Photographer Fabien Baron wanted to recall Bruce Weber's iconic 80's ads for Calvin Klein underwear in his depiction of model Garrett Neff for the new fragrance Calvin Klein Man: “With Calvin Klein Man we wanted to create a modern version of the original Calvin Klein point of view, where men were strong, masculine and powerful.”
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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