It is no secret that men are almost as vain as women when it comes to physical appearance and over-all body sexiness. Men have evolved today from beings who didn’t care about fashion to become women’s true fashion counterpart. Even Hollywood’s sexy hunks have at some point admitted that they have worn some form of body shaper to enhance their body image. And even if products for men’s fashion are truly less than for women, still, there is a huge line of apparel waiting for the average man to discover and make himself sexier.
Men were not created to bear children, so they were not given the estrogen hormone. This hormone dictates that fats be stored in the hip and thigh area for possible pregnancy. This results in the tendency for men to be shaped like a V with narrow hips and broad shoulders and chest. But because of the lack of estrogen in men, fats are directly stored in the abdominal area to make men apple-shaped. Luckily, men were blessed with testosterone which helps in enhancing the metabolism of fat. But men tend to eat more than their metabolism could process so they still get unsightly fatty areas. Also, most men can always go to the gym and sweat out the fats but how about those times when men need to look sexy but don’t have the luxury of time? Body shapers for men were designed to answer this problem.
Until now, men have considered the idea of wearing something other than pants or long shorts in public to be nothing less than a sacrilege against humanity. Although, throughout history, the concept of men wearing skirted garments was all too common. After all, pants were not widely used by any society more than three hundred years ago. – Pants were originally an invention to make it easier to ride a horse. The idea stuck, and the two-legged garment became standard apparel for working men to stave off cold and abrasion.
At the onset of the industrial age, Levi’s were probably the most popular mass-produced garment made for men. Sewn of heavy canvas, Levi’s jeans were designed to stave of the scrapes of workman’s toil. The political rise of the working class in the 1800’s transformed the workman’s attire into a symbol of raw power against the pompous and flagrantly dressed gentile statesman at the polar ends of the political and fashion spectrum. The power struggle of the working class has since grayed into the history books. So many men today live comfortable lives transporting themselves from their cozy homes, to their climaxed controlled cars, and into their environmentally shielded workspaces. Their female counterparts, transgressed long ago into the once male-dominated career lifestyle, are comfortably donning non-bifurcated garments as they go off to work and play.
Bikinis and beach are two b’s that are not exclusively for women only. They are also for men who want to enjoy the cool waters of the beach, while flaunting their sexy six-pack abs and lean arms. Men, like women, desire to be noticed by people for their cute bikinis and trunks that accentuate their masculine bodies. For this, various designs of swim wear for men are created and are very much available from all shops. If you will notice, some cuts of men’s bikinis are similar to the cut of women’s swim suit. In fact, according to the history of men’s swim wear, men’s bikinis are not very original and there were instances wherein the swim wear design for men and women looked similar.
Did you know? Men’s swim wear has undergone a long line of evolution before it reached its modern day trunks and thongs. In spite of the similarities of men and women’s swim wears today, men’s swim wear tried to separate itself from the feminine swim wear styles. This was done by designing a swim wear that was opposite of the women’s swim suit. If the purpose of women’s swim wear is to show curves, men’s swim wear shows male power through solidity and box-type swim suits. Who would have thought that battle of the sexes is also apparent in swim wear?