We’re not going to lie — we do not mind when hot, built guys model for underwear advertisements. Everyone is beautiful and all that good stuff, but there’s a reason Michelangelo decided to sculpt David and not David’s portly uncle, Larry.
You’ll get ’em next time, Larry.
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But just because it’s objectively appealing to see gorgeous near-naked undie adverts, that doesn’t mean every ad for every pair of boxer briefs needs to feature David Beckham or Tyson Beckford. Variety is the spice of life!
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And companies are beginning to pick up on that, attracting attention in the process.
American Eagle recently launched their #aerieman campaign featuring regular guys — well, three regular guys and one chiseled underwear model. Don’t want to shoot too far out of the box, do we?
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The ads all feature the tagline “The real you is sexy,” focusing more on being comfortable in your own skin than on looking any certain way.
We applaud the sentiment, but we hope gorgeous models still have a future posing in their skivvies — for own own sake.
Check out the spots below:
Daniel Salmeron
thats normal and relatavble
Elvis Aaron
Sexy
Bauhaus
I’d like to throw caution to the wind and meet James Pianka, but I’d also gladly meet all of these guys.
Billy Budd
I don’t wanna see normal guys in ads. I wanna see GODS.
David Mitchell
Much more sexy than air brushed models
Juan Torred
ð??
Frederick M. Weisinger
You mean womens knickers…
Xzamilio
I can walk outside or look in the mirror and see real. When I see advertising, I want perfection… how the underwear would look if I had everything going for me. Because if I get what I want, I’ll just find something else to complain about… you know our type.
Kangol
I’ll take what Kelvin’s got on, meaning he can take it all off. Woof!
Richard Hall
WTF
Alan David Smith
people are attractive in diffrent ways. as for “normal” compared to what. i mean i consider meat loaf normal. but i got my grand mothers old cook books. there was 20 pages of meat loaf recipes. quit worrying about normal and be real
Dan Duprey
These are good-looking men, which kind of belies the theme of normal and relatable.
Sweetie Pie
I´ll have to slices of Doug….
robho3
I applause American eagle for doing this. And you superficial queens that saw you want to see perfection gods when you look at an ad are pathetic
LI Yonk
Least they do something to attract!
mujerado
@robho3: I’d rather be a superficial queen than a judgmental one. Your post shows clearly which kind you are.