Showing posts with label underwear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label underwear. Show all posts

Monday, December 3, 2012

David Beckham's Latest H&M Undies Campaign: For Real?

David Beckham's Fall 2012 campaign for his H&M Bodywear line reveals that the man's prominent bulge continues to be a source of pride for the soccer player.

Honestly, this makes Calvin Klein's undies ads from the 1980s look like white bread.

A webbie search for "David Beckham" and "H&M" brings up the word "bulge" almost without exception, from even the most respected mainstream sites. There's just no denying this man's worldly attributes, is there? Hey, no complaints here! Bring it on, sir. *

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Model Perfect: The Angelic Matthew Born

One of the most beautiful faces to grace The Smoking Nun this summer. Meet Matthew Born, 22, 5'11". The Canadian-born model studied Civil Engineering at Farleigh Dickinson University. After being named Mr. Exercise in 2007, skipped out on engineering for something a little more civil: sharing his hot body with the masses. Beautiful lips, a knowing look in those beautiful blue eyes, awesome hair and without a doubt, a man-size body. Mr. Born's cover credits include DNA magazine and Exercise For Men Only (2). Ooh la la, yes? *

Thursday, August 16, 2012

David Beckham's Bulge Towers 10-Feet Tall In NYC

H&M bulge model David Beckham, has released a second promotion for his Bodywear lines of undies at Swedish retailer H&M. This coincides with a 10-foot-tall silver statue of the soccer star at locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. In NYC, three of the statues are inside stores and three standing tall on the streets of the city, begging to be man-handled.

His second set of ads launches today, with new products to be added to the collection this fall.

"I'm very happy that people seem to like it and the first season was successful," Beckham says, while lightly touching his mammoth goodies. "The challenge is to keep it going and establish a brand that will last many years. That is my ambition." Ambition is certainly a apropos word to describe the attributes of Mr. Beckham. *

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Model Perfect: Vasa Nestorovic

All this talk about Olympic hotties has vaulted the heat up 100 degrees here at The Smoking Nun. Here's a rousing tribute to model Vasa Nestorovic. Let the games... continue! *

Sunday, August 12, 2012

French Olympic Decathlon champion Romain Barras Bears All

The funny thing is when you search for Olympic Decathlon champion Romain Barras on Google, then search for "Romain Barras bulge," pretty much the same picolas come up. The 32-year-old French hottie is competing in his third Olympics in London, and he appears more than willing to share his goodies with the world... on his own webbie, mind you, as well as modeling undies and playfully donning a giant bread winkie (on right).

Once again, bloggers around the world have deemed Barras among the Gold Medal-worthy, um, best dressed of the Olympics. He was also voted "Sexiest Athlete at the European Championships" by  French gay nag Tetu. Wonder how he did at the 2012 Olympic games... If it wasn't men's diving or gymnastics, I just couldn't seem to find the time to tune in. *

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Aussie Mag DNA Celebrates 15 Years Of Aussiebum


"There has been a change in men's attitudes toward clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it." —Calvin Klein 

This month, Aussie gay mag DNA celebrates its 150th issue with a shout-out to Aussiebum. That upstart underwear company has the distinction of being among the first to offer wares designed to give men an extra push... A little pocket in which one tucks their jewels made one big difference.

The runaway success of its novel underwear design led to a rethinking of men's undergarments, bringing the "bulge" back into fashion with a bang it hadn't seen since the late 1970s' machismo signature (read: a sock stuffed in the front of one's jeans) created by gays in San Francisco.

Today, crotch-focal undies have reached the mainstream, led by Andrew Christian (lower pic). Just take a look at David Beckham's modeling pics in his scivvies. Any further questions? It certainly makes for a much prettier world. *

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Fashion: Calvin Klein 30 Years Later, Still Pushing Buttons

It's been almost 30 years since a bold and beautiful 1983 Times Square ad featuring Olympic athlete Tom Hintnaus posing in his Calvin Kleins... which revolutionized the advertising industry, if not the Klein signature. For the first time, men were allowed to be as sexy—and sexually overt—as women in print adverts, thanks to what was then considered a risque visual from Bruce Weber.

Today, thankfully, men are regularly objectified in underwear ads (praise god!), with celebrities from Mark Wahlberg to David Beckham and Mario Lopez happily strutting around in next to nothing. As with most trends in fashion, the entire undercurrent began in the what was then the gay-subculture. Both Klein and Weber are gay and had a vision, which they swiped straight from the pages of the Undergear and International Male catalogs, which were celebrating the male form long before it was splashed across a New York City billboard.

Things aren't so different today. Within the past five years, undies makers like 2(x)ist,Andrew Christian and Aussie Bum have made their fortunes marketing to the gay market boldly saying, at last, what everybody had always been thinking... "We're designing underbritches to lift and push." In a word: the package became mainstream.

Now, in 2012, Calvin Klein is introducing us to a new breed of strapping bucks wearing nothing but their Calvins—and bearing all for the world to see. Their latest breakout model is Matthew Terry, a Pennsylvania native who is the face... and crotch... of its new "Bold" line. Indeed. He is now gracing magazine covers, fashion spreads and gaining fame, all because he has such a... pronounced physique. Bring it on, baby. And let the men continue to have their day in the spotlight. *

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Well, Good Morning! Rodiney Santiago For Rufskin

Rufskin Denim, whose fashion lines are designed to shine, has just released its Spring 2012 swimwear campaign, featuring Rodiney Santiago. At last, some new pics of our boy, who has been busying himself with silly VH1 series Couples Therapy. Rod is shown here wearing Rufskin's Paraggi, Palermo, Surf, Portofino Roma and Capri lines of swimwear in addition to various tops and accessories. For so much more, visit the clothiers webbie at www.rufskin.com. Its daily blog is here.And a few more nuggets from the Spring campaign. Below is our old pal Michael Barre, a runner-up for The Smoking Nun's Sexiest Man of the Year in 2011.