Bloody New Trend

Blood-splattered model from Dsquared2 Fall 2010 collection

A victim of model-on-model violence?

Nope, he's just modeling some couture fake blood for the Dsquared2 Fall 2010 collection. Most, if not all, of the Dsquared2 models were sporting blood stains. And it wasn't just one designer. Jean Paul Gaultier's Fall 2010 show also featured a blood motif in a collection inspired by combat.

Bloody Boxer model from Gaultier Fall 2010 collection

Bloodied models dressed as boxers and fighters walked into a ring instead of down a runway.

I am betting that this is indicative of a nascent backlash against the fruitiness that has come to dominate men's fashion in recent years. (Thom Browne is the perfect example.) No one would dare call these collections pantywaisted. If anything says masculine, it's carefully applied fake blood splotches.

Posted by Jessie Bluejay on Friday, January 22, 2010