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BJ Forest
Posts: 433
Atlanta, Georgia, US
I am considered.."Skinny" ( I like the word "LEAN" better though..lol) Yes I am lean..and yes it does have it's privileges and it's disadvantages. Yes "we" can fit in most clothing (but when shopping for them there are never any of our sizes on the rack cause they are the first to go) and Yes skinny guys are the trend right now for high fashion.
But when you are "lean" and "short" like myself (and my lower body is somewhat bigger than my upper body) Then being lean has it's disadvantages. (well for me it does sometimes)
For Ex.. I am 5'9'' 145lbs with a 27'' waist.( Boy I cant wait to gain 20 more lbs...lol) Now can I fit a 27'' pair of pants..HELL NO! I couldn't get then up my legs and if I can I definitely squeezing whatever life I have in me out...lol Some clothes I have to buy a 32'' or sometimes even a 33'' for them to fit the rest of my body..But in the waist area its wayyyyyy too BIG! And then you have all this material all bunched up in the front cause the belt is too tight for the size jeans/pants you have on.
And when in the hell the "Short" Lean guys like myself will get any recognition.. We may not be runway material (which I think is a bunch of bull) we look just as good (if not even better sometimes) in Fashion shows. ...lol
"WE" get overlooked the most 8-( But's it's cool I'm still gonna SHINE!!!
Model
Kristofer Hilton
Posts: 2
Poughkeepsie, New York, US
It's interesting that you guys are mentioning this because I've always kind of noticed that the high end designers typically use skinny male models and now it's happening more and more.
I consider myself one of the "Skinny Male Models" though I'm not a professional model by any means what-so-ever, I've done some shoots here and there but nothing major. It's good to know that people like me could have a shot at runway.
Model
Chewy Yang
Posts: 21
Los Angeles, California, US
It seems to be the trend because my agent didnt tell me directly not to eat "but to minamize the meals i eat" so that i would lose more of my muscle mass cause the industry wants tall and skinny male models and that way i can get more bookings
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Matus
Posts: 519
Tustin, California, US
-loren- wrote:
Ummmm this=YUMMY to me.
![https://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/071225/01/47709f7390588.jpg]()
Seriously. I think tall skinny male models are so f'n sexy. And pale too. mmmm. My boyfriend looks like that so I guess I'm biased. He refuses to model though, the lame. HOLOCAUST 
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Ryan Greeley
Posts: 982
Brooklyn, New York, US
i hope to god it is not a trend
Im skinny (or lean) hoever you want to put it
and god knows I could never be considered built, toned maybe
but a majority of the sample sizes (as far as i know) are designed around males my size
Photographer
Yves Duchamp - Femme
Posts: 24436
Virginia Beach, Virginia, US
Matus wrote:
HOLOCAUST Surely, you jest.
Model
Joseph_Miller
Posts: 307
Los Angeles, California, US
Mister Graves wrote:
NEW trend? As long as I've been looking at fashion magazines, ALL high fashion male models have been skinny and pale.
Skinny men make fancy clothes look more fancy. Yes!... However did you read My mind?....... 
Retoucher
Midas Post-production
Posts: 1258
London, England, United Kingdom
skinny male models are high fashion!!
I always advise 'built' guys to do the more commercial/athletic work
Photographer
xaveir
Posts: 2106
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Ryan Micheal wrote:
i hope to god it is not a trend
Im skinny (or lean)" hoever"you want to put it
and god knows I could never be considered built, toned maybe
but a majority of the sample sizes (as far as i know) are designed around males my size Hoever ia my new word for the week . Hoevers are everywhere.
I met a hoever ther last night.
I went to New York last month and got that hoever drunk in line.
She said im no hoeever!
hoever are a small species of women in the upper east side.
hoever in the dictionary is a small turkish women with big earlocks and small feet. Wearring Prada handbags and spending all their husbands money. Hoever.
Model
Dylan Monroe
Posts: 5
New York, New York, US
Matus wrote:
HOLOCAUST
Photographer
Eduardo Frances
Posts: 3227
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Rev Arielle wrote:
Skinny male models are apparently the new "trend" for runway.
Learned something about it in college this semester. Professor was a model so he always liked to bring up stuff like that.  Hahaha that reminded me the time while I was in the Uni all the girls in my carreer wanted to attend the class of an italian professor they found to be extremely handsome -and they even loved more that he had the accent when talking in spanish-, literally the class was always choke full of women and from time to time there were females from other careers going to his class just to look at him  it was crazy
Photographer
Jade Noir
Posts: 7629
San Antonio, Texas, US
Photographer
Jade Noir
Posts: 7629
San Antonio, Texas, US
BJ Forest wrote:
I am considered.."Skinny" ( I like the word "LEAN" better though..lol) Yes I am lean..and yes it does have it's privileges and it's disadvantages. Yes "we" can fit in most clothing (but when shopping for them there are never any of our sizes on the rack cause they are the first to go) and Yes skinny guys are the trend right now for high fashion.
But when you are "lean" and "short" like myself (and my lower body is somewhat bigger than my upper body) Then being lean has it's disadvantages. (well for me it does sometimes)
For Ex.. I am 5'9'' 145lbs with a 27'' waist.( Boy I cant wait to gain 20 more lbs...lol) Now can I fit a 27'' pair of pants..HELL NO! I couldn't get then up my legs and if I can I definitely squeezing whatever life I have in me out...lol Some clothes I have to buy a 32'' or sometimes even a 33'' for them to fit the rest of my body..But in the waist area its wayyyyyy too BIG! And then you have all this material all bunched up in the front cause the belt is too tight for the size jeans/pants you have on.
And when in the hell the "Short" Lean guys like myself will get any recognition.. We may not be runway material (which I think is a bunch of bull) we look just as good (if not even better sometimes) in Fashion shows. ...lol
"WE" get overlooked the most 8-( But's it's cool I'm still gonna SHINE!!! It's just the same as short, pretty girls who can't get into runway. But it's NEVER gonna change. The fashion industry wants the tall and super thin.
You may be fit but not skinny.
Photographer
Son Appareil
Posts: 307
San Diego, California, US
Not a new trend at all.
For European Runway work, and similar in the US-- men must be 5' "10 MINIMUM to 6' 2" with very few exceptions taller, and able to wear jackets from European 48 - 52 (US sizes 38-42), waist sizes 28-32 with some exceprions to 33 or 34.
Suits must drape off good bones, and not be form fitting on a body builder.
That's the norm, and has been for many years.
For sportswear, and some print applications a bit more mass can be OK, but it is always a trim, fit look.
For some designers, even thinner seems to be OK (see recent print work for D & G, LV and others).
Modeling is never real life.
Model
Jesse Jerome
Posts: 521
Los Angeles, California, US
what would I be considered as?? I feel I'm kind of both skinny and somewhat buff...I wanna do runway so let me know!
Photographer
J O N A T H A N
Posts: 2149
Chicago, Illinois, US
Jay Stone wrote:
Definitely a trend, but what can you do. thats the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. going to be around longer than a trend in this case. Male models have been slimming down slowly for some time now as the male ideal is slowly changing from what was abercrombie to a slimmer more accessible male physique.
Photographer
Brian Ziff
Posts: 4105
Los Angeles, California, US
Matus wrote:
HOLOCAUST i don't think i like the word "holocaust" and a smiley face anywhere near one another.
Model
Joseph_Miller
Posts: 307
Los Angeles, California, US
Brian Ziff wrote:
i don't think i like the word "holocaust" and a smiley face anywhere near one another. LoL . . . made me laugh... I wish I was skinny . . .
Model
Bianca Corrine
Posts: 113
Santa Clara, California, US
Vogue_Junkie wrote:
I dig the skinny rockstar look oo me too! a weakness of mine i will admit--ive dated too many of those ones--skinny musicians that is, but they are my fav.
no offense- but big muscles scare me lol maybe cause im little, i dunno just not my thing
Model
Soleil C
Posts: 54
Tampa, Florida, US
fashion models are buff high fashion models are waif-like. Besides androgyny is huge right now so skinny boys are better.
Model
ciaogoodbyeadios
Posts: 1907
Los Angeles, California, US
Skinny men are the sexiest thing in the world. The more feminine, the better.
Rawr.
Photographer
Brian Ziff
Posts: 4105
Los Angeles, California, US
Vogue_Junkie wrote:
Skinny men are the sexiest thing in the world. The more feminine, the better.
Rawr. the more feminine looking.
girls think they want feminine guys but it disrupts the balanced inherent gender role interplay in a relationship.
Model
Larry D Rosalez
Posts: 855
Gainesville, Florida, US
Brian Ziff wrote:
the more feminine looking.
girls think they want feminine guys but it disrupts the balanced inherent gender role interplay in a relationship. That assumes that the girl in the relationship wants to be the girl
Model
Most Muscular
Posts: 70
Maplewood, Minnesota, US
BJ Forest wrote:
I am considered.."Skinny" ( I like the word "LEAN" better though..lol) Yes I am lean..and yes it does have it's privileges and it's disadvantages. Yes "we" can fit in most clothing (but when shopping for them there are never any of our sizes on the rack cause they are the first to go) and Yes skinny guys are the trend right now for high fashion.
But when you are "lean" and "short" like myself (and my lower body is somewhat bigger than my upper body) Then being lean has it's disadvantages. (well for me it does sometimes)
For Ex.. I am 5'9'' 145lbs with a 27'' waist.( Boy I cant wait to gain 20 more lbs...lol) Now can I fit a 27'' pair of pants..HELL NO! I couldn't get then up my legs and if I can I definitely squeezing whatever life I have in me out...lol Some clothes I have to buy a 32'' or sometimes even a 33'' for them to fit the rest of my body..But in the waist area its wayyyyyy too BIG! And then you have all this material all bunched up in the front cause the belt is too tight for the size jeans/pants you have on.
And when in the hell the "Short" Lean guys like myself will get any recognition.. We may not be runway material (which I think is a bunch of bull) we look just as good (if not even better sometimes) in Fashion shows. ...lol
"WE" get overlooked the most 8-( But's it's cool I'm still gonna SHINE!!! For myself... 5'-9" seems very tall... and perhaps I am biased because I am not skinny but I have to laugh at the skinny guys in the gym strutting around in their tank tops (hanging very loosely on their bones...) sunglasses (WTF? there isn't any sun indoors), and their hats sideways (is it that windy in here?), and they're long shorts (covering up their non existent legs) with the waist around their thighs.... oooh boy, they are cool. not.
Model
Larry D Rosalez
Posts: 855
Gainesville, Florida, US
Most Muscular wrote:
For myself... 5'-9" seems very tall... and perhaps I am biased because I am not skinny but I have to laugh at the skinny guys in the gym strutting around in their tank tops (hanging very loosely on their bones...) sunglasses (WTF? there isn't any sun indoors), and their hats sideways (is it that windy in here?), and they're long shorts (covering up their non existent legs) with the waist around their thighs.... oooh boy, they are cool. not. I don't even go to the gym but I feel like that described me. lol
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Trevor Mark
Posts: 11609
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Jesse Jerome wrote:
what would I be considered as?? I feel I'm kind of both skinny and somewhat buff...I wanna do runway so let me know! You sir, could be used in a multitude of places.
But this isn't a critique forum.
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ciaogoodbyeadios
Posts: 1907
Los Angeles, California, US
Brian Ziff wrote:
the more feminine looking.
girls think they want feminine guys but it disrupts the balanced inherent gender role interplay in a relationship. Well, I am often attracted to gay men over any straight man (sucks for me, huh!)....
Then again.. I have many masculine qualities to my personality. I dunno... I like feminine men! 
Model
The Original Sin
Posts: 13899
Louisville, Kentucky, US
Terri Li (MM# 394024) is one of my best friends, and he's a skinny male model, lol.
However, he's in very good physical shape, and simply naturally skinny. Some people just are. He doesn't diet or exercise himself to death, he's just genetically predisposed to being small and lithe.
Photographer
SLE Photography
Posts: 68937
Orlando, Florida, US
The Original Sin wrote:
Terri Li (MM# 394024) is one of my best friends, and he's a skinny male model, lol.
However, he's in very good physical shape, and simply naturally skinny. Some people just are. He doesn't diet or exercise himself to death, he's just genetically predisposed to being small and lithe. Makes him easier to pin when sparring.
Model
Savvy O
Posts: 1243
New York, New York, US
Abercrombie models are buff runway models are thin. There you have it!!!!!!!!!!!
Model
The Original Sin
Posts: 13899
Louisville, Kentucky, US
SLE Photography wrote:
Makes him easier to pin when sparring. 
You are so silly. But yes, James can attest to the fact that Li really is just... well, Li.
Photographer
Hotchili Photography
Posts: 467
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Rick Rotondo wrote:
I can model again! I'm 6'4", 165lbs... lol. I'm 6'7" and 180.
Go us!
Model
Mark Pett
Posts: 1153
Houston, Texas, US
Savvy O wrote:
Abercrombie models are buff runway models are thin. There you have it!!!!!!!!!!! Woooo!! This makes me happy cause runway is what I want to master!
160lbs, 6'2, size 31 waist
I hope that's skinny enough, my parents are already worried about my weight..
Photographer
Yves Duchamp - Femme
Posts: 24436
Virginia Beach, Virginia, US
Vogue_Junkie wrote:
Well, I am often attracted to gay men over any straight man (sucks for me, huh!)....
Then again.. I have many masculine qualities to my personality. I dunno... I like feminine men! ohhai
Model
Richard E
Posts: 77
Miami Lakes, Florida, US
Kristofer Hilton wrote:
It's interesting that you guys are mentioning this because I've always kind of noticed that the high end designers typically use skinny male models and now it's happening more and more.
I consider myself one of the "Skinny Male Models" though I'm not a professional model by any means what-so-ever, I've done some shoots here and there but nothing major. It's good to know that people like me could have a shot at runway. Agreed!
Model
Greg0riaN
Posts: 454
Athens, Attikí, Greece
guess what? im skinny.. and with pale skin! does that makes me trendy? or should i cut my long hair too?
Photographer
LarsLarsen
Posts: 680
Charlottesville, Virginia, US
I never knew that. Perhaps I should put this camera down and find a fashion agent. I'm 6'1" 126lbs.
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does that makes me trendy? or should i cut my long hair too?
it was crazy 
