Topic 1 – Metrosexual Men

Classical image of youthful male beauty in Western art
(taken from wikipedia)

Men. According to wikipedia it is male human. According to the old society it is someone that born to be tough, should be leaders in a family, or even a country. According to a woman in modern society, it is someone that should pay all of our credit card bills. Now let us have a look on types of male human in the society now. We may get someone like these...

A cute one.

A muscular one.

A cool one.

(taken from www.google.com)

However if one day like now we found that the facial products on a guy’s desk may be more than us, only we come to learn a new term which can be applied on men…

METROSEXUAL

From online definition we have been given something like “the single young man with a high disposable income, living or working in the city. So this person comes into our mind.


Ops… sorry for the mistake. Should be this


Our lovely Mr. Robert
(P/s: Thanks for giving us high marks huh Sir.)

For another definition of “metro sexual”, it refers to a man that concern very much for their physical appearance. A metro sexual is defined as a dandyish narcissist in love with not only himself, but also his urban lifestyle; a straight man who is in touch with his feminine side. Undeniable, this has becoming a trend for the modern society. Even the target markets for skincare product are not limited only to girls. So in other way these men are helping to boost up the sales of this sector, and finally contribute to the nation economy. See? Men never forget about their responsible to society.

As incredible witches have meetings on this topic, we have been cracking our head to think why the man practicing this trend. We come out with this few ideas:

(a) They make themselves looked tidy in order to gain more confidence
(b) To enjoy the attention of audience when they walk on street, having girls looking at them, admire them.
(c) There were a lot of shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers that available for them to spend their money.
(d) They are addicted to games, whereby game’s character too starts to evolve into metro sexual style.

(e) They think being as tidy as a girl is attractive, so they start to imitate girls. (Muahahahaha….)
(f) That’s a possibility that the technology play a big role in building up this style.

We can obviously found that camwhoring is no longer a specific hobby of female. Normally when any trend starts, the youth will be the first to practice it. Virtual space like Friendster, Facebook, My Space which is for people to make friends online, create opportunity for them to show themselves.

We found someone like this,

or this,

this,

Or even this


(taken from www.friendster.com)

In case that we have to make sure that the information given by us under this topic is accurate, we decide to go into research for this. The research instrument that we use will be INTERVIEW.

Respondent: Derick
Age: 21 years old
Reason for selecting this respondent: He is definitely a genuine metro sexual man

D: Derick
IW: Incredible Witch

IW: First of all, thanks a lot of giving us this great opportunity to have an interview with you for the topic of “metro sexual”.

D: Not at all

IW: So, can we know your occupation?

D: Oh, I’m a hairstylist, working in Crystal Point, Penang

IW: What do you think about metro sexual?

D: Metro sexual refers to the single young man with a high disposable income, living or working in the city (this is copied exactly from wikipedia)

IW:…..

(Well, this is just some demo of the “lame” interview that imagined by us. In case of asking something that could make our readers fall asleep, we decide to go with a different way.)

IW: Yo, Derick, ready for interview?

D: Yoyo, come on man, ask me anything you want to know.

IW: Frankly, name us all the skin products on your desk

D: Ok. First thing, make sure you have a suitable CLEANSER. Use probably “for dry skin” or “for oily skin”. After we clean our face, we need TONER. Of course, make sure that never let any pimples pop up on your face, get PIMPLE CREAM. I have whole setoff these things, and too don’t forget about the MASK. Use regularly so that the skin looks perfect.

IW: Wow, you are really concern of your skin.

D: Sure. If I found any pimples popping up on my face, I’ll find many treatments to get rid of it. I even pay regular visit to beauty salon to maintain the beauty of my skin.

IW: (As he mentioned this we get a little shock) Huh? But you are a guy wor….

D: So what? Remember, keep yourself tidy is as paying respect to others, and leave people with good impression. Our hair also plays important roles of images. I’m glad to be a hairstylist so I learn a lot of way to manage my hair.

IW: Oh we see... so how do you manage your hair?

D: Hmm…like me I will have the good hair shampoo and conditioner as basic. Then we need wax, tonic, styling mousse etc etc..,If I don’t have the time to set my hair, I will make sure I have a collection of hats standby for me to cover my hair.

IW: Fuyoohh... Seems that Derick is so expert at taking care of look. So how long normally takes you to prepare yourself before go out?

D: Around one hour. This duration I’ll confirm all my wearing like watch, shoes, and clothes are matching with each other before going out. I need to make myself looks perfect and great even though I’m late for appointment. When dressing up, make sure don’t wear something that doesn’t suit you. Spray some perfume will be a bonus.

IW: Hmm…by the way you have a good figure for your body. Do you go gym often?

D: Ya fitness of body and health is important as well. If we didn’t keep fit for our body shape, it is definitely hard to find suitable clothes. I will do different form of exercise at home like pumping and sit up to keep my tummy flat and well toned.

IW: Seems like not only girls need good body shape. What else did u do to keep yourself keep looks charming?

D: What else huh…You know, when fashion is changing fast, make sure update yourself with reading fashion magazines for the fashion knowledge I often browse through internet to learn make-up skill and get to know make-up tips and tools, since I’m hairstylist.

IW: Ha-ha, so if compare to your girlfriend who is keener on dressing up? (Her girlfriend is not in our corporation)

D: Hmm…both of us do so but I will advise her on the way she dresses.

IW: Oh ok…. According to your girlfriend, you like to spend a lot of time facing mirror. Can you give us a clearer picture how addicted are you to mirror?

D: Mirror is the greatest invention ok? I must tidy up myself in front of the mirror before I go out. Not only that, I’m sensitive to any glass that can reflect my image. I like to stop by a second to neat up myself and make sure I look good.


IW: U means…any glasses that show reflection?

D: Ya, such as welding glass or car side mirror, and sometimes even the water on floor after raining.

IW: (sweating…) you are really a good citizen of Metro Sexual World…. Thanks for bringing us for a visit in you world.

D: Not at all not at all.

(This conversation has been restructured but the points remain, since we are interviewing the person through msn messenger.)

Ok back to topic.

You have any male friends around that you found suitable to put this term on them?

May be next time when we try to think of giving some gifts to a male friend for his birthday, we can think of this,

Or this

In short, what will the future be????Like this???


Men start to MAKE UP like ladies when go for dinner?

Ladies’ turn to wait for a man when go for dating. This is because they NEED to dress up.

No longer the female toilet will be flooded with bunch of ladies that checking out with mirrors, make up inside for half an hour, but GUYS WILL DO THAT.

Sweat…