Thought of the day: Metrosexuals

Lately it seems that men all over the world are embracing mextrosexuality. Not that I am complaining, I am all for the beautification of world by ridding it of uni-brows and back hair. However, isn't there something inherently wrong when a guy self-proclaims himself as a Metrosexual? I thought Metrosexual status could only be confirmed from a close female acquaintance, who herself, has good taste. Isn't it like earning your stripes and therefore, and only then, a metrosexual is allowed to brag about his new found rank? Perhaps someone needs to tell that to all these faux-metros in Chicago...