Thursday, May 05, 2016

Chest Hair Makes a Comeback


You call this chest hair?

Leave it to the Gray Lady to spot a trend ... that started 10 years ago!



Eric Shoemaker, who works in public relations in Los Angeles, has moved on from the waxed look.
For a new generation, the overly groomed body appears to be falling out of favor. “We’re seeing a return to ’70s fashion,” said Tim Bess, an analyst at the trend forecasting agency the Doneger Group. “The late ’60s and early ’70s were about freedom, the hippie movement, having lots of hair.”

Mr. Bess cited Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac — with his unbuttoned shirts and thatch of chest hair — as a prototype, adding that the preened look seems dated. “It gets a little too perfect, too mannequin-looking,” Mr. Bess said. 

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Christopher Oldstone-Moore, the author of the 2015 book “Of Beards and Men” and a senior lecturer at Wright State University, in Ohio, believes that an increasingly urban and digitized life has left some men “disconnected from their masculinity.” “There are different ways to connect to your organic masculinity,” Dr. Oldstone-Moore said. “Hair is one way to do it.”

1 comment:

Damian said...

After all, chest hair led to our first Twitter and e-mail exchange! ;)