Bearly progress.New Marc Jacobs ads feature two bearded, somewhat beefy beefy, beefyness 1. in dog conformation, used to describe overdevelopment of musculature in the hindquarters. 2. in cattle, used to designate the desirable physical conformation of a beef animal, but an undesirable character in dairy cattle. men making out and wearing fall 2006 menswear. Shot by extra-cool photographer Juergen Teller, the word bear is being used everywhere I hear people talking--or, rather, grumbling--about them. "Gymbots with beards," I've heard. To be fair, however, the ads are a showcase for Jacobs's clothes first and an affirmation of a previously maligned ma·lign tr.v. ma·ligned, ma·lign·ing, ma·ligns To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about; speak evil of. adj. 1. Evil in disposition, nature, or intent. 2. gay microculture mi·cro·cul·ture n. 1. Biology A small-scale culture of organisms, cells, or tissues. 2. Sociology The distinctive culture of a small group of people within a limited geographical area or within an organization last. Still, I do get my fellow bears' disgruntled dis·grun·tle tr.v. dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling, dis·grun·tles To make discontented. [dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen; see mood. Besides the shoes, ties, and socks, I'm too big for the clothes. It's all Butt's doing: The magazine has glamorized the bear world, and now that fringe cool has seeped into the American gay mainstream. Teller says, "For me, this ad is about two human beings loving each other." Let's applaud that, absolutely, but I'll really be ready to give Jacobs a standing ovation when his supposedly "XL" shirts start feeling less like "M." |
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