Finally, Sexy Clothes For Men

When COVID first hit again in early 2020, I keep in mind a number of associates texting me their cozy sweatsuit suits within the weeks that adopted. I, nevertheless, went a extra impractical dressing route. Feeling unsexier than ever—an impending sense of doom will try this to you—I ordered a flowery (and fully pointless) tank high, within the hopes of uplifting my spirits. After I tried on the shirred, body-hugging Dion Lee tank high, I keep in mind considering that it could be the right going-out piece—if the bars had been open. I knew it was a frivolous purchase, however I didn’t care, as a result of I felt immediately sizzling in it. Attractive, even. It was completely price it to spice up my shallowness once more.

There’s been so few instances that clothes has made me really feel attractive like this. Menswear typically falls into two classes: conservative and stuffy, or overtly playful and kitschy. Attractive, form-fitting males’s garments are very arduous to search out! When procuring with my associates, for example, I’ll see them navigate the ladies’s part crammed with vampy, lace-y tops or flirty, slinky clothes. Within the males’s part, I’m left with wacky printed button-up shirts, boring T-shirts, or business-casual apparel. Not precisely come-hither. 

Sue me, however in the case of vogue in 2022, I personally need to really feel sizzling. Not put-together, not elegant or skilled—merely sizzling. We’ve all spent far an excessive amount of time locked in our houses to not step out trying our very best. And fortunate for me, menswear designers are beginning to catch onto the concept: There’s a couple of labels who’re pioneering a brand new motion within the menswear house, producing garments that showcase the physique through sensual silhouettes. (Bonus: Lots of them occur additionally take a extra genderless method to design, which is a refreshing change in itself.) In fact, such a look has been round for some time, particularly on the stage (musicians David Bowie and Mick Jagger have been apparent pioneers of the sultry man aesthetic). However the look is gaining traction this yr, maybe because the follow-up to the previous two years’s consolation dressing development. The spring 2022 runways at Saint Laurent, GmbH, and Palomo Spain have all made the case for pores and skin being in—and these tight, slinky, attractive males’s items are literally extra simply shoppable than ever earlier than, too.

One such label I’ve been drawn to just lately is Utierre, based mostly out of L.A.. Perusing their new assortment, I’m drawn to the strappy wrap tops, which may be accentuated with separate mesh sleeves. The pairing begs for an evening of dancing. (It’s price noting that additionally they promote extraordinarily stylish thongs.) Ludovic de Sain Sernin can also be mastering the attractive, going-out look. Their cropped knit cardigans and clear tanks are deliciously revealing, as are the tanks by Ok.ngsley and Fang, each of whom design with queer our bodies in thoughts.