Just how low can men get?

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br />Pop quiz: Why are girls jealous of Arnold Schwarzenegger?<br /><br />Answer: ''Coz his boobs are bigger than their''s!<br /></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="27.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><img src="/photo/560328.cms" alt="/photo/560328.cms" border="0" /><br /><span style="" font-size:="">Low: Yash Birla</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Indian men may not be competing on the size front, but where cleavage is concerned, male chests sure seem to be creating as much of a stir as their female counterparts did a few years ago.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Yash Birla''s fashion sense apart, John Abraham created a stir when he walked into an awards show recently with a neckline that reached his navel! </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">"If I''ve got a well-toned physique, why shouldn''t I show it off," asks former Mr India, Aryan Vaid."After all, besides the arms, the chest is the only thing a man can show off."</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">"Whatever women can do, men can do better —cleavage showing included," says actor Ashmit Patel. </span><br /></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="27.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><img src="/photo/560329.cms" alt="/photo/560329.cms" border="0" /><br /><span style="" font-size:="">Lower: Aashish Chaudhry</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">"Recently, David Beckham carried off the sarong with such style, don''t be surprised if we catch on to that, too."</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Designer Manish Malhotra admits that low-necked kurtas and shirts for men are indeed the flavour of the season. "It has to do with the confidence levels that men exude," he says. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">"Guys are no longer insecure about being called fashionable. And with the workout culture becoming a lifestyle, showing the top of your abs is, in some ways, rewarding."</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Interestingly, Sheetal owner Dhiren Shah feels this is just a passing trend. "Even earlier, men used to keep their shirts unbuttoned almost till their tummies, wasn''t that showing ''cleavage''?" he asks. </span><br /></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="27.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><img src="/photo/560330.cms" alt="/photo/560330.cms" border="0" /><br /><span style="" font-size:="">Lowest: John Abraham</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Aryan Vaid has another explanation. "Wearing trinkets and jewellery around your neck is suddenly very in," he says.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">"And there''s no way you can do that if you''re all collared up."</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Finally, do women really want the change? Says 26-year-old ad executive Shamita Mishra: "It''s not at all a bad thing that men are getting fashion conscious and wearing what makes their bodies look presentable. But the thought that a man has anything called a ''cleavage'', now that''s a laugh!"</span></div> </div>