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First Posted: 07/03/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:20 PM ET

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As women's designers continue to embrace and produce plus-size fashions, the menswear side of the industry has slimmed down. According to New York Magazine, British mannequin maker Rootstein has debuted its latest male mannequin, the "Homme Nouveau" having a 35-inch chest and a 27-inch waist.

How does the Homme Nouveau stack up against past Rootstein models?

Dimensions of Rootstein's Male Mannequins: THE CLASSIC: 1967, 42" chest, 33" waist THE MUSCLEMAN: 1983, 41" chest, 31" waist THE SWIMMER: 1994, 38" chest, 28" waist

New York Mag also mentions that the average waist size of an American man in 2006 was 39.7 inches, while the largest waist size of American Apparel's spandex-cotton denim Slim Slack is 33 inches. Time to trim the fat? Or to get real?

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As women's designers continue to embrace and produce plus-size fashions, the menswear side of the industry has slimmed down. According to New York Magazine, British mannequin maker Rootstein has debut...
As women's designers continue to embrace and produce plus-size fashions, the menswear side of the industry has slimmed down. According to New York Magazine, British mannequin maker Rootstein has debut...
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WakingLife
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12:58 AM on 05/04/2010
No manorexia. This isn't what I had in mind when I think of equality.
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MsVella
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05:43 PM on 05/03/2010
Waist 27 is quite small. My ex's waist was 28 and he was already considered quite thin. Strange to see men's fashion go in this direction too.
Still the american average size of 39.7 is quite high, so to answer the article's last question "Time to trim the fat? Or to get real?" - Well, a bit of both.
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Nina Parrilla
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02:34 PM on 05/03/2010
so now men will be expected to starve and suffer to fit in. What's next really skinny babies?
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Atchka
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03:57 PM on 05/03/2010
Sadly, "what's next" is already here:

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/baby-fat-or-early-obesity

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MsVella
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05:38 PM on 05/03/2010
That article is about infants health, and makes a lot of sense.
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