I was scrolling on Instagram and UnderArmour is doing a new campaign with François Arnaud, from Heated Rivalry. This campaign features him in HeatGear collection in a sweaty, see through, white shirt. UA has long been a brand that we associate with sports gear fetish and spandex in general. I think they need to embrace the kink side of their brand. The prime example is the jocks, the spandex jocks are fucking amazing, the first gen was made for a cup, but the send gen were just spandex jocks. These are jocks that need to be made year round. I'm curious you guys thought on the brand and the kink side.
I don't mean to be a boner-killer, but looking at who their key market demographic is, I don't see Under Armour or any other major sportswear company doing that and jeopardizing the positioning, branding, and identity they've spent years and ten's of millions of dollars to create. I suspect Speedo would give anything to break the association of their swimwear with gay men, which sadly, and like it or not, is a major reason they have no hope of ever going mainstream. They've gone so far as to file lawsuits against bloggers who created Speedo-centric fetish websites, on the basis of trademark infringement and damaging their reputation. UA is great gear and I love the look and feel of some of it as much as the next guy, but I think we just need to enjoy and do our thing. UA is a mass-market brand, and as a group, we as fetishists wouldn't add up to even a decimal point of market share.