--- title: Men Are Shaving Their Chest Hair Into Bikini Tops description: According to trend-tracking listicles, it's officially #ChestHairBikini season y'all. canonical: https://time.com/3101294/men-are-shaving-their-chest-hair-into-bikini-tops-because-oh-wait-theres-no-good-reason/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-11T19:46:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:21.735Z og:title: Men Are Shaving Their Chest Hair Into Bikini Tops Because… Wait There's No Good Reason og:description: They did not wake up like this og:url: https://time.com/3101294/men-are-shaving-their-chest-hair-into-bikini-tops-because-oh-wait-theres-no-good-reason/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Men Are Shaving Their Chest Hair Into Bikini Tops Because… Wait There's No Good Reason twitter:description: They did not wake up like this twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Men Are Shaving Their Chest Hair Into Bikini Tops Because… Oh, Wait, There's No Good Reason by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 11, 2014 7:46 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 11, 2014 7:46 PM UTC We don’t know why men are choosing to manscape their chest hair into the shape of bikini tops — both [halter](https://twitter.com/JackassToys/statuses/443490676055875584) and [strapless](http://websta.me/p/432647722050603641%5F48693409) for easier tanning — but according to trend-tracking [listicles](http://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/men-shaving-their-chest-hair-into-bikini-tops-is-the-trend-y), it’s officially #ChestHairBikini season y’all. > [](https://twitter.com/973/status/498862550679703552) Advertiser approved! > [](https://twitter.com/cremocream/status/486908042391207936) Granted, the all-natural mankini isn’t exactly a new revelation. It has been ongoing since the invention of Spring Break and tequila shots, but it is reportedly [reemerging](http://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/men-shaving-their-chest-hair-into-bikini-tops-is-the-trend-y) on the beach scene…whether you asked for it or not. Here’s one of photos that started the [trend](http://www.bustle.com/articles/30972-these-chest-hair-bikini-tops-are-the-latest-menswear-trend-to-hit-the-beach-and-its), which dates back to at least Sep. 2013 on Twitter: > [](https://twitter.com/BenFindlay83/status/375876638623682560) Everyone pack up your towels, it’s time to go home. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3101294/men-are-shaving-their-chest-hair-into-bikini-tops-because-oh-wait-theres-no-good-reason/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3101294/men-are-shaving-their-chest-hair-into-bikini-tops-because-oh-wait-theres-no-good-reason/"},"headline":"Men Are Shaving Their Chest Hair Into Bikini Tops Because… Oh, Wait, There's No Good Reason","datePublished":"2014-08-11T19:46:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:21.735Z","description":"They did not wake up like this","url":"https://time.com/3101294/men-are-shaving-their-chest-hair-into-bikini-tops-because-oh-wait-theres-no-good-reason/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","viral","fashion","selfie","beach"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3101294/men-are-shaving-their-chest-hair-into-bikini-tops-because-oh-wait-theres-no-good-reason/","name":"Men Are Shaving Their Chest Hair Into Bikini Tops Because… Oh, Wait, There's No Good Reason"}}]}] ```