This is not the trend.

I think more and more men are becoming more and more interested in their appearance. Sadly though, this trend is very slow (too slowly) to catch on, but then I think, is this even the trend? No I don't think so. Everyone is saying (and by everyone, I mean the men who stand on the street in the same pair of oversized denim they wore three other times this week and the t-shirt that they either got for free in some sort of promotional stunt or the cliché "Abercrombie", "Hollister", of for goodness sakes the "Billabong" shirt, and think they are "cool") that there is trend of metro-sexuality that is sweeping the nation and destroying what men stand for--which is what exactly--mustard stained sweats? Why does some one who cares about what they look like have to be put into a category, or a whole another form of sexuality, actually. We are still men, and a lot of us like the same types of things you other guys like. Have we not learned yet that segregating types of people into categories always turns out bad? Look what we did after putting black people into a group, jews in to a group, gays, communists etc. It only makes it easier for other people to judge and hate. Anyway back to the trend comment, I do not think "metro-sexuality" (for lack of another short word) is the trend, I think men not caring about what they look like when they leave the house is the trend, in fact I know this is the trend, it started in 1950 and sadly became popular in 1970 and has become increasingly popular ever since. It kind of follows the time-line of the sexual-revolution and womans liberty. If we look back in history men were always equally, if not more so, wearing elaborate costumes and immaculate garments. Going back to ancient Egypt, the men wore wigs to cover up there naturally disheveled hair and often wore more eye make-up then many woman today. During the french revolution we see images of men in velvet petty-coats covered in lace, leotards with ballet-like slippers and elaborately coiffed hairstyles powered white. Even in the early 1900's men were almost always seen in suits and fedora hats--no matter how poor they wer--and were clean shaven and well groomed all the time. So why did we forget about all of this and suddenly decide that it was actually manly to be un-groomed, un-cultured and un-interested in self-image? It makes no sense to me, and what makes it worse is that many woman have also been convinced of this too and these "cave-like" men are actually attractive to them, only perpetuating the problem. Luckily though are still some woman out there who understand the importance and appeal of a man who looks great, all the time.