The New England Patriot had started negotiations to star in a Calvin Klein underwear campaign, but now he's apparently too modest to show off his goods.

At least there's always that attention whore, David Beckham.

New York magazine ran into Antonio Sabato Jr. at the 25th anniversary of Calvin Klein underwear. Here's a retelling of their conversation:

NY: Ever regret getting photographed in your underwear?

ASJ: I don't think so. I'm very confident in my body. I don't stuff my pants. And it's good to be loved. I don't judge. Somebody asked me today, "Are you all right with gays liking you so much?" And I was like, "Why wouldn't I be? It's good to be loved!"

And it's good to be loving you, Sabato.

New York's absolutely, positively buzzing with Fashion Week excitement. To prepare for all the happenings, we had a little sit down with Valerie Steele. If you're not familiar with Steele, you should be.

As a thinker, Steele's elevated fashion from the simply material to the theoretical. Her journal, Fashion Theory, exploded the closet doors to challenge academics and fashionistas alike. Now in its tenth year, FT's just launched Russian and Brazilian edition. In addition to her ever-growing intellectual influence, Steele's published a number of books on fashion, including the titilating Fetish.

Steele's currently the curator for the Fashion Institute of Technology's Museum, which has turned its eye to the ever-present, seemingly contradictory concept of "luxury". Steele took some time from planning the next show - Gothic Dark Glamour - to chat about the connection between queer and fashion theories, who decides what we'll wear and how Calvin Klein shined a light on male vanity.

Read all about it, after the jump.

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Another day, another gallery from Milan's spring/summer men's shows. Today we feature threads from Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, Iceberg and John Richmond.

The first two stink, Iceberg's offerings are kind of sexy and Richmond's straight up rock. Don't take our work for it, though. Check 'em out, after the jump…

In case you missed our first two round-ups, click here and here.

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If Calvin Klein's "live billboard" in Times Square wasn't enough to turn you off from the designer, perhaps the pool party hosting designer's latest stunt will: He's attempting to turn "technosexual" into a word.

technosexual (tek.noh.SEK.shoo.ul) n. A person with a strong aesthetic sense for fashion and a love of technology. —technosexuality n.

Klein already has the domain name ready to go and, as media blog Muckraked points out, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has already received his trademark application:

Name: Technosexual

Firm: Calvin Klein

Products: PERFUMERY, INCLUDING, PERFUME, EAU DE TOILETTE, EAU DE PARFUM, PARFUM GEL, SCENTED SERUMS, SCENTED SACHETS, FRAGRANCE STICKS, POTS AND BALMS, POTPOURRI, TOILET WATER, AFTERSHAVE, COLOGNE, ESSENTIAL OILS, AROMATHERAPY PRODUCTS NOT FOR MEDICAL USE, MASSAGE OILS, AND SKIN SCRUBS, DEODORANTS AND ANTIPERSPIRANTS, NON-MEDICATED TOILET PREPARATIONS, BATH AND SHOWER PREPARATIONS, NAMELY, BATH AND SHOWER GEL, BATH OIL, BATH OIL CAPSULES, BODY WASH, BATH CRYSTALS AND BEADS AND BUBBLE BATH, SKIN CARE PREPARATIONS INCLUDING FACE, BODY AND SKIN CREAMS, LOTIONS, GELS AND MOISTURIZERS AND COSMETICS

Listen, Calvin: We've already got the iPod boxers from Play and the iPod jacket from Burton. Do we really need pockets sewn into suits specifically for our Motorola Q and face wash that smells like a Sidekick 3?

What’s In a Name? Calvin Klein’s Technosexual [Muckraked]

We just came across a bunch of old Calvin Klein ads featuring Mark Wahlberg. We call these "classics."

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