We surfers are... fabulous!
In all truth, we surfers, we water dancers, have not been on the bleeding edge of any meaningful cultural shift for years and years and years. “Conservative” is how’d we best be described. “Resistant to change.” But when, a handful of years ago, “gender fluidity” started making the rounds as the “movement of the future” in intelligent circles I thought, “Bingo.”
We surfers, we backdoor shooters, have been gender fluid from the word go. Men wear very fitted pantsuits when the water temperature drops below a comfortable 67 degrees, often pairing them with dainty black slippers. Women wear the same very fitted pantsuits and dainty black slippers. In the lineup we are one and the same, indistinguishable.
“Progressive.”
Well, it was only a matter of time before the word’s luxury houses discovered our secret garden and let us discover Salvatore Ferragamo Fall/Winter 2020 collection. Let us feel pride.
With their Fall/Winter 2020 collection, Salvatore Ferragamo introduces the new men of the new decade, highlighting the emerging fluidity of modern masculinity. Creative Director Paul Andrew uses fashion as a tool for experiment and expression, exploring the conceptual breadth of visual statements of manhood in the 2020s.
Reimagining sartorial elements of commonplace male archetypes including the businessman, biker, racing driver, sailor, soldier, and surfer, Andrew creates a versatile collection of refreshing takes on overdone displays. “The agenda is to retain the aesthetic of uniform while subverting the once-rigid assumptions it enforced,” Andrew explained. The modern man cannot be put into one box, rather he has a variety of intertwining qualities and has the ability to explore all facets of his identity.
And let’s feast our eyes upon a reimagined short-sleeved full suit very likely 2 mm in thickness.
We surfers, we priority interferers, are…
…fabulous.
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I bless this!
Mi Ho don’t be to tough on the shorts from that epoch ….Echo Beach was exciting stuff , in its time , and a girl on a train was so taken by my diamond print shorts she asked me if she could touch them ….a major league highlight for my 15 year old self .
Embrace away D-bagger
Nothing like subverting those once-rigid assumptions!
You go, girl!
Is the handbag a Great White deterrent? Convenient carrying bag for his shame?
Somewhere to keep his wits about him?
Its to carry his dick and balls that were removed and embalmed in formaldehyde
that bloke looks uncomfortable. and rather angular.
It kinda screams “ I am a miserable K*nt , please punch me,hard , to make me even more miserable ! “
Where’s the dickfish when ya need it ?
He looks like he might need a delicate operation known as the slapadichfichtomy .
https://youtu.be/T8XeDvKqI4E
Is that the Need Essentials ‘21 range?
Also the model looks like he’s arrived in Mexico with his quiver of mid length fishes and just realised he left his set of Rasta keels in the LA airport hotel.
https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
I don’t know, kind of a bizarre post. Kinda creepy.
Embrace your inner zie, zim, zir, zis, zieself!
One of those “ Everywhere I ‘ave zees chains but never ‘ave I felt zo Free “ moments ?
Don’t be shy. You know you love the sweet sensation of Italian leather.
No I don’t, still think the post is kinda creepy.
It’s ok. I feel ya… defensiveness best portrays ones secrets and inner vulnerabilities. I’ve been there. We’re all friends here man.
E-lo’s gonna get the wrong impression about you Yesterday…….
hope not, he’s kind of cute with those sparkling teeth. Don’t you agree?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that
No, nothing wrong with just getting a ‘wrong impression’.
Such impression is wrong indeed.
Dear Jesus, so it’s not wrong to be gay? Why did those creepy elders tell me it was wrong, but then did it to me anyways?? I’m so confused.
Off the closet my child, the catwalk is all yours!
I feel you could benefit from intertwining your qualities once in a while. You know, explore all those facets of your identity. Instead of clinging to this commonplace male archetype.
Your creepy.
C’mon Sammy. Listen to your insecurities. They’re telling you something special. We’re here for you.
Your creepy.
You’re fun!
You’re missing the point Sam. This commonplace male archetype that you are riding on is completely artificial. You need to get out there into the real ocean of male identity.
Your creepy too.
You can do it Sam. Don’t think, feel.
More creepy….
Nice shoes !
But it looks like the collection was inspired by the stillsuits of Dune , the waterless planet ,more so than any fucking wetsuit that I ever had the joy of surfing in ….. ?
Check out Stilgar , Liet , Muadib and the Duke.
https://youtu.be/dxEBtY6ihEE
Where’s Sting?
Walking on the moon ….
How’d you get the message then?
In a bottle
Where’s Shane Herring? On second thought don’t answer that. But that O’Neill dune wettie was a shocker on a freckly redhead.