In the last couple of weeks, as the summer came to full blossom, I read in several magazines, a litany of endless bitching about what seems to be the current fashion trend in big cities: Male in sandals, more specifically, male showing feet in flip-flops. Sometime designer sandals, sometime chip plastic sandals that look designed for one no to slip in the shower... the truth is, guys, straig and gay have found a new liberation: Show your feet!
Some people wrote in mainstream publications, like Details, that beyound the seashore you shouldn't wear them, the New York Times had an article on this trend, and everywere, in malls, streets, offices, and nightclubs, one can see the beautiful barenaked feet of younger and not so young men, for the delight of many of us.
While some consider them a crime against fashion that should be punished by fashion law, the truth is that, in my humble opinion, there is something very sexual about the willingness of showing a some flesh... and "fashion" is a mere pretext to try to be sexy beyond the conventional ways to be (read tight pants, very short shorts, etc.)so, if fashion help gay and straig guys alike to show that men can be sexy beyond the conventional ways, that foot fetish is healthy and sandals with Armani suits are cool...
All I can say is, Thank you fashion!
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