Come On Out! with David Leddick ~ Episode 8

Welcome to today's episode of Come On Out! with David Leddick, where I interview my friend Kyle Pyler about his personal coming out story. Enjoy!

Men's Fashion Notes - Older Male Models & New Suits

1. Something that has suddenly arrived in men's fashion is older models. Some are guys I remember from some twenty years ago who have returned to the big-time looking worn but still handsome. Some I haven't seen before. Does this mean an end to the skinny teenage boys who have dominated the industry in recent years? Wearing the clothes those boys can get into but the rest of us can't. The older male models indicate that men's wear is going after their real buyers. It must be the recession.

2. Here are some nice suit looks:

I mentioned last week in the women's fashion news that green seems to be popping up everywhere. Now vivid blue seems to be arriving for men. I thought the bright blue look very standout, though tough if you aren't quite dark and dashing.

The gray suit with the kind of turquoisey-blue accessories in a meeting would certainly say that you might be gay but you sure know how to dress.

Handsomest Man in the World ~ Sexy Manly Man

Handsomest Man in the World yet again. I have no idea who this is and he will never know he passed a week as Handsomest Man in the World. An Australian surfer from a European men's fashion magazine. this definitely comes under the heading of masculine. And there he is, lost on the soggy sands of some far off beach. I am sure there are plenty of locals that appreciate him...

This is a Social Question...

Dear David,
This is a social question. I have been socializing with a gay couple whom I find, or should I say, have found interesting, traveled, well-informed. But now my take on them is that they are avid social climbers that want to stay with people when they travel, have you pay for most of their meals you share and overall do not really qualify as friends. How do I stop seeing them without some kind of confrontation?
~What To Do?

Dear What To Do,
You just become unavailable. In this instance, you can lie. When you run into them smile, be pleasant, say you must get together. But you never do. If they just drop by, don't answer the door. If they want to have dinner, you are just leaving town and will call as soon as you are back. Which you don't do. you must never have a meal with them. At parties, chat for a few moments and then dash off. The impression: you are terribly busy. After about three months they will get the idea.

On the Edge

Dear David G.D.,
I am at the stage in my relationship with someone I am dating where I would like to move forward to more of a commitment. He keeps saying he doesn't want to get serious yet he texts me three or four times a day. I feel we are close but don't want him to get scared and run.

He has been on vacation with his family and keeps reporting back on his young nephew, whom he adores. I have been at his apartment watering plants and see that he has several orchids that are completely dead. I am thinking of buying new ones to welcome him when he comes home. Is that too much?
~On the Edge

Dear Edgy,
Does that G.D. in your message stand for Gay Dish or God Damn? I hadn't thought about that before. To answer you, NO, do not buy flowers. My take is that his is very gun shy on anything sentimental and that is sort of "sharing a home." What I would do is buy some fun T-shirts or something like that for the nephew. He would love that I am sure and would feel closer, in that you both love that kid. I think you can pay a lot of attention to the child and it will make the two of you more and more of a couple. Try it.

Come On Out! with David Leddick ~ Episode 7

Welcome to today's episode of Come On Out! with David Leddick, where I interview my famous photographer friend David Vance about his personal coming out story. Enjoy!

Women's Fall Fashion 2011 ~ Fashion No-No's

It's Fashion Day. And today I want to talk a little to women about new fashion they can ignore. We are going through a kind of "ugapach" period in fashion. That's a great yiddish word I learned when I worked for Revlon. It means "all messed up and not good." So here's some stuff I think you don't need to bother about:

1. Fur Purses. I am very opposed to fur. Not for humanitarian reasons but because it makes you look older. As I have said before, the great beauties like Babe Paley never wore it. It adds ten years to your age. You need a swell little cloth coat. And a neat little purse. Not made of fur.

(John Galliano & Kate Moss, American Vogue Magazine)
2. Kate Moss. This is so over. I really don't understand why American Vogue would give her wedding all those pages. She's a long-in-the-tooth model. I have said goodbye to the 20th century. I think you should, too.

(Glee Cast via American Vogue Magazine)
3. Glee. I really don't get it. Are you allying yourself with the high school rejects? I promise you, you are not in that category. You get what you expect, not what you want. Expect new beauty and fun and romance, my darlings, wherever you are, however old you are.

4. Bell bottom pants. Out, I say, out! They looked terrible in the 1960s and they make your legs look shorter. Need I say more?