Calvin Klein Talks to Marc Jacobs About Why He's Always Naked

 

Calvin Klein interviews Marc Jacobs in the new issue of Harper's Bazaar. He asks Jacobs about his propensity for not wearing clothes.

Jacobs explains:

"I had 21 percent body fat four years ago. I was in and out of the hospital because I had flare-ups of ulcerative colitis. I’d be in the office for 16 hours a day, six of which were in the bathroom because I was so ill. I ate nothing but junk food. Basically, the doctor said, 'We’re going to have to remove your colon.' And I said, “I’m not doing that!” So I went to a nutritionist named Lindsey Duncan, and he said, “If you are 100 percent compliant with what I tell you to do, you will be in better shape than you’ve ever been in, and you will not have to have your colon removed.” I said, 'Okay, sign me up.' He said no caffeine, no sugar, no white flour, no dairy from a cow, take açaí every morning, goji, noni, mangosteen, et cetera, omega-3, wheatgrass shots with ginger. The list is endless...  

...He said, 'You gotta laugh every day, you gotta rest every day, and you have to perspire every day, which means you have to go to the gym.' I hadn’t stepped foot in a gym. Well, I hadn’t walked a block in 20 years. So I started, and like everything — I say this, and I hope it’s not misinterpreted, but I like what makes me feel better. That probably doesn’t come as a shock. When I started to feel better, and when my stomach wasn’t hurting, and when I wasn’t on the toilet all day, and when I could look at myself in the mirror, and when I went from 21 percent body fat to 5 percent body fat and I had muscle, I was like, This is great! When guys started looking at me and asking me out on dates, I felt way better about myself. So it was hard to keep my clothes on, actually."

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March against anti-gay crimes in Staten Island.

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Britney Spears will not show up on the upcoming Glee episode dedicated to her music.

Jamie Foxx criticized the decision by Laurence Fishburn's daughter, Montana, to become a porn actor. She tweeted in response: "Jamie Foxx actually has a gay porno in the works with Vivid. Don't believe me, just ask him about it and tell him I told y'all."

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The gay rodeo returns to the Windy City.

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Spectacular footage of a tornado destroying a farmhouse in North Dakota to bit. Fortunately, the family who owned it were not home at the time.

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church reinstates barred pastors.

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Marc Jacobs Wants to Give You Boys Some Bang for Your Buck

 

Marc Jacobs' new Tom Ford-esque "BANG" men's fragrance campaign features the designer in a giant burrito wrapper Mylar bed in his birthday suit.

Said Jacobs of the ad: “Robert [Duffy] and I work closely with Coty on these projects, and he said, ‘Marc, you look so great now — you should be the model for men’s fragrance.’ My immediate reaction was, I don’t know. But then I came to see that it made sense. Men’s fragrance, unlike women’s in a certain way, is very personal. It’s a layer on top of skin — for women, it can be like changing a makeup color, but not for men. Once I agreed to be the model, I couldn’t see what I would wear to express this. We tried it with clothes, but it didn’t work. Then Juergen [Teller, who shot the campaign] had the idea for the silver Mylar, and it all came together. The silver Mylar also gives it that flash, that bang.”

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