Why was this kept in such secrecy? After proposing a decent list of suggestions for the next underwear superstar way back in October, it seems someone listened and took one name out of the proposed group of bulged: Shawn Mendes.
Mr. Mendes has been announced as the next face and body of Calvin Klein, a lucrative gig more for the fame and notoriety than anything else (though I’m guessing the fortune is nothing to sneeze at either). He joins a hefty pantheon of bulge-tastic gentlemen who have filled out Mr. Klein’s briefs over the years, some better than others, but all worthy of shimmying down to their skivvies for the photographs.
Shawn Mendes has been featured on this blog a number of times prior to this latest splash. If you’re too lazy to search the archives yourself, try this link of Mr. Mendes in his Hunk of the Day crowning, or this one of him showering, or this one of a gratuitously shirtless Shawn Mendes. They’re all good. As for the peeks at this current Calvin campaign, I’m a little underwhelmed. They look like they were taken at the sadly staged house in ‘American Beauty’ and Annette Bening is about to start crying because she couldn’t sell the damn thing. His bulge is woefully undelineated too; we are big on the VPL in these parts. We’ll reserve final judgment until the whole series gets released. I threw in a few shots from a former photo shoot as they showed slightly more creative expression, even with less skin.
