>>509039172I haven't seen those pics posted here in a decade, they're hilarious.
"Besides being objects of heterosexual desire, the Legionโs stylised appearance also speaks to a queer male gaze, as author and critic Huw Lemmey remarked in 2017 when these images last surged through Twitter.
Todayโs tight-shirted Legionnaires, exempted from the armyโs strict rules on beards and tattoos, do indeed resemble queer fantasy figures in uniforms which might seem tailored more for catwalks than parade-grounds when seen from outside Spain. As multiple Twitter users joked this time, โWho designed these uniformsโTom of Finland?,โ referencing the artist whose erotic illustrations of soldiers, bikers and policemen with larger-than-life bare chests and bulging groins have gone down in queer history."
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/40007/who-designed-these-uniformstom-of-finland-the-real-story-behind-these-viral-photos-of-spanish-soldiers