I don't follow fashion news, but this is awesome: it's
now considered cool to have a pot belly.
[T]his year an unexpected element has been added to the look [of a Brooklyn hipster], and that is a burgeoning potbelly one might term the Ralph Kramden.Too pronounced to be blamed on the slouchy cut of a T-shirt, too modest in size to be termed a proper beer gut, developed too young to come under the heading of a paunch, the Ralph Kramden is everywhere to be seen lately. ...
“I sort of think the six-pack abs obsession got so prissy it stopped being masculine,” is how Aaron Hicklin, the editor of Out, explains the emergence of the Ralph Kramden. What once seemed young and hot, for gay and straight men alike, now seems passé.
I was actually going to start hitting the gym again, but maybe I should milk this new trend for all it's worth.
How about you... are you sporting your own "Ralph Kramden" belly these days?
Comments (75)
ew.
i'd rather date a guy who was chubby all around, the guys in those pictures look pregnant.
ew. i would rather have someone who is fit, muscular, & lean
@soyeahthatswhathappened@xanga - Amen
No.
If fashion is known for anything it's not known for accepting people for who they are. :x
No, it's not hip... I second that, I'd rather have chub all around, I prefer a guy with meat on his bones... Nooot just in his tub-tum lol.
It's sort of cute in a way. My baby brother who is now 18 seems to be growing rounded below the pecs from what I see over his shirt... the young are always quick to be part of the trends =P
Look at what my post done brought up. haha!
That Aaron Hicklin guy must have a pot belly. I dunno if this new trend will catch on.
pfft, that guy's just rationalizing his gut.
and i thought this was going to be a jon gosselin post. i'm happy that it's not.
Sorry, pot bellies are always out in my book. =]
It's not a fashion statement. It's a fact of life. People are getting fatter now and they are using fashion as an excuse to have a robust figure.
wtf.
no, please. don't follow this 'trend'. go hit the gym.
No, its not.
rofl.
Obesity is back in style. Our ancestors would be proud.
I would hesitate to call it "cool." Us men should be fortunate that women are more concerned with our sense of humor and our bank accounts, and not so much on our appearances. A beer belly on a girl will never be acceptable.
I'll stick with the six packs, thanks.
Last time I went to the doctor he said I was overweight - not from fat but muscle. I trimmed down 3 inches using nutrition, isotonic & isometric exercises. No beer belly here. Side view is the rat's ass.
No...not really....lol
Beer bellies are cool till the ladies start asking when the baby is due.
Interesting.
where'd you get that idea from?
because it fails. pregnancy is for women.
... No.
How...cool. I think I'd rather date a girl.
Lol. No thanks.