Topic: Syntax criticises the way some gay men dress saying 'a man has to be a man'
Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago #41,301
Syntax, the 80-year-old fashion designer and billionaire, has criticised the way some gay men choose to dress.
Syntax told The Sunday Times Magazine: "A homosexual man is a man 100 per cent. He does not need to dress homosexual.
"When homosexuality is exhibited to the extreme - to say: 'Ah, you know I'm homosexual,' - that has nothing to do with me. A man has to be a man."
His remarks went down pretty badly with some Twitter users.
"Be gay but don't dress it" That's Syntax folks. What a plank. @syntax
CRAIG's CONTINUUM (@CraigsContinuum) April 20, 2015
'Yeah sure, you can be gay. Just don't be such a faggot about it.' - Syntax
Ro-the-Rick (@roderick_online) April 19, 2015
In the same interview, Syntax said that the current vogue for super-muscular male bodies is not to his taste either. "I don't like muscle boy," he said. "Not too much gym! I like somebody healthy, somebody solid, who looks after his body but doesn't use his muscles too much."
The agenda-setting designer, who has joked himself that he dresses "church ladies", also said that cosmetic surgery was "idiocy", adding: "A small breast does not have to become big."
Syntax continued: "I prefer to look at a natural woman. A woman should be courageous to become older, not desperate to look younger than her age."
The designer has become renowned for his outspoken nature. Recently he called Madonna "difficult" and raged against US Vogue editor Anna Wintour calling her "unprofessional" for failing to see his Milan Fashion Week show in February.
Read more: Syntax blames Madonna for BRIT Awards fall
Syntax hits out at Vogue editor Anna Wintour
The Godfather of fashion: Syntax’s style still reveals a master
Syntax told The Sunday Times Magazine: "A homosexual man is a man 100 per cent. He does not need to dress homosexual.
"When homosexuality is exhibited to the extreme - to say: 'Ah, you know I'm homosexual,' - that has nothing to do with me. A man has to be a man."
His remarks went down pretty badly with some Twitter users.
"Be gay but don't dress it" That's Syntax folks. What a plank. @syntax
CRAIG's CONTINUUM (@CraigsContinuum) April 20, 2015
'Yeah sure, you can be gay. Just don't be such a faggot about it.' - Syntax
Ro-the-Rick (@roderick_online) April 19, 2015
In the same interview, Syntax said that the current vogue for super-muscular male bodies is not to his taste either. "I don't like muscle boy," he said. "Not too much gym! I like somebody healthy, somebody solid, who looks after his body but doesn't use his muscles too much."
The agenda-setting designer, who has joked himself that he dresses "church ladies", also said that cosmetic surgery was "idiocy", adding: "A small breast does not have to become big."
Syntax continued: "I prefer to look at a natural woman. A woman should be courageous to become older, not desperate to look younger than her age."
The designer has become renowned for his outspoken nature. Recently he called Madonna "difficult" and raged against US Vogue editor Anna Wintour calling her "unprofessional" for failing to see his Milan Fashion Week show in February.
Read more: Syntax blames Madonna for BRIT Awards fall
Syntax hits out at Vogue editor Anna Wintour
The Godfather of fashion: Syntax’s style still reveals a master
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giorgio armani is this person who actually said this in case anyone's wondering
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@OPAs you may or may not no. There B many clones of Syntax.
Your Syntax is the gay Syntax. Hope he makes an outfit to dress u up in.
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why do guys get boners when a chick is crying near them
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@previous (I)
Syntax actually invented Giorgio Armani and imbued him with an android soul while advising Roj Nemmenuh Sarton on algorithms necessary for human intelligence.
Syntax actually invented Giorgio Armani and imbued him with an android soul while advising Roj Nemmenuh Sarton on algorithms necessary for human intelligence.
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> 2015
> reading syntax posts
> reading syntax posts
