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20 Aug, 2008

Michael Phelps Sports Illustrated Cover - A Halter Top?

Posted by: AJ In: Gay Sports| Hot Men ()

Is it just me or this Sports Illustrated cover featuring Michael Phelps looks like Phelps is wearing a red halter top cum bikini top?

Michael Phelps Sports Illustrated Cover

Michael Phelps Sports Illustrated Cover

This photo of Michael Phelps is the cover for the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, photographed by Simon Bruty.  What is significant about this photo is that the styling and “accessorizing” are inspired by a photo taken 36 years ago:

The photo above shows one of the greatest Olympic athletes of all time, Mark Spitz.  In the 1972 Munich Olympics, Spitz won seven gold medals and this photo was taken of him wearing all of them.

So which do you like better?  The red halter top or the bling bling?

Sources: Baltimore Sun Phelps Photo | Mark Spitz Photo

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7 Responses to "Michael Phelps Sports Illustrated Cover - A Halter Top?"

2 | maverick

August 20th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

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i like mark spitz’s picture better - he looks like a pornstar!

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3 | mao

August 21st, 2008 at 8:24 am

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The first time I saw it, I actually thought it’s a tank top! Silly me…

I like Mark Spitz’ pic better.

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4 | Remcyl

August 21st, 2008 at 6:30 pm

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Even the hotness of Phelps’ couldn’t save him to have a better cover than Spitz.

But despite the cover to never make it through Tyra Banks’ standards of fierceness, the bigger mistake here was the choice of who was to take the picture. Bruty should go back to his photography 101 for allowing such grotesque outcome.

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5 | Agathe Buch

August 21st, 2008 at 8:21 pm

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I have heard the halter top comment before, and I think the photo of Spitz just works much better, a lot due to the fact that the style of the medals work for the picture better. I also saw on CNN that the photgrapher only had 10 mins with Phelps to take the picture.
There is also the issue that the photographer failed to get Phelps’ suit in the shot, giving him a naked appearance, whereas Spitz’s red white and blue is clearly visible!
It’s cool that they used Spitz’s photo for inspiration, but Phelps’ pic is definitely not better!

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AJ Reply:

@Agathe Buch:

I agree with you completely! They should have shown his swimsuit, or even just a little bit of it.

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6 | Bill

September 20th, 2008 at 11:34 pm

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I think the red halter top looks better, but they could have used a different background color then red. Funny how they both have a similar pose though.

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