In Touch Weekly magazine is reporting today that Giorgio Armani is planning to make Taylor Lautner, who will be hosting Saturday Night Live this coming weekend, the new face of his budget fashion line for Armani Exchange. According to the mag, Lautner‘s people are denying that any offer has been made … officially … but the mag cites sources that say a deal is on the table. Could Lautner really become the new face and, well, body, of Armani Exchange?

Taylor Lautner is poised to become the next face of Giorgio Armani. According to a fashion insider, the Italian designer is trying to sign the Twilight hunk for a new ad campaign for fragrances, as well as for his more affordable line of clothing, A/X Armani Exchange. “Giorgio has offered Taylor a deal rumored to be worth millions for the ads,” the insider reveals. And although a rep for Taylor denies the story, the insider adds, “Taylor is flattered and really considering it.” If he does take the job, he’ll have some big briefs to fill. Soccer star David Beckham sent huge crowds into hysterics when he turned up at Selfridges & Co. in London to unveil his underwear ad. Taylor completely bulked up to play the werewolf Jacob in New Moon. “I went from a men’s small to a men’s large,” he says.

A men’s small to a men’s large, eh? I guess it does sound as if Taylor Lautner is grown enough to wear the pants of a full-fledged fashion spokesmodel. You know, A/X is the perfect fashion line for Taylor … it’s not too huge and yet it has ties to one of the biggest fashion houses in the world. This means he would be in the perfect position to graduate into a bigger Armani ad campaign somewhere down the line … who knows, in a few years when he’s nice and totally legal he could step into David Beckham‘s shoes, well, undies and do a major worldwide underwear campaign. Taylor‘s campaign photos, should he become the spokesmodel for A/X, will be showcased in shopping malls around the country … perfect for his target audience. This whole thing just sounds really perfect … I guess we’ll see if this report turns out to have some merit. I’m all for a collabo between A/X and Taylor Lautner … what do y’all think?

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