That and the popped collar thing? Wow what's that about?! lol
That they never progressed past the 1980's in terms of fashion.
Sorry, but I'll never become a metrosexual. I believe in hygiene, but not primping.
--I do not tweeze my eyebrows, and as such, look much like Brezhnev.
--I put shampoo in my hair, not "product". I do not have sufficient hair to justify conditioner.
--I go to a barber and pay $9 for a haircut, not a stylist who charges $50.
--I do not get manicures or pedicures. I use nail trimmers, or if particularly stubborn, pliers.
--I do not use body sprays or washes. These are not sufficient to remove dirt, grease, and God only knows what else I came in contact with that day. Soap works, or Goop. Sometimes, Lava soap is necessary.
--I do not need a floor length coat every time the temperature outside drops below 40 degrees. Usually, a sweatshirt is sufficient, and sometimes that comes off because I'm breaking a sweat from WORKING. Heavy coats become necessary when temperatures are expressed in single syllables or wind chills begin with the word "Minus" or "Negative" or end with "Below".
--I do use moisturizer lotion in the winter, because when there is NO moisture in the house and it's a bit raw outside, keeping from bleeding from chapped skin isn't sissy, it sucks.
Case in point--I do take my car to the local Jiffy Lube to do oil changes, only because it's faster and more convenient. I saw an issue of GQ on the shelf featuring the "Maine Man". Out of curiosity, I went to the first page where the wee-bit too old to be an Abercrombie model was sitting in a rustic setting on the back of a boat wearing (and I found this online, I'll post the link later:)
Jacket, $1,685, by Michael Bastian. Hoodie, $208, by Engineered Garments. T-shirt, $30 (for three), by Calvin Klein Underwear. Pants, $289, by Woolrich Woolen Mills. Boots, $79, by L.L.Bean.
$1700 for a jacket. Oh, HELL NO!
$200 for a sweatshirt? Are you out of your ****ing minds?
I know people who haven't spent that much on clothing IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. I asked the guy who had just finished working on my car if he had seen this article and when I showed him metrosexual number one, we both got a good laugh out of it as we shook our heads.
Oh, and for those curious...
LINKI felt compelled to write on this because living near Maine, as I do, more than a few of us follow similar habits.
Does that mean I come out looking/smelling/talking like a caveman? Hardly. Just making the point that one CAN retain one's masculinity without being a total primitive. Then again, if I went to NYC, etc., I'd probably be regarded as such. Their loss.