This belt might have once been a trophy too, it's blingy character having great appeal to a certain type of man, appeal even greater than the basic, showy, belt buckle beloved of cowboys and flaunted by others in previous postings in this mitchmen series.
However, this impressively-built man has not simply draped the belt casually round his neck as did Alexsander Freitas in Belt Use No 4 , he's wrapped it round his forearm. This could simply be a way of showing it off to us, but it's somewhat reminiscent of the arm bindings used by fighters.
Used in that context the studs and stones decoratively embedded in it would become quite dangerous. So there's an element of menace here which the stony, almost belligerent expression of the muscular model and the skull and crossbones motif of his buckle do absolutely nothing to dispel.
Is this the arm equivalent of the studded, knuckleduster beloved of street-fighters?
(Not to mention queer-bashers)
Is it a sort of 'forearm duster'?
I dare say our model here is as much a pussy as everyone else and might point to the defensive qualities of this arrangement. Let's face it, if you walk around wearing a bejewelled belt like this, you need to be prepared for the unexpected. In the picture, he actually seems to be clutching it to his chest as though someone has just demanded that he surrender it. Probably just the photographer who provided it in the first place.
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