Can we please talk for one second about the Spanx for Men line that is about to premiere at NYC fashion week? Don't believe me? NYMag.com wrote about it here and so you know it must be real. 
What does it say about a culture that encourages it's men to wear girdles? While you are probably thinking: it's obviously for gay men, I beg to differ. The people at Spanx are wanting to market it to your boyfriend, your dad, your boss... Can you imagine? We are basically saying to guys have a super-sized Mickey D's lunch; just make sure to wear those Manx so you look extra hot in your smedium Ed Hardy tee.
Also, what does this say about fashion week and the toll that the recession has taken on it? Once a bastion for creativity and ridiculously over priced designer gems it is now a mass market tool for product launches from Spanx and QVC. I, for one, am really sad that it has come to this. I know that the pendulum always swings in the opposite direction, but this is a little much. Yes, things were out of control with our over spending and credit card dependency, but do we really have to take away one of fashion's final frontiers?
Not to be such a Debbie Downer, but this must be a sign of the times.
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