You may have already heard the new buzzword going around: Metrosexual. Since I most definitely fit into this category (and a few others, I'm sure my fellow Agents would point out), and because so many of my friends do, I thought we should have a wee chat about Metrosexuality.
Here's the FYI on Metrosexuals: as told by MSN.
Everybody read it? Good.
The way I see it, Metrosexuality is an offshoot of the whole Queer Is Cool philosphy. Let's face it, the gay ethos has been hip since it took its permanent piece of the mindshare in the late 80's. Pink triangles, genderbending, androgyny, Boy George and Annie Lennox-- Queer Culture.
But hey, not everyone can be gay. From what I hear, it's a pretty exclusive club. And in the 90's, men were so inundated with the crystal-light-and breakfast-cereal healing-centre trend to get in touch with their feelings, that eventually there was a massive paradigm shift in middle-to-upper class North American and Western European urban males.
Thus the Metrosexual was born.
There may be other things people could accuse me of being, but I'm most definitely a metrosexual. I like hair care products. I like dressing up. I have actually had manicures, shaved my chest (and arms!) and waxed my back and shaped my eyebrows and spent more than twelve dollars on a haircut.
I have shopped for a wardrobe, not just a pair of pants, I do my own clothes shopping and I accessorize. I have a few scents that I like when I do wear fragrances. I am proficient at interior decorating and even took a course in it for interest's sake. I enjoy a touch of elegance now and then even if I have to engineer it myself in terms of candelight dinners and wine.
It's just RAMPANT, this metrosexuality of mine.
It gets confusing because I'm such a fan of gay culture-- but then, I don't think I'm alone in that, given the surging popularity of the new series, Queer Eye For the Straight Guy.
"Are you angels sent from Heaven?" "No ma'am. We're just gay men."
And now with metrosexuality men get to be in the club without actually playing for the team, if you get my drift. In other words, straight guys actually have permission to be as cool with the savoir-faire as gay guys.
"Oh my god, your apartment is fabulous! Who decorated it?"
"I did."
"Oh, are you gay?"
"No. I'm just a metrosexual."
Hot damn.
For more information on metrosexuality (and a really good example of contrasts between a metro and an oh-so-NOT metro, read this interview with two ESPN jocks, Mike & Mike.)
Posted by Agent M at September 26, 2003 03:58 PM>It's just RAMPANT, this metrosexuality of mine.
Amongst other things...
ACK!
I had a recent bout of metrosexuality the other day.
I was walking though Chinook with a female friend of mine and we came across a pair of women's knee high leather boots. They weere sort of a Victorian style with pebbled leather and laces up the front, with about a 2.5-3 inch heel. "aren't those awsome?" She asked, "God what would I wear with them?"
Without skipping a beat I replied. "You wouldn't want to wear them with a mini-skirt. Better a tight knee or ankle length shirt with a half or full slit up the side, to show some boot and leg. a slight pattern or texture to match the pebbed leather, and maybe a small fringe on the bottom."
There was a stunned silence. "Okay... how do you know that???" she demanded.
I could only shrug "I may not know art, but I know what I like."
Posted by: Agent Brucie on September 27, 2003 06:07 PMI have nothing. :> I'm married to the opposite of this. I had to pry the ball cap off his head when we started seeing each other. I remind him that it must be meant to be since I've NEVER before decided that I liked a guy in ripped jeans (okay, when they are out of style at least), an old heavy metal t-shirt, sunglasses, running shoes, not shaved and wearing a ball cap.
If you'd looked at his feet when we got married, yes, those where martins.
Thankfully, his is amenable to having his clothing bought for him. And looks damn fine in Club Monaco.
Maybe y'all can take him out and find a nice pair of casual shoes for him. He swears they all hurt his feet.
So if the new buzz word is Metrosexual, is my husband now like classic coke? :>
Posted by: brandi.mcdonnell on September 29, 2003 10:51 AMdon't get me wrong Brandy. There's nothing wrong with being a manly no-frills kinda guy. And if that's what you like, core wise, more power to you. However, if you could convince him that dressing up would be fun, like halloween, as a change of pace, that it could lead to more than just getting candy...
Posted by: Agent Brucie on September 29, 2003 06:23 PM..... i'm... i'm speechless
Mike! i never would of guessed, especially the manicure.... i've never thought so less of so many people, but then again, why am i talking i'm well on my way to this exact picture...
but i can assure you i will never shave any of my non-facial body hair (unless i'm forced to be put into a large glass box of a stange unknown creature that will devour any flesh with hair on it (even then its kind of a push))
Telan
Posted by: Telan on September 29, 2003 11:55 PMAlright, thats not true at all, your still my hero
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