The Golden Torso

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Today's Thursday Styles section in the NY Times has something for all of us. Do you like men in tuxes? Well, there's a plethora of photos of cute guys in formal wear. (My favorite is the guy in photo number 2, wearing the Gucci jacket.)

You can see him in a slide show at http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2006/11/08/style/20061109_CODES_SLIDESHOW_1.html

 

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/11/08/style/09codes.slide2.jpg

 

But more interestingly, there is a profile of a hot guy described as "the man with the golden torso." Jamie Dornan, pictured here,

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/11/09/fashion/09dorn.190.jpg

had a bit part in the recent film about Marie Antoinette where his bare torso was singled out by critics who praised his "etched abdominals"

 

Yet Mr. Dornan is appropriately modest, as young 24 year old men often are when they have drop dead good looks. (We have all met at least one, haven't we?)

"I question why all of this has happened to me," he says. "I don't see myself as particularly good-looking." If that's true, I wonder why he didn't see those photos of himself in Calvin Klein ads with Kate Moss and as the face of Dior Homme cologne. "Why am I the face of Dior Homme?," he asks. "I'm not the best-looking guy around."

http://www.dmfragrances.co.uk/images/products/243_medium.jpg

 

Well, for such a rare duckling Mr. Dornan appears to be getting a career boost by the Times. Even if he doesn't agree, they like "his brooding looks and the square-jawed profile of a Roman senator." And I'll bet you do too.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/fashion/09dornan.html?ref=style

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"And I'll bet you do too."

 

Boy, was I wrong on this one!

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