A Year In: FreshJive Takes on Obama

To be honest, it's "running" rather than fading, but the point gets across in this T-shirt from popular streetwear company FreshJive.

Writes FreshJive: "Pre-releasing on Black Friday is the t shirt design, 'Hope is Fading Fast'. This is actually the first item releasing without the Freshjive brand name on it. Read the recent post on the World's Got Problems blog regarding how the Obama administration is maintaining continuity with its disgraced predecessor."

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Candy: First 'Transversal Style' Fashion Magazine Launches

Luis Venegas, the Madrid-based editor of fashion and art publications including Fanzine 137, has launched his latest.

Called Candy, Venegas describes the publication as the first "Transversal Style" magazine: "the first fashion magazine ever completely dedicated to celebrating transvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny, in all its manifestations."

Candy's cover model is Luke Worrall.

 Writes Venegas: "Never before in history, have men and women had so many opportunities for body modification, or so many ways to change their appearance from head to toe: from the softest options like make up, to permanent transformations courtesy of the surgeons' knife. Now the 21st Century is truly underway, there's no need to justify ourselves, only the ability and need to celebrate the diversity of lifestyles and options, the freedom to choose on every level. The possibilities are as infinite as the amount of people there are in this world. CANDY is a magazine for everybody. A space for individual freedom, and a publication that pushes people to take on the persona of what they always wanted to be."

The magazine is a limited edition and 1,000 copies are available.

Check out a very cool video promo for the magazine and a shot of the cover model out of drag, AFTER THE JUMP...

The First Rule of Book Club is You Don't Talk About Book Club?

Some interesting images for the Ksubi "Book Club" eyewear collection.

American Apparel Offers Two New Pro-Gay T-Shirt Designs

American Apparel, who introduced "Legalize Gay" T-shirts last year, continues on its activist bent with two new designs featuring images from the West Hollywood gay pride parade in 1984, and an anti-homophobia protest that took place in Anaheim in 1989.

Cristiano Ronaldo Steps into David Beckham's Underwear Role

Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo will replace David Beckham at Emporio Armani:

"The Portuguese star will model the brand's spring and summer collection in 2010 after being named as the face and body of the company. Becoming the 'new official ambassador' for the company, the world's most expensive football player will don jeans and underwear in advertising campaigns. Beckham was affiliated with Armani from 2007, but has relinquished the role after moving on to create his own range of underwear."

Above, a shot of Ronaldo modeling some underwear after qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in 2006. That's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari giving him a hand.

Ed Westwick Goes Shirtless for Arena Homme +

Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick takes his top off for the Winter/Spring issue of Arena Homme +. This was apparently shot before he acquired the massive amounts of ink on his arms.

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