In this era of much-discussed masculinity, toxic, fragile and otherwise, won’t you please consider Fabio? Trends may come and go, but the timeless model and “actor”, now 62, has remained a benchmark for a certain standard of male beauty — bronzed and shaved, hard-chested but soft-hearted, and with that signature mane of golden hair.
This is a man whose extraordinary physique has advertised Gap, Versace and Nintendo — although many feel his most enduring campaign was for I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! — and who arguably paved the way for successive generations of male models, everyone from David Gandy to current fave Jordan Barrett. He has long been a one-word byword for the most swooning, sweltering, silly romance — and today he doesn’t disappoint. You can’t have good sex without good love, he tells me.
