Is manorexia on the rise? According to NYMag it is, and the introduction of new male mannequins from a British company called Rootstein may give males the same body image insecurities that the fairer sex has long obsessed over. Currently already 25% of eating disorder sufferers are men, which is up 15% since the 1990s.
Rootstein's Homme Nouveau mannequin will make its debut next month and sports a 35" chest and a feminized 27" waist. A look at their past forms shows a shrinking pattern; in 1967 The Classic had a 42" chest and 33" waist, in 1983 The Muscleman had a 42" chest and 31" waist, and in 1994 The Swimmer had a 38" chest and 28" waist.
American Apparel's Dov Charney, whose company's maximum waist size for men's denim pants is 33", has said in the past: “All the mannequins out there are these beefcakes, and we can’t even fit our largest size on them.” Meanwhile, the average waist size for the American man, at least 4 years ago, was 39.7".
Men, don't let what happened to Catherine Zeta-Jones happen to you! On the upside, at least the new mannequin will piss this guy off (skip to the 1:47 mark for skinny jean rant).
