It has already been noted that fash

It has already been noted that fashion drawing is largely concerned
with presenting an ideal figure rather than an actual body shape
and this principle also applies to drawing men. Physical gender
differences must be taken into account and are usually emphasised
in order to assert a position of masculinity, depending on the desired
age and attitude to be conveyed. In fashion drawing terms, men can
cover a wider age range than most fashion drawings of women,
rather like male models whose careers tend to extend beyond their
female counterparts. The male figure can be elongated to nine or ten
heads in height; when compared to the female figure the torso is
longer and correspondingly the overall leg length is slightly shorter,
particularly the lower leg from below the knee. Perhaps the most
striking difference, however, is the emphasis of muscle tone, which
is applied more readily to the male figure. When drawing male and
female fashion figures on the same page, the male figure should
stand slightly taller than the female, or at the same height.