http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2006/08/31/faux-retrosexual-backlash-letter-to-business-week/ The 'Father' of the Metrosexual, the Retrosexual & Spawner of Sporno Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:02:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2006/08/31/faux-retrosexual-backlash-letter-to-business-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3278 The death of the retrosexual | Mark Simpson Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:51:00 +0000 http://marksimpson.com/blog/2006/08/31/faux-retrosexual-backlash-letter-to-business-week/#comment-3278 [...] all been mediated and accessorised - and turned into another way of making men even more self-conscious and consumerist.  Retrosexuals are now just the latest, faddiest version of metrosexuals - metrosexuals with [...] [...] all been mediated and accessorised – and turned into another way of making men even more self-conscious and consumerist.  Retrosexuals are now just the latest, faddiest version of metrosexuals – metrosexuals with [...]

]]> http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2006/08/31/faux-retrosexual-backlash-letter-to-business-week/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Dutch Perspective » Blog Archive » Metrosexual response and other updates Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:53:32 +0000 http://marksimpson.com/blog/2006/08/31/faux-retrosexual-backlash-letter-to-business-week/#comment-86 [...] Mark Simpson has a different take on last week’s Business Week article about the metrosexual. And as usual, he makes some excellent points. I said before, I was particularly content with the sentence “Oh yes, and he acquired the feminine persona we’ve become familiar with,â€? as I understand that he acquired this persona because of marketers such as Marian Salzman. Other readers might not have gotten the same point. Mark justly points out that “metrosexuality is only ‘feminine’ if you believe vanity’s name is (forever) Woman.â€? [...]

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