Out with hunks: fashion breaks codes for male models

Muscular, classically chiseled male models are a dying breed as men are ever more chosen for thinness, even androgyny, in a fashion world playing with the notion of gender. It only takes looking back a decade to male fashion shows — at Versace, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton or Gucci — to see the change on the catwalk. Back then, “male models were a little bit bigger… not so, so skinny,” said Tricia Romani, head of the Canadian branch of the Wilhelmina international modeling agency.

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Out with hunks: fashion breaks codes for male models

Out with hunks: fashion breaks codes for male models

Muscular, classically chiseled male models are a dying breed as men are ever more chosen for thinness, even androgyny, in a fashion world playing with the notion of gender. It only takes looking back a decade to male fashion shows — at Versace, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton or Gucci — to see the change on the catwalk. Back then, “male models were a little bit bigger… not so, so skinny,” said Tricia Romani, head of the Canadian branch of the Wilhelmina international modeling agency.

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Out with hunks: fashion breaks codes for male models

London Fashion Week kicks off 5 days of shows; sun peeks out

LONDON (AP) — The catwalks are prepped, the models have jetted in — and even the weather is cooperating for once as London Fashion Week kicks off.

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‘Style king’ Bowie hailed at London men’s fashion week

In the middle of Burberry's London fashion show, a model showed her palms to photographers, displaying a name written in big black capital letters: “Bowie”. To the sound of the late singer's hits, the British label's CEO and creative director Christopher Bailey welcomed the few hundred people invited to the unveiling of Burberry's new menswear collection as London Men's Fashion Week drew to a close. A brilliant and visionary musician, David Bowie experimented with a kaleidoscope of images and styles as a counterpoint to his musical adventures.

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Burberry gets close to the audience at London Fashion Week

LONDON (AP) — Burberry offered an impressive menswear presentation Monday, featuring live music, international stars and a line-up of well-designed clothes and a bit of a twist.

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