Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren Going Rainbow for Gay Pride

The retail community decided they would participate in the Gay Pride week in New York City this year. The Ralph Lauren boutique down on Bleecker Street in the West Village features mannequins who are wearing Polo shirts in rainbow colour.

Meanwhile, Marc Jacobs is also selling a T-shirt featuring the Confederate Flag in rainbow colors. The store features a giant poster with Jacobs in high heels, a graphic patterned fur coat, an amusing hat and a face full of makeup.

Shophound reports; “Can Marc’s peerless fashion clout make the rainbow flag hip once again by presenting it in a twisted, vaguely paradoxical, potentially controversial way?

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David Beckham Unveiling More for Armani

Here are the first two of David Beckham’s new set of five images from his Emporio Armani underwear campaign. David Beckham made his appearance at Macy’s San Francisco along with his giant poster.

This is what was announced:

“Giorgio Armani is pleased to announce that his friend and testimonial David Beckham will unveil a giant mural featuring an image from the new Emporio Armani Underwear advertising campaign for Autumn/Winter 2008-09 on June 18th, 2008, 5pm PST at Macy’s in San Francisco. The mural overlooks an outdoor amphitheatre adjacent to Macy’s with seating for 6,000 spectators, where David Beckham will also personally meet two hundred Emporio Armani Underwear customers. The new advertising campaign was shot on Malibu beach in California, once again by renowned fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, and will appear in sport, fashion and lifestyle magazines and on signature billboards in major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, London, Milan, Rome, Paris and Tokyo.”

Dynamites For Style: Disco Valante!

It may have been a calm and subtle season for the past few months, but people around the fashion world can smell something brewing in the air. Disco Valante, a new men’s underwear and T-Shirts collection is to be launched in September 08. Washington City Paper and Talk Of The Town are keeping an eye on it (or the butt, which is equally hot). Sit back, hold tight and get ready to be rocked by the new explosive collection by Disco Valante!

So hold on to your old t-shirts and underwear for a little longer. Don’t worry, we’ll all be able to take off our pants and feel like a rock star in September. In the mean time, you can check out their blog for some men’s style and grooming tips.