[BillO]

We are part of a fashion trend?????????

New York Times........ (note 5th paragraph)



http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/fa...2METR.html?8br





BillO

[brave1]

All I got on this link was how to register to the NY Times..lol which I think I'll pass on..;-)

[dinger]

Quote:

Originally posted by BillO
We are part of a fashion trend?????????

New York Times........ (note 5th paragraph)



http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/fa...2METR.html?8br





BillO

Hi the link you've pasted is only a joining page.

[AprilWhine]

Not his fault...NY Times won't let you read an article unless you register.

[dinger]

BillO,how about pasting the article.


dinger

[AprilWhine]

Can't past the entire article, it's a violation of the NY Times' copyright.

[Harry Morant]

I'd settle for just a hint of whatever the hell the point of this thread is!!!!

[SolW]

What crap. One little sentence about a MINI. The entire article is about METROSEXUALS. Whatever the hell that is. DO NOT waste your time!!! IMO it's just not worth it.

[BillO]

Here is a bit of NY Times article.......

Don't beat up on the messenger, this is a FYI.....With what is going on at the Times anything is bound to be printed...:-)

BillO.





Metrosexuals Come Out
By WARREN ST. JOHN


BY his own admission, 30-year-old Karru Martinson is not what you'd call a manly man. He uses a $40 face cream, wears Bruno Magli shoes and custom-tailored shirts. His hair is always just so, thanks to three brands of shampoo and the precise application of three hair grooming products: Textureline Smoothing Serum, got2b styling glue and Suave Rave hairspray.



Mr. Martinson likes wine bars and enjoys shopping with his gal pals, who have come to trust his eye for color, his knack for seeing when a bag clashes with an outfit, and his understanding of why some women have 47 pairs of black shoes. ("Because they can!" he said.) He said his guy friends have long thought his consumer and grooming habits a little . . . different. But Mr. Martinson, who lives in Manhattan and works in finance, said he's not that different.

"From a personal perspective there was never any doubt what my sexual orientation was," he said. "I'm straight as an arrow."

So it was with a mixture of relief and mild embarrassment that Mr. Martinson was recently asked by a friend in marketing to be part of a focus group of "metrosexuals" — straight urban men willing, even eager, to embrace their feminine sides.

Convinced that these open-minded young men hold the secrets of tomorrow's consumer trends, the advertising giant Euro RSCG, with 233 offices worldwide, wanted to better understand their buying habits. So in a private room at the Manhattan restaurant Eleven Madison Park recently, Mr. Martinson answered the marketers' questions and schmoozed with 11 like-minded straight guys who were into Diesel jeans, interior design, yoga and Mini Coopers, and who would never think of ordering a vodka tonic without specifying Grey Goose or Ketel One.

Before the focus group met, Mr. Martinson said he was suspicious that such a thing as a metrosexual existed. Afterward, he said, "I'm fully aware that I have those characteristics


etc,etc,etc........

[BillO]

And this may be better than the Fredrickburg Va. article about the ugly MINI. At least this guy doesn't talk about hounds in the back seat barfing up woodchuck fur.

[dinger]

Quote:

Originally posted by AprilWhine
Can't past the entire article, it's a violation of the NY Times' copyright.

Forgot about that AprilWhine.




dinger

[BillO]

Here is the headline from the Lucianne web site:

Fourth Sex Warning: A new word is creeping into our lives - Metrosexuals. Those are men who are in touch with their feminine side or so the marketers of hair goop, slick shoes, high thread count shirts and bull-roar would have us believe. We're not buying. And, if anyone here is tempted by the promise of such bliss, we point to our antidote - a 5x7 foot poster of W in his flight suit.