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Business Insider says the short suit is this summer’s hot fashion item. Retailers are starting to push a new trend in menswear: the short suit. The ensemble looks like a regular suit from the waist up, with a sport coat over a button-down shirt and sometimes a tie or bowtie. Instead of trousers, however, the suit’s bottoms are cropped at …

In case you missed my addendum to yesterday’s annual posting of my gay pride rant, JMG t-shirts are finally available thanks to the folks at Pride Magazine, the official national news title of InterPride. Each shirt comes with the 2014 issue of Pride Magazine, which this year celebrates the first decade of marriage equality in the United States. But perhaps …

(Tipped by JMG reader Robbie)

According to an Australian study, we’ve reached peak beard frequency and the style pendulum will now swing back to clean shaven mugs. “Big thick beards are back with an absolute vengeance and so we thought underlying this fashion, one of the dynamics that might be important is this idea of negative frequency dependence,” said Prof Rob Brooks, one of the …

Via Gothamist: They had to do it. After Kim Kardashian and Kanye West appeared on the current issue of Vogue, backlash has come from everyone from Sarah Michelle Gellar to Buzzfeed, USA Today reports. But Seth Rogen and James Franco went a step further, reenacting the cheesy cover shot with their own tender rendition that Franco tweeted out. Last year …

Last night I dropped in at the media party for Nasty Pig’s newly relocated flagship store in Chelsea, where editors and writers for Out, Advocate, Men’s Fitness and others knoshed on cater-waitered finger foods and slurped cocktails while ogling the endlessly changing young models. Hosting the event was Paper Magazine editor Mr. Mickey and on the decks was DJ Honey …

Paper Magazine editorial director Mickey Boardmen on the lag between social media coverage and new items actually appearing in stores: “We have ejaculated five times before we’re actually able to have sex with that piece of clothes. Not to be graphic.”

Well, not exclusively for gay Valentines. From her publicists: Beyoncé is helping all couples celebrate love this season! The superstar has launched an exclusive collection of underwear, inspired by the Drake collaboration on her self-titled album, “Mine.” Best of all, the Yours + Mine box set, $40, is customizable for every couple, regardless of gender. It’s available now on Beyoncé.com, …

Razor manufacturers say that sales are dropping. Procter & Gamble says a growing preference for shaggy styles is trimming razor sales. Beards are showing up all over, from the facial hair favored by Brooklyn hipsters to the solidarity beards sported by the Boston Red Sox baseball team, which in 2013 went from last place in their division to World Series …

Reactions on Twitter are decided mixed, with some calling the look “Ugly Xmas Sweater Party Goes To Russia.” The outfits were designed by Ralph Lauren, who two years ago suffered scorn because the USA team’s 2012 uniforms were made in China. The Sochi outfits are “a patchwork of American craftsmanship — of wool carted from Oregon, spun in Pennsylvania and …

The frame seen below tells you that this is not office-friendly. (Tipped by JMG reader Tony)

Via press release: Supermodel of the World and first face of M.A.C. Cosmetics, RuPaul has joined forces with Colorevolution to launch RuPaul’s GLAMAZON, a beauty collection that includes a fine-fragrance and ultra-rich pigment cosmetic line. “GLAMAZON is for women and men of all ages and preferences who share one thing in common: They are not afraid to be fierce, “ …

A 13 year-old Kansas boy has been suspended by his school for carrying a purse. Skylar Davis says the Vera Bradley purse is his form of expression. He adds that girls carry purses, so he should be able to do the same. Skylar’s vice-principal disagreed and told him to stop carrying the bag. When Skylar refused, he was suspended. His …

Edith Head was born 116 years ago today. She won eight Oscars for costume design.

Not safe if you’ve got nosy neighbors in the next cube.

So there’s an undershirt that’s billed as “moob-busting.” Via Gizmodo: Not only does the Funkybod t-shirt promise to camouflage manboobs, it also creates the illusion you’ve got a muscular toned physique, no matter how frail you might be in real life. It’s all thanks to a set of subtle plates—presumably made of a comfortable foam—that accentuate your shoulder, bicep, lat, …

From the New York Times: Consider “The Future of Flesh,” a short film by the director Luke Gilford that has its premiere here, which features models in surreal latex body suits outfitted entirely in Prada’s current fall 2013 collection. The eerie, evocative video features an original score by Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters and is narrated by Jane Fonda — …

Citing the “hyper-sexualisation” of kids, the French Senate has voted to ban child beauty contests. Judging children under the age of 16 on their physical appearance in so-called “beauty contests” is now a criminal offence in France, the French Senate ruled on Tuesday night. The new law forms part of the new “equality bill” presented to the French Senate on …

Fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi is under fire for using his Twitter account and appearing on QVC during Yom Kippur.  Even God herself is calling for a boycott and has refused to buy that stunning drop waist Mizrahi couture number she’s had her all-seeing eye on. Mizrahi was not on air Friday before or after sundown — when Yom Kippur officially …