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"David Fung and Yena Kim are your average New York City couple. \nThey're an artsy pair \u2014 he's a graphic artist, she's a women's fashion designer. The couple share their Upper East Side apartment with a three-year-old shiba inu named Bodhi \u2014 a Japanese breed packed with energy and, Fung likes to add, \"the occasional stubbornness.\"\nThe couple chose the name as a reference to Patrick Swayze's character in the early '90s action flick Point Break. \nIn the few years they've had him, Fung said, he's enjoyed the typical \"big city\" dog life: walks through the park, a constant excitement of seeing new strangers on the street and, naturally, close encounters with squirrels too tame for their own good. \nNormal urban dog stuff.  \nOne Saturday back in January, during a nipping winter afternoon, Fung and Kim were looking to kill some time. \n\"We thought we'd combine our skills on a quick project. It wasn't even that elaborate, really \u2014 we were just bored.\"\nFor kicks, the two dressed Bodhi in one of Fung's shawl collar cardigans. \nIt was meant to be a joke. The animals wearing human clothes thing wasn't completely new material, Fung knew, but something about Bodhi just seemed to scream chic.\n\"We took a few photos and put them on Facebook. The whole idea was to have it be this 'Menswear Dog' fashion blog thing,\" he told Mashable. \"The response was absolutely crazy. A lot of friends were like, 'Are you doing this?' \u2014 so we looked at each other and thought, 'Should we do this?'\"\nSEE ALSO: Exclusive First Topless Photos of Tumblr-Famous 'Menswear Dog'\n\n\nThey did. The pair spent the next day nailing down a theme (\"Menswear Dog Fashion Blog,\" complete with real advice) and designing the Tumblr page. The blog went live that Sunday and by Monday, Fung had received an email from GQ inquiring about it. \n\"It was insane. The original joke between us and our friends was 'Your dog is so GQ,'\" he said, \"and then, the day after we launch the website, GQ actually reaches out to us.\"\nSoon, dog enthusiasts and fashion experts were sharing the website across the board. Media outlets \u2014 from TIME to Huffington Post to Anderson Cooper 360 to our office here \u2014 wanted in on the craze too. \n(Fung says Anderson Cooper's eyes really are that blue in real life \u2014 but that's a different story.) \nDespite the new Internet fame, Fung and Kim (and Bodhi) have remained the same. To be fair, they haven't had much time to change \u2014 the website's barely six weeks old \u2014 but the media appearances and fashion shoots haven't altered their lifestyle much. \n\"We both work full time, and a lot of the shoots are done sporadically \u2014 Bodhi's usually just wearing my clothes \u2014 so we tend to play it by ear.\"\nShoots last between an hour and 90 minutes. Kim snaps the photos while Fung arranges Bodhi's dapper outfits. He doesn't seem to mind the sweaters or scarves \u2014 plus, it's given Fung the chance to be a little more adventurous style-wise. Albeit vicariously through a dog. \n\"It was kind of a reflection of my personal style at first, but now it's given me the chance to take some more risks \u2014 you know, maybe put some things on him I haven't had the chance to wear yet.\" \nThere's been talk of a potential Bodhi-themed calendar sometime down the road. In the nearer future, Fung said, they're hoping to make a coffee table book of some of the snazziest outfits. Until then, they're just taking things one step at a time.  \n\"A lot of fashion blogs can be about vanity, and we definitely wanted to avoid that,\" he said. \"We're not endorsing ourselves in the least bit. This is really just about making people smile or giggle. I mean, sure, there is some legitimate fashion advice that we post \u2014 but at the end of the day, it's a dog wearing people clothes.\" \nBut damn if he doesn't pull them off like a champion. \nStay up to date with the doggie fashion tips on Tumblr. \nBONUS: Menswear Dog's Top 10 Fashion Tips \n\n\n\nMenswear Dog Fashion Tips\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhotos by Mashable"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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