i'm a metrosexual spy
I spy with my little eye...something beginning with 'M'!
A Met.roh.SEK.shoo.ul, for the smaller-eyed uninitiated, is a noun for an urban male with a heightened aesthetic sense who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle.
For the past few months, I have been spotting guys who lists the calorie count of their food, checks their reflection in anything reflective, styles their hair to perfection, loves clothes and the very act of shopping for them, and describes themselves as SNAGS. But all these are straight men, as straight as a ruler, who seem stereotypically gay except when it comes to sexual orientation.
I spy that Singapore is a haven for the metrosexual. The typical metrosexual is a young man living in a metropolis — hence the term 'metro-sexual'. The typical metrosexual is a clotheshorse cum narcissist. His middle name is "vanity". Like soccer captain David Beckham, who has been known to paint his fingernails, the metrosexual is not afraid to embrace his feminine side.
Mark Simpson invented this term in 1994 and since then, there is no escaping the metrosexual. My own example of a RMM - Rather Macho Metrosexual (just as tough inside, but softer at the edges) around me is succinctly described below:
A Met.roh.SEK.shoo.ul, for the smaller-eyed uninitiated, is a noun for an urban male with a heightened aesthetic sense who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle.
For the past few months, I have been spotting guys who lists the calorie count of their food, checks their reflection in anything reflective, styles their hair to perfection, loves clothes and the very act of shopping for them, and describes themselves as SNAGS. But all these are straight men, as straight as a ruler, who seem stereotypically gay except when it comes to sexual orientation.
I spy that Singapore is a haven for the metrosexual. The typical metrosexual is a young man living in a metropolis — hence the term 'metro-sexual'. The typical metrosexual is a clotheshorse cum narcissist. His middle name is "vanity". Like soccer captain David Beckham, who has been known to paint his fingernails, the metrosexual is not afraid to embrace his feminine side.
Mark Simpson invented this term in 1994 and since then, there is no escaping the metrosexual. My own example of a RMM - Rather Macho Metrosexual (just as tough inside, but softer at the edges) around me is succinctly described below:
- Owns a full set of branded bags - matching haversack, duffel bag, gym bag, messenger bag (note they're 'matching')
- Does some mean cooking - curry, pasta and the like
- Enjoys dressing up in safari style - with highcut boots, carabina utility belts and the works (note key words are 'dressing up')
- Willing to tweeze or trim eyebrows
- Wears bright undies and maybe Calvin Klein boxers (as compared to Hanes tighty-whities)
- Takes nicely to fragrances and facial mists
AND YET...
- Secure in his heterosexuality, squirms at the mention of gays
- Reads lad mags such as New Man, Maxim and FHM
- Able to get out of the house and be seen with hair unstyled
- Owns shoes like dirty sneakers and worn-out moccasins like a old scrubby frat
- Has own DIY toolbox complete with powered handdrill
- Freak for tech gizmos, sports, drums and anything the boys dig
IN ALL...
Quite suave, confident yet image-conscious. Still a metrosexual.
Any guesses who? Or are you one too?
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