None of this stuff surprises me at all; mens fashion has been going this way for a very long time--long before this "metrosexual" thing started being the talk of mainstream press. Most of my male friends (gay and straight) wear snug Diesels and black shirts for years, and when I lived in Italy, I learned to spot American men by the fact that they were the only ones wore baggy khakis or cargo shorts.
When was A&F ever fashionable?