Lumbersexual In? MetroSexual out?!

Metrosexual is out, Lumbersexual is in. These 10 hotties clean up good when they have to, but they still manage to look super hot when rocking the stubble! Who do you think is the top 'Lumbersexual?

Yesterday’s urban male wore a slim-cut pair of pants, perhaps a button-down shirt with a narrow tie. He kept a clean shave, and generally looked tidy. His look was coined “metrosexual.”

  

The “metrosexual” precursor to the “lumbersexual.” David Beckham was described as “the biggest metrosexual in Britain” in a 2002 Salon article that helped lead to the term’s popularity

Today, the metrosexual is a disappearing breed being quickly replaced by men more concerned with existing in the outdoors, or the pseudo-outdoors, than meticulous grooming habits.

He is bar-hopping, but he looks like he could fell a Norway Pine.

    

Lumbersexual or metrojack?  

He looks like a man of the woods, but works at  Nerdy programming for a healthy salary and benefits. His backpack carries a MacBook Air, but looks like it should carry a lumberjack’s axe.
He is the Lumbersexual. 

Seen in New York, LA and everywhere in between, the Lumbersexual is bringing the outdoor industry’s clothing and accessories into the mainstream.
Whether the roots of the lumbersexual are a cultural shift toward environmentalism, rebellion against the grind of 9-5 office jobs, or simply recognition that outdoor gear is just more comfortable, functional and durable, the Lumbersexual is on the rise.

Let’s have a look at the spectrum of the Lumbersexual. On the beginner’s end of the spectrum, here’s Ryan Gosling dabbling in the Lumbersexual look while arriving on the set of a Hollywood film. Notice the Jansport Pleastanton , a leather lumberjack-style pack complete with laptop sleeve, and the RedWing 875 work boots.

Not fully embracing the full lumber in Lumbersexual, this cleaner, still slightly urban look, we suggest, should be described as “MetroJack.”

The MetroJack has even been seen wearing pieces inspired from mountaineering. He might be wearing a Patagonia heritage jacket, or some technical Cordura nylon pants that look great in the low light of the bar, but also provide protection from a chain-saw blade. The MetroJack’s reasonable grooming habits increase his likelihood of finding a MetroJill.

The “Vermont” retro-mountaineering glasses are among the best selling models from Julbo this year.

The look appears in its most extreme form on the runways of Paris.

On the other side of MetroJack is the advanced LumberSexual.

Actual lumberjack — going pro with work clothes and a Stihl saw!

The End!