Ken bod: Are hair-free bodies and manscaping starting to grow on men?

As more men opt for smooth torsos and legs, Suzanne Harrington asks if more women are likely to decide to skip hair removal

Ryan Gosling's abs, as Ken's abs, in the upcoming Barbie film

Chaps, how’s your Kenergy? Are your guy brows, man-icure and manscaping all set for summer? 

This is usually the kind of daft stuff women get asked, but not anymore. Today, body hair grooming is for everyone. Nowhere is this more embodied than by Ken in Greta Gerwig’s hugely anticipated Barbie movie, where Ryan Gosling inhabits the role he was 'born to play'.
“It was like, I was living my life and then one day I was bleaching my hair, shaving my legs, wearing bespoke neon outfits, and rollerblading down Venice beach,” Gosling told Huff Post. Off he twirls, with his smooth plastic six-pack, tangerine tan and perfect hairless skin. Oozing Kenergy.