Deja vu on GQ’s mea culpa
Remember GQ Australia’s entertaining mea culpa for its fashion disasters mentioned by Dr Mumbo earlier this week?
Turns out that the author of the well written piece may not have an Australian accent.
The Aussie piece read:
“On occasion, we’ve urged you to wear some egregiously silly things. We have spoken up in favour of shorter-than-short shorts, nipple-revealing singlets and the triumph of tartan. We have told you wearing such things was not only OK, but also bold and forward thinking. And for that we apologise.”
But a piece that appeared two years an 11 months ago in GQ USA read:
“On occasion, we’ve urged you to wear some egregiously silly things. With a straight face, we have spoken up in favor of mandals, and of mesh, and of sport coats in colors you wouldn’t paint a banana-shaped car. We have told you that wearing such things was not only okay but also bold and forward-thinking, and for that we apologize.”
Fair enough, as the syndication rights probably allow it, but still…
(Hat-tip to commenter “Grumbler” who spotted the similarities)
On the downside, it’s imminently sad Australian men don’t have a bright up-market men’s magazine to call their own. Sadly, the local versions remain in this desperate catch-22: nothing clever to read-no circulation-chase ad revenues-only write things about advertiser products-nothing clever to read. And around it goes. Still, with the healthy $A, subscribing to the overseas versions of Esquire and GQ and the likes is actually more affordable.
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