charming child.
Love and Antichrist. Fear of the phallus
Male nudity on screen is not necessarily sexual. Liberation, defenselessness, comic or shock effect - the range of meanings is quite wide, and often such a character is completely desexualized.
The phallus evokes fear, is still taboo in cinema, and appears more often on screen as symbols: from Eisenstein's cannons and Kubrick's nuclear warheads to the lighthouse in Robert Eggers' recent film of the same name.
Erections remain hidden in the albums of great directors - just think of the numerous pornographic drawings of Jean Cocteau, Sergei Eisenstein and Federico Fellini - but are almost never depicted on screen. Antichrist (2009) by Lars von Trier and Love (2015) by Gaspar Noe are two rare exceptions.
In the explicit scenes of Antichrist, professional porn actors took part as doubles, and the episodes where Willem Dafoe’s genitals were in the frame were cut out during editing - as Trier himself said, “the film was not made to show his giant penis.” And this is really not the point, because the ejaculation scene in Antichrist is intended to evoke horror in the viewer as well. Among the constant meanings that sex is endowed with, for Lars von Trier the proximity of intercourse and death is important, and the main thing here is death. Showing the body in one of its extreme states (orgasm), the director says that man is not subject to nature, primarily his own.
Karl Glusman in Gaspar Noe's film "Love" (2015). Source
In his film, Gaspar Noe talks about the nature of carnal love and contrasts genuine passion with the simple mechanisms of instinctive attraction and seduction. The main character, going through the path of sexual experiments in different variations, discovers the only true concept of true love - for one woman.
In Noe's film, the penis does not just appear in the frame in a passive position, as is usually the case in films - the director shows scenes of group sex, masturbation, male orgasm - and even his own genitals.
In one interview, he admitted: “You know, it’s amazing to show off your penis to everyone in Cannes.”
But Trier and Noe were not the first directors to show ejaculation scenes to prestigious festival juries. On September 10, 2002, the premiere of “Ken Park” by director and photographer Larry Clark took place in Venice. Despite the fact that all the roles were played by adults, the author of the film was accused of making child pornography. The only professional actor in the film, James Ransone, took part in the most shocking masturbation scene with strangulation. This is what Clark said about the filming: “There were only four people on set, not counting, of course, the young actor who was masturbating. We filmed the process with two cameras. I admire this guy, he's a real daredevil! <…> I told him what would be required of him long before filming. He had almost a year to rehearse thoroughly."
Still from the film “Ken Park” (2002). Source
Obviously, scenes of erection, penetration and ejaculation immediately raise the question of the status of such art: cinema or pornography? To include such episodes in films, directors need really strong artistic reasons and remarkable courage, because this jeopardizes both the distribution and festival fate of their films. For example, Noe’s “Love” did not make it into Russian cinemas; Clark's film was not widely released in the United States, and in Australia it was completely banned from showing.
European cinema in this sense is still much freer than American cinema - some film regularly appears at festivals in which viewers see the hero in all his glory. Just remember the recent “Synonyms” (2019) by Nadav Lapid, where the main character appears completely naked in the first frames.
In Hollywood, a persistent age rating system and a focus on mass audiences make it difficult to show explicit erotic scenes involving completely naked men. Such episodes are possible only within the framework of comedy plots. Thus, in “Borat” (2006) by Sacha Baron Cohen there is a long fight scene between the title character and his obese producer, and in the Judd Apatow comedy “In Flight” (2008) the character finds himself naked in the scene when his girlfriend leaves him, and a dramatic situation becomes funny.
On the other hand, commercial cinema, popular culture and advertising make sex and nudity conventional and convey the idea that a beautiful body and a rich sex life are mandatory synonyms of happiness and well-being. This myth is debunked by “Shame” (2011) by Steve McQueen, where the main character appears naked in full length, in a sense, continuing the line of “American Gigolo”. Michael Fassbender plays a sex addict who tries to drown his existential angst in promiscuity.
The complete nudity of the protagonist against the cold background of emasculated interiors (the visuals of “Shame” are 50 shades of blue and blue) becomes the embodiment of his endless loneliness and restlessness.
Still from the film “Shame” (2015).
Source Full male nudity is a direct risk: the authors of such films may not receive the desired distribution rating. Therefore, perhaps the only example among the few Hollywood films where a penis appears for a very short time for dramatic rather than comic effect is still Gone Girl (2014) by David Fincher. Showing the hero naked from the waist down was the director’s fundamental request, which Affleck responded to with understanding. In an interview, the actor said that his penis looks much more impressive in IMAX 3D, because it was very cold on the set.
By the way, this is not the first time Fincher has violated one of the main Hollywood prohibitions. Although Edward Norton and Brad Pitt don't strip naked themselves in Fight Club (1999), Tyler Durden has a forgotten profession as a projectionist and inserts porn footage into family films. The children are shocked, the parents don’t believe their own eyes, and before the final credits of his film, after the skyscrapers explode, Fincher himself makes a cut-scene, and the audience sees a huge phallus.
Ben Affleck in David Fincher's Gone Girl (2014). Source
In modern films and TV series, actors are undressing more and more often, and this rhymes with emancipation, criticism of the objectification of the female body, the recent movements #MeToo and Time's Up: the more equal rights the representatives of different sexes become, the more often men appear naked in popular culture. Every year there is talk that there is a crisis of ideas in cinema, that directors of the past have already told all the most important things, so modern viewers are left with only remakes and franchises. The cinematography studied women quite fully and deeply - the male body was given much less screen time, and there was still room for reflection and new stories. Cinema will not die until it tells everything about it, just as painting did.
Male nature...nude
Recent discussions led me to these simple thoughts. I ask you to treat everything written below with humor and understanding;)
An advertisement for the new men's perfume Bang from Marc Jacobs caused a resonance among the fashionable and semi-fashionable public - in it the designer, smeared with oil, reclining on a silver bed, poses naked in voluptuous languor, covering his private area with a bottle of perfume.
Some shyly look away - ugh, naked guy, couldn't they have presented the perfume in a different way? Others, on the contrary, are delighted - Jacobs, as always, approached the matter with humor. If you translate the word bang, then it can be given many meanings, from the innocent “blow”, “shot”, “bang-bang”, to “ fuck, fuck
” in slang.
This is what Mark had in mind. It is worth noting the following. Back in the early 90s, Mark’s activities were filled with protest - he launched the grunge style in clothes, which caused indignation and a cold reception from Anna Wintour. But, nevertheless, Jacobs perfectly understands where to joke and where not. It was he who was entrusted in 1997 with starting the production of clothing for the French citadel of luxury, the leather goods brand Louis Vuitton. Mark did a great job - for his own label he continued risky experiments, but for Louis Vuitton he created high-status and aristocratic collections. However, having gained professional weight, he allowed himself to flirt with a young audience on behalf of the conservative Louis Vuitton, decorating once classic bags with funny prints, drawings, and graffiti, making them an object of desire for all progressive fashionistas. A real gift was that Mark managed to get the decorous British Victoria Beckham as a model and present her in a very unusual form - Victoria was happy to laugh at herself, presenting herself in advertising campaigns as a victim of shopaholism - her body in a wrapper, her legs in funny platforms , sticking out of a Marc Jacobs bag. _____________________________________________________ Male nature, naked
female
became quite common in the 20th century .
No one anymore reacts to women’s breasts and buttocks as something forbidden and mysterious. Representatives of both sexes look at women with curiosity. Girls in bikinis, Pamela Anderson on a calendar, Victoria's Secret models - all this has become everyday, hackneyed, ubiquitous. Do you want to sell construction products profitably? Put a girl in a bikini, a miner's helmet and a saw at the ready on the ad. Do you want to sell sunscreen? Find a tanned, curvy beauty to advertise with. BUT - no one is betting on male nudity! What will happen if you put a young, muscular, handsome man in the same helmet and with a saw on an advertisement for construction products? Yes, you will simply scare away the target audience - men will be overcome by an inferiority complex, and women are not interested in construction products :) This, of course, is a metaphor, but, you must agree - the male body, which was usually admired in previous centuries, has now become something rare and indecent. How many advertisements do you know of strong male buttocks? What about women's? Wow! So, let's take a look at the history of male advertising "nudity". Almost 40 years ago, in 1971, Yves Saint Laurent was the first to dare to challenge the public by being photographed to advertise his brand’s men’s perfume. What happened is beyond words. Most print publications on both sides of the ocean refused to publish advertisements - nonsense! Naked man! While there were countless naked women in advertising. The Yves Saint Laurent brand continued to delight the eye with beautiful male bodies. Karl Lagerfeld
recently staged another “bang-bang” with his muse, fashion model Baptiste Giacobiani.
Some people think that Karla was hit “in the ribs by the demon,” but in fact, the Kaiser had been sinning with risky experiments for a long time. Again, not in collaboration with Chanel, but on my own behalf. Karl in his youth Women's body lotion from Karl. Doesn’t it remind you of anything?;) What do you think of the instructions for use?;) So, in collaboration with Baptiste Giacobiani, Lagerfeld decided to present the masculinity and beauty of a muscular body from a slightly different perspective, which brought upon himself the misunderstanding and anger of some conservative-minded people. He was also accused of promoting homosexuality (although, on the other hand, how many men do you know who, for no apparent reason, will throw away their fishing rods and pliers and stand naked on their heels?), he was accused of debauchery and exposing male attractions, of corrupting the audience, in the humiliation of male nature. In general, this did not diminish Karl’s authority at all, and the photo shoot became a cult favorite. The following shot is iconic, but not at all groundbreaking... ...it was preceded by a Calvin Klein men's underwear campaign from the late 1980s.
In the late 80s and early 90s, black and white advertising for Calvin Klein underwear and perfumes was the height of frankness - where else can you see juicy male buttocks in all their glory, an unprecedented spectacle, the height of arrogance!
Mark Wahlberg Calvin Klein advertising is still quite frank, many commercials and posters are prohibited from showing, and what was the fuss about the billboard with Natalia Vodianova, enthusiastically caressing a man's butt... _____________________________________________________ Subsequently, many fashion houses did not miss the opportunity to demonstrate the beauty of the male nude nature on a par with women's.
And if earlier men's perfumes were advertised mainly by selected handsome men in suits, now they appear in negligee. Having released the first men's perfume under his own name, Tom Ford decided not to offend anyone, and placed the bottle not only between women's legs, but also between men's buttocks.
________________________________________________ One of the most notable sex symbols of the last decade was, without a doubt, David Beckham
.
He is not inherently shy, he is relaxed in front of the camera and happily poses naked. ____________________________________________ Oh, sports, you are sex!
Rugby player calendars have become a special collector's item in Europe over the past few years.
Everyone knows that this sport is traumatic, cruel, real men play rugby, but over the past decades, interest in the game has dropped significantly. And then it was decided to rely on maintaining interest in rugby by releasing calendars with photographs of athletes - they appeared naked, muscular, with menacing looks and luxurious bodies. And - just a minute! - no homosexual overtones, but a direct reference to ancient art, where the bodies of athletes were considered the standard! An indicative fact is that there is a queue for calendars; women are selling them like hot cakes. From which we can draw a simple conclusion - women want to see naked, handsome men no less than men want to see naked women. This is another hypostasis of emancipation and feminism - women want men to have role models of physical appearance. So that not only women are concerned about their figure, appearance and tone in order to please representatives of the opposite sex, but also so that men also work on themselves, seeing excellent examples. Updated 09/06/10 09:34
: Especially for Yfz, I’m adding Jason Lewis in the legendary image of the Absolute Champion from Sex and the City :)
