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"Growing up, Kyle Smith did not like sports. 'I was scared of the boys in sports,' said Mr. Smith, 31, who is gay."

"He described himself as the type of teen who was way more interested in watching 'The September Issue,' the documentary about the inner workings of Vogue.... He was... named the first-ever fashion editor of the National Football League... with a directive to use fashion and style to reach new audiences through the league’s media platforms. Mr. Smith works with athletes to create and share content — photos or videos of them showcasing their off-duty style at events like men’s fashion week — and helps players and teams build relationships with traditional fashion media brands like GQ and Vogue. At Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, he will be part of a team covering what players and other notable attendees wear to the game during a new red-carpet segment...."

From "Did You Know the N.F.L. Has a Fashion Editor? Kyle Smith’s job isn’t quite like any other in professional sports" (NYT).

৬৪টি মন্তব্য:

Lexington Green বলেছেন...

Until the NFL has a trans (not just gay) fashion consultant it is a fascist organization.

RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...

Talk about queering the pitch...

Peachy বলেছেন...

Are we paying for this thru USAID? I hope not.
If not - carry on. I have little interest in fashion. whatevs.
I just see it as Hunger Games.

Kate বলেছেন...

Tunnel Runway started, I believe, with the WNBA. Now the men are getting into it, and why shouldn't they? Athletes are tall and fit -- beautiful clothes hangers. I like it much more than seeing waifs who are models.

Howard বলেছেন...

The white NFL fashion sense is flannel and shorts

PB বলেছেন...

What would Butkus think?

RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...

Kyle Smith hot-takes:

Underage Chief's fan (go Chiefs!) dressed in warchief feather-bonnet: 👎
Greenbay Packers cheese-hat: 👍
Cheerleading outfits for every NFL team: 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

RCOCEAN II বলেছেন...

Thanks Mr. Smith for being a Living Gay Stereotype. But anyhoo, why not have a fashion editor, it may attract female fans. Which the NFL is always trying to do.

Dude1394 বলেছেন...

And I have no problem with that, none at all.

RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...

Kate, above, is already sold.

mindnumbrobot বলেছেন...

This is why the Super Bowl needs to be one week after the Conference Championship games. 2-weeks leaves too much fill time for irrelevant stories.

Tattycoram বলেছেন...

I just want to point out there's another Kyle Smith in the public eye: he reviews films and plays for the Wall Street Journal and the New Criterion. He also served in the military (a lieutenant in the Gulf War) and is married.

jaydub বলেছেন...

To quote a famous American, "I really don't care, Margret."

Rocco বলেছেন...

Kate said…
…Athletes are tall and fit -- beautiful clothes hangers.

Except offensive linemen and defensive tackles.

FullMoon বলেছেন...

Althouse once identified uniforms as "costumes" . Apt description for some opposing teams, and fun word to use after a few beers while watching the game with friends

Narr বলেছেন...

I'll definitely start watching now.

Kate বলেছেন...

Hawt is hawt, dude. And don't kick those defensive linemen to the curb. Not everyone likes skinny quarterbacks.

Curious George বলেছেন...

...and women softball players.

Rocco বলেছেন...

Tattycoram said…
I just want to point out there's another Kyle Smith in the public eye: he reviews films and plays for the Wall Street Journal and the New Criterion. He also served in the military (a lieutenant in the Gulf War) and is married.

Another Kyle Smith is the head coach of the Stanford basketball team.

Peachy বলেছেন...

Anything to do with Anna Wintour - No thank you.

RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...

"And don't kick those defensive linemen to the curb. Not everyone likes skinny quarterbacks."

More cushion for the puntin'

Paddy O বলেছেন...

I'm hoping they start spending most of the game doing heartwarming stories about the background of the players too. Only 30% of the actual game is shown but it expands the audience

Jersey Fled বলেছেন...

The last NFL swag I bought was a Wilbert Montgomery jersey in 1980.

BUMBLE BEE বলেছেন...

On the catwalk...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92NIDBiWlrY

n.n বলেছেন...

Transgender spectrum (e.g. homosexual orientation) is trending.

boatbuilder বলেছেন...

I remember when Phil Sims was doing a Patriots game way back when. Belichick was wearing his rumpled hoodie with the sleeves cut off. Sims said "Now there's a guy who could use a little queer eye for the straight guy."

boatbuilder বলেছেন...

Since it's already scripted for the Chiefs to win, why not?
(Kidding--sort of--I'm just a Pats fan longing for the old days).

MayBee বলেছেন...

One of my favorite features! The fit posts of NFL players on twitter and instagram are great. Two years ago, Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson did a review of the tunnel walk looks of the players pre-Super Bowl and I loved it so much. So much better than the Oscars and Grammys. Those guys have so much fun, and they guys who aren’t into it? That’s fun too.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

You have to be so careful with plaids.

Hey Skipper বলেছেন...

He writes excellent reviews — I read them even if I don't care what he writing about.

rrsafety বলেছেন...

Why can't the story be about a fashion guy rather than a GAY fashion guy?

RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...

Because fashion is a gay-owned cartel. It's in their manual (Vanity Fair). Even the ladies have trouble breaking into the biz.

Lazarus বলেছেন...

Do not direct your hate mail at the Kyle Smith who writes for National Review and the New York Post. I could be wrong, but I do not think that he is the same guy.

It's been a slippery slope since Joe Namath appeared in a panty hose commercial, but football players can afford everything else, so why not a gay fashion consultant?

Namath probably does have a fashion consultant. That's why the fur coat he still wears makes him look like an Eskimo, rather than an elderly matron from Scarsdale.

Rocco বলেছেন...

Kate said..
Hawt is hawt, dude… Not everyone likes skinny quarterbacks.

[Jared Lorenzen liked this comment.]

mikee বলেছেন...

Tunnel Runway started with pro boxing and pro wrestling, not the WNBA.

Paul বলেছেন...

Well this guy Kyle can just go invent gay sports... or trans sports... I DON'T GIVE A SHIT.

Jaq বলেছেন...

Maybe they should spend the money on eyesight screening for their refs. Just saying.

Jaq বলেছেন...

Speaking of the WNBA, I just watched my first women's college basketball game, and the only thing I could think of is Robert Crumb must love this sport.

Fred Drinkwater বলেছেন...

Actual LOL upon reading "NFL has a fashion editor". Thanks, Althouse.

donald বলেছেন...

Teh ghey as fuck.

RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...

Crumb loves him some thunder-thighs, I caught that reference!

Anthony বলেছেন...

College football players have been doing that for years, too. Now, of course, they can get paid for Whoever they're Wearing.

Valentine Smith বলেছেন...

So what publication does he actually edit?

Jupiter বলেছেন...

It's kind of cool when someone catches a long, long pass. They're all running around, and then they realize the ball is in the air, and start to jockey to get under it, and they all go up, and someone comes down with it. Kind of cool. It's disappointing when it's incomplete. But it wouldn't be impressive if there were no defense. Just two guys playing catch with a funny-shaped ball.

Jaq বলেছেন...

The Mississippi Indians, pre contact, used to play a sport where one guy would roll a stone shaped like a wheel as far as he could, and another guy would throw a spear and try to hit as closely as possible to where the stone ended up. They used to build stadiums to play this sport. I think that the Mound Builders played this sport, and there were still a few tribes that played it after contact in the Southeast. Anyway, it kind of seems like an abstract version of football.

—Hang on while I go over the ChatGPT to see if I can find what it is called...

It was called Chunkee.

Narr বলেছেন...

Angelfood McSpade. Now there was a WOMAN.

IamDevo বলেছেন...

Just one more reason why the NFL must die. And by, "die," I mean expire, end, exeunt, shuffle off this mortal coil, become an ex-parrot and go the way of the dodo bird.

BUMBLE BEE বলেছেন...

Yes, I remember Arnold Stang!

JIM বলেছেন...

I've seen some of the 'tunnel runway" fashion, unfortunately. Stop doing that. Seeing an NFL player carrying a purse is a WTF moment. And the WNBA is a total clown show.

Clever Pseudonym বলেছেন...

Butkus dont think, Butkus smash!

rastajenk বলেছেন...

The War on Women continues unabated.

One Fine Day বলেছেন...

The circuses need yet more novel gladiator acts in order to keep the plebs entertained.

As I lie awake in bed at odd hours of the night I like to contemplate just what percentage of the US economy is rooted in entertainment. It's nice that a market economy is able to monetize enjoyment and pleasures, and that such entertainments as we can find are not merely the province of the wealthy and powerful.

Fred Drinkwater বলেছেন...

But what about the beautiful plumage?

Jim at বলেছেন...

Just one more reason why the NFL must die.

It died for me when they started that kneeling bullshit. Haven't watched a second of it since. Including the Super Bowl. Fuck 'em.

Ampersand বলেছেন...

The end zone needs to have signs like END CIS-HETEROPATRIARCHY.

RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...

"The end zone needs to have signs like END CIS-HETEROPATRIARCHY."

...or SPIKE YOUR BALLS HERE U BIGOTS.

typingtalker বলেছেন...

" ... said Mr. Smith, 31, who is gay."
Being gay is headline-level important because ... ?

Mason G বলেছেন...

It's the NYT. You have to know he's gay so you know what to think about him.

LakeLevel বলেছেন...

Butkus just pawn in game of life.

RCOCEAN II বলেছেন...

Why important? Because Mr. Smith is proud of being Gay. And the NFL is proud of having a Gay in a high paying position. And its a nice hook to the story, "Gay Guy doesn't like NFL Football, but he works for the NFL as a fashion editor".

It'd nice to see a survey of Gay sports watching. I'd guess it tracks to female attitudes. Stuff like Figure skating or soccer at the top, Football and boxing/combat sports at the bottom.

RCOCEAN II বলেছেন...

Usually among Gay Film critics, Horror, Musicals, and Drama are at the top, Westerns. and action movies at the bottom. Crime movies are liked better when its Female Detectives or serial killers are involved, less when its macho cops like Dirty Harry or Sam Spade detective types.

walter বলেছেন...

Gotta allow max profiteering off it.

Lazarus বলেছেন...

Maybe the story isn't that he's gay, but that he's that kind of gay, rather than a macho bear who roots for the Lions or the Bears, but those guys are probably also in need of a queer eye for the gay guy when it comes to fashion sense.

JAORE বলেছেন...

whew. I was on the fence about watching the Super Bowl (Go Chiefs) until now. Knowing a gay (hey, did you know he's gay? Wow a man in the fashion profession is gay. Thunderstruck here.) man has such a position in the testosterone awash NFL has settled the issue.
Can I still eat our traditional hot wings during the game or is that a bit too butch?

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