American Soccer Imports Another Male Underwear Model

American soccer looks like it'll get another boost in the briefs with the announcement that Swedish Arsenal footballer and Calvin Klein underwear model Freddie Ljungberg is joining Seattle's team:

"Seattle Sounders FC has a news conference set for 11 a.m. today at Qwest Field, at which the club is expected to announce the signing of Swedish star Fredrik Ljungberg as its designated player. Ljungberg is a midfielder who has played for West Ham United and Arsenal in the English Premier League. Major League Soccer's designated player rule allows each team to sign one international player, with no more than $400,000 of the player's salary counting against the team's salary cap. The MLS cap this season is $2.2 million, according to Sounders FC's Web site."

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Garrett Neff Next in Line in the Calvin Klein Brief Brotherhood

Garrett Neff has been chosen to show off new Calvin Klein's Body and Body Stretch underwear in magazines and on billboards this fall.

DNR reports: "Shot on location in Miami by renowned photographer Bruce Weber, who shot Calvin Klein Underwear’s first ad campaign 25 years ago, the sexy black-and-white images epitomize the very clean yet sensual aesthetic that Calvin Klein has become so well known for. Neff, who is the face of the company’s fragrance, Calvin Klein Man, was featured alongside Kate Bosworth in the spring ad campaign for Calvin Klein Jeans. He succeeds Academy Award–nominated actor Djimon Hounsou as Calvin Klein’s latest body."

Here are two images from the campaign. The third follows AFTER THE JUMP...

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A Garrett Neff Explosion

Model of the moment Garrett Neff, known to many as the face and body of Calvin Klein Man and Calvin Klein jeans, seems to be everywhere these days. Out just posted a Georgia O'Keefe-inspired shoot featuring the beauty called "Splendid Isolation" shot by Greg Lotus which you can check out here (and with regard to the previous post, let's hope that antler was one shed naturally).

Neff is also featured prominently in the new "Sport & Beaute" issue of L'Officiel Hommes, below.

One more shot from inside that shoot, AFTER THE JUMP...

You can find a preview of this here, here, and here.

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Garrett Neff for Calvin Klein Jeans

Garrett Neff, who looked a good ten years older in his ad for the Calvin Klein MAN fragrance, is back for Calvin Klein Jeans. Two more shots AFTER THE JUMP...

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It's Calvin Klein Underwear Group Photo Time!

You may remember that last month I featured a celebration of Calvin Klein underwear by photographer Joe Oppedisano that was published in Italian fashion mag Collezioni UomoIt's. Here's the group shot. Click to enlarge.

And, to refresh your memory, here's the earlier shoot...

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EXCLUSIVE: Joe Oppedisano Celebrates the Calvin Klein Man

Here's a sunny treat for this gray day (at least in NYC) — a spread from photographer Joe Oppedisano that you can find in the new issue of Italian fashion publication Collezioni Uomo.

Says Joe of the shoot: "It's not really a fashion spread as much as it is a special celebration of Calvin Klein's 25th anniversary as the man who made underwear fashion. Before that there was no such thing as designer underwear, and when he launched, it really turned fashion upside down. The ads were incredible, and the billboard of Jeff Aquilon by Bruce Weber in Times Square revolutionized fashion and liberated and brought sex right into everyone's home. (and male beauty, which before was hidden by suits)."

Joe adds: "We shot it at the Rivington Hotel Penthouse (which is unbelievable) in one long day. We were very lucky because it was cloudy and rainy in the morning and then after my lights caught fire and I had to run out and get a new set, the sun came out and gave us really spectacular and interesting backdrops of the city."

Much more, AFTER THE JUMP...

Some of you may recognize model Ryan Daharsh (first and last image) from previous appearances on our site.

You can check out more of Joe's beautiful work at his website (some images NSFW).

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Of course, because there were so few blatant objectification of male beauty back then, the Weber ads became (for burgeoning adolescent gay boys like myself) a kind of covert porn and made a more striking impact than most ads can these days. Not that I'm complaining about Baron's nostalgic look back at the fashion gods of yesteryear...

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