VMan #48 S/S 2022 : Channing Tatum by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

[Deleted member 141523]

Looks like a rejected GQ cover story because it's too sexy for their audience. I like this ed a lot, it has the 90s hotness from European men's publications. I know that the body positivity conversation is needed, but we should relax and enjoy the pictures because these aren't bad. I hope they will make editorials like this with other kind of bodies, but at this moment this ed is good. I don't find this ugly at all, even I don't fancy him.

 

[YohjiAddict]

He looks so gaunt in his close-ups, I guess you choose whether to keep the abs or the face after a certain age. The shoot is neither here nor there with very weird styling choices.

 

[MyNameIs]

The story I get from this is that he got very tipsy and fell down, but tried to do so in a sexy way.

That's already a more compelling "concept" than anything 99% of the fashion magazines usually put out.

 

[MON]

It's 2022 and he's still trying to make Magic Mike happen.

 

[KoV]

^ I think you’re making a lot of effort to build a case when you know there isn’t one and that menswear and men’s publications are less aggressive in dictating men what they should like and how morally bankrupt you are if you don’t bow down to their parameter. It was like this when it was all about size 0 and it remains the same with bodies that are auditioning for high cholesterol. Under historical “facts” you could just go ahead and say Winston Churchill already broke all the barries of body inclusion and power for men. But this is a good example of the justifications made for the sake of leaving men’s publications alone.. it is not seen as a problem, let alone as hypocritical, but the same people will do a 180 when talking about messages put out in womenswear and women’s publications..

I’ve said my peace and I stand by it. I think mags like GQ have always had a bigger tent when it comes to inclusivity and so the only dramatic adjustment they’ve had to make in terms of keeping up with PC culture is with gendered dressing, not with age, race, or body type. GQ has long made room for elderly, beer-bellied, and racially diverse cover stars, while most women’s magazines have, as you said, aggressively dictated pretty precise beauty standards. And so I suppose now that they’ve been bullied into ceding 5% of their available space to a few notable and still conventionally beautiful plus sized models, that feels like a dramatic change and is triggering to some.

 

[MyNameIs]

While I certainly have no objection against this sort of cover, it does remind me of recent comments about the disparity between men's and women's magazines, where we see 'every body at every size' promoted in Vogue and Elle, but still mostly idealised physiques on the men's side.

Whatever my personal views on the type of content I'd prefer, it is interesting to see the growing gulf. While I'm sure people can point to small changes being made somewhere, are we seeing the male equivalent of Precious Lee on the front of any major magazine for men?

It's only a matter of time before this trend starts being "problematic" as being sexist against women.

 

[Xone]

Love the cover and the ed....simple en direct...no fuss no woke bs....

 

[mepps]

The cover is cool, and the pics are fine, until you see his face.
I've never found him attractive. To me he looks like a human eraser head.
But he has a great body, and knows how to move it. That's sexy.

I skimmed over most of these other comments, because....

 

[thiago:)]

Feels like a projection of Cortina himself, lol. I like the editorial but it's easily forgettable.

 

[JPineapple]

Is a cute editorial but that’s all. Looks like they are trying to create a break the internet situation with the bulge and the butt pictures.

 

[FashionMuseDior]

It's a very good editorial however I find the smoking shot the best overall. Should've been the cover.

 

[Deleted member 141523]

I've never seen Magic Mike, even if they're all hot. I like more a Marco Berger movie, ha. But in the other hand I have seen a parody of this movie (I don't need to explain which kind of movie). The real movie must be the same but a la Game Of Thrones.

 

[versustito]

hot and sexy !!!

 

[[Piece Of Me]]

And thank goodness that men still maintain and expect some high standards when it comes to men’s fashion (and fitness) presentation when it comes to the ideal male bodies. (GQ has long ceased to be a fashion rag: It’s just a press book for Hollywood and its shallow woke begging for relevance at this point.)

Of course bigger men (bigger people in general) can be physically attractive— even very attractive, as long as they’re looking the best that they can be, and physically fit. Why anyone would celebrate sloth is beyond me. And this is high fashion, an illusion, an ideal, even unattainable. People should be smarter then expecting the average man to be presented in the rarified world of high fashion imagery. And no way can any man maintain such ripped, defined, buffness permanently. Even if he lives a the gym and carefully diets— he will peak and plateau at some point.

(I dig the shoot enough— never thought he was attractive tho but George absolutely helped with the smoulder in this case. Very lite-Steven Klein for L’UOMO late-90s/early-2000s. I’ll take it.)

I know I shouldn't be surprised anymore, as this forum is getting more and more toxic by the day, but how can you even write things like that? I am just baffled. I don't even know what kind of body type you would describe as "a sloth", but why does everyone man in a (fashion) magazine have to look "physically fit". Shouldn't we celebrate all kinds of men and different body types? Just like the people who read these magazines and who enjoy fashion. It's not just muscle man with abs who are worthy or are attrictive. Body image is already a huge problem in gay culture and that's something we should fight against, not support.

 

[kokobombon]

It's 2022 and he's still trying to make Magic Mike happen.

Considering that a third movie is in production, directed by Steven Soderbergh, I think he already made MM happen

 

[MON]

Considering that a third movie is in production, directed by Steven Soderbergh, I think he already made MM happen

Considering that the average individual doesn't know, I beg to disagree.

 

[kokobombon]

^the average individual doesn´t know MM? where do you get your data? I´m going to disagree, I know people who couldn´t care less about movies and doesn´t know who Channing is by name but they know about MM and they´ve seen at least the 1st one...

 

[Deleted member 141523]

I know the movie because it was everywhere at the time. When they cast actors I dislike (as Tatum or Matthew M.) I refuse to watch it, hahaha. And I can't believe there will be a 3rd part! Only a few dramas has a sequel. The plot seems more fitting for a Netflix series than 3 movies.

 

[VogueGirl8910]

He looks hot & great, his story reminds me a bunch of editorials of L'Uomo Vogue by Steven Klein from early 2000's.