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Paul Sculfor For Versace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we progress into 2011, we at Talent Management have recognised that attitudes towards the \u2018perfect\u2019 male ideal have shifted among the fashion industry and our clientele.<\/p>\n

Not only are we becoming more accustomed to plus-size female models, but a similar trend is beginning to emerge among the male model<\/a> elite.<\/p>\n

Looking back to the 90s, heroine chic ruled and super skinny male models dressed in slim-line suits were dominating the catwalk.<\/p>\n

Since then, we\u2019ve seen the male ideal go back and forth from the muscular \u2018Calvin Klein underwear model\u2019 look to the skinny jeans and slim tailored \u2018Russell Brand\u2019 look.<\/p>\n

But now we\u2019re starting to see the popularity of \u2018real men<\/a>\u2019 growing, and it seems we\u2019re not alone in this thought.<\/p>\n

British male model, Paul Sculfor, who has modelled for Jean Paul Gaultier,\u00a0Versace and Christian Dior, agrees.<\/p>\n

Voted the most Elegant Man of the Year by Spanish GQ<\/em> in 2010, Sculfor told Vogue.com: \u201cWhen I went for my first casting with Donatella [Versace] she said to me ‘I want real men to do my campaigns.’<\/p>\n

\u201cI think music has a lot to do with which models are seen as in fashion. If you look at the Nineties, when skinny male models were really in, the music was Nirvana and Oasis – and models looked like the boys that were in those bands.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic’s changing and so is modelling. I think having really skinny guys keeps a lot of people out of the market. You want an image that will really sell clothes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This is another shift in trends that we at Talent Management are happy to see and hope will grow not only within the industry, but among young men aspiring to the model ideal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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