The Young Chap In The Newsagents This Morning Had...

[sandyRoe]

 ...black fingernails.  Perhaps he'd an accident and something heavy had fallen on his finger tips, or is nail painting a thing among young men now?

[Paul22118]

Freedom of expression mate.  Possibly his way of indicating he is gay.

[sandyRoe]

 He might just be a trendsetter.  In a few months from now nail varnish might be a thing for youngsters.

[Barsel]

Boys and Men have been wearing earrings for years, so it wouldn't surprise me if some started painting their nails.

These are the sort of things my dad would never have done back in the day.

[Countrylover]

I've recently seen a few on television with black varnish who are definitely not gay.  Perhaps we are going back to the era when men dressed up more flamboyantly than women.  

Just think of the animal world in general.  We are animals too!

[1ozzy]

In nature,  the male has always been the most flamboyant.

Have you followed the trend Sandy?

[Countrylover]

I must admit to not liking men in suits and ties.  A bit of flamboyance is great.  

 

[Redhelen72]

They were wearing it in 70s and 80s

https://amp.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/jan/12/malepolish-the-unstoppable-rise-of-nail-varnish-for-men

[seekeerz]

I remember Freddie had the nails on one hand black, the other white ....but then, that was Freddie ✨☄️💥

[Countrylover]

I wish he was still around Steph. Freddie, and  Bowie!

[seekeerz]

Oh yes, Lottie ...and how !!

[Countrylover]

Icons

[roopower]

He may be a goth in his spare time - plenty of black going on then! 

[Countrylover]

I just file my nails right down .  I have a thing aout nails and find long nails  painted and decorated absolutely hideous.  

[sandyRoe]

1ozzy,

Since my hair started to disappear I've been a flat cap man.  Through thin, and thinner, I built up a collection of about a dozen.

Then Peaky Blinders came along and half the world seemed to be following their example.

From someone ploughing their own solitary furrow, fashion wise, I became no more than another cap in the crowd.

Fashion?  Bah humbug!

[THECORBYLOON]

Perhaps they had just taken a while to appreciate your bunnet and that coincided with Peaky Blinders?

[jazzyjen]

Funnily enough I noticed painted nails on a chap just yesterday. He seemed a big, manly fellow who was accompanied by his wife.