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Gone forever are the days of young men lounging around swimming pools like baby seals, ever so tenderly massaging coconut oil onto their glistening, glabrous pecs ... chest hair is back!

Okay, maybe not forever. But at least for a little while, there will be significantly more body hair to sweep off the red carpet at the end of the night. Trend-spotters have taken notice of the pelt's resurgence after the naming of actual-wolverine Hugh Jackman as the sexiest man alive in People magazine, and the loving, extended shots of Jon Hamm's sprawling nipple cozy on "Mad Men."

Observers have suggested that the trend's source may lie in the increased appeal of the archetypal Manly Man in times of financial hardship. Depending on your tastes, the return of Burly may be a blessed reprieve from costly, over-hyped metrosexual preening.

Perhaps thinking he'd hop on this "natural-look" train, chest-hairless Brad Pitt recently announced his goal to bring back the Moustache (foofy spelling intentional). We say: Nice try, Brad -- it would take at least 35 of your "moustaches" to equal the mighty chest hair of our babydaddy Clive Owen. Come back when you've got something a girl can lose her rings in.