The End of International Male & Undergear

[+ Gar1eth]

lookin' good, Rob!....but that sofa!....holy jeez!

 

 

Actually I think I still know-or knew someone in the recent past with a similar sofa. In fact it might be my parents. I like it.

 

Gman

[rvwnsd]

lookin' good, Rob!....but that sofa!....holy jeez!

The sofa looks like a print International Male might have featured on a shirt in 1998.

[Rudynate]

I loved the models but I thought the clothes were silly. I used to think, " Who would actually wear this stuff?" There was another similar company with a similar line, long gone now called "Ah-men," same type of models, clothes that were all skin tight and codpieces.

[Rudynate]

Although they just closed their Chelsea store, with a sign in the window saying "See you in California." Too bad, too, cuz some of the sales waifs were fucking hot.

 

Kevin Slater

 

 

Some of their knit garments look pretty nice.

[rvwnsd]

I loved the models but I thought the clothes were silly. I used to think, " Who would actually wear this stuff?"...

 

A guy I had a date with about ten years ago, that's who. He showed up wearing a leopard print silk shirt and gauze pants. The man looked absolutely ridiculous. Over the course of conversation I learned he shopped almost exclusively at International Male.

[Rudynate]

A guy I had a date with about ten years ago, that's who. He showed up wearing a leopard print silk shirt and gauze pants. The man looked absolutely ridiculous. Over the course of conversation I learned he shopped almost exclusively at International Male.

 

 

Exactly. The look was unmistakable. If anybody approached me sporting the IM look, I reflexively dismissed him as a lightweight.

 

Years ago, I took some classes in Japanese brush painting. I had produced a particularly nice painting and I was getting ready to add that final stroke that would have ruined it. Before the brush hit the paper, the instructor said, "Know when to stop!"

 

Some of the IM designs weren't bad, but their designers had an uncanny ability to ruin a nice garment with unnecessary doo-dads and gaudy prints. They didn't know when to stop.

[+ Charlie]

Several years ago, my spouse bought some l t-shirts through the catalog, and they still look good today.

[jimboivyo]

A brief comment on their clothes and other tight or skimpy attire; when I came out a few years ago (I was over 60), my first best friend convinced me to buy clothes that made "me" feel good and to stop worrying what others might think about my dress. I have followed this ever since. Now I have a large collection of Andrew Christian underwear and 4-5 very skimpy bathing suits which I do wear and wear them proudly. They pass the test of making me feel great when I put them on.

 

Sad to see em go. They were pioneers in bringing some sexy men to my mail box!

[tanman4u]

What timing. Just last week I was thinking about them and went to the website and thought, gee they only have like 5 swimsuits and a few pieces of underwear. A couple of days later this thread hit.

[AdamSmith]

Years ago, I took some classes in Japanese brush painting. I had produced a particularly nice painting and I was getting ready to add that final stroke that would have ruined it. Before the brush hit the paper, the instructor said, "Know when to stop!"

 

Way off-topic but anyway: somewhat similar with writing. A magazine editor I knew advised his writers to draft their article, then delete the first and last paragraphs and see if that didn't immediately make it better.

 

Dr Johnson put it best: "Read over your compositions, and where ever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out."

[BaronArtz]

Some of their knit garments look pretty nice.

 

I absolutely LOVE Rufskin's knit shirts ... so perfectly tapered. These shirts just totally enhance your look. Love them.

[Rudynate]

I absolutely LOVE Rufskin's knit shirts ... so perfectly tapered. These shirts just totally enhance your look. Love them.

 

I do like to flaunt my torso. How do the sizes run?

[rvwnsd]

...Some of the IM designs weren't bad, but their designers had an uncanny ability to ruin a nice garment with unnecessary doo-dads and gaudy prints. They didn't know when to stop.

 

One of my former F-buds worked for them as a systems analyst. He told me that even their own staff used to laugh at some of their designs.

 

Several years ago, my spouse bought some l t-shirts through the catalog, and they still look good today.

 

Some of their merchandise was great. I bought some socks there that I absolutely loved.

[+ friendofsheila]

I liked the store. Going there was my first trip into West Hollywood as a teen.

[+ friendofsheila]

The catalog was to gays what the Sears catalog was to the straight boys.

[+ friendofsheila]

I remember seeing a nightshirt in their catalog. It was cut very short and had matching bikini underwear.

 

Most exciting to see, for a high schooler like me.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I'm still bitter I'll never be able to find another pair of 'onionskin' running shorts.

 

And where will I go for cheap faux mink now?

 

[+ oldNbusted]

Ha ha, a bar buddy gave me one of those tuxedo shirts from there after one of my oxford shirts got ripped up when we were dancing. He said the problem with getting anything from them was that, since every gay guy got the catalog, everyone would know exactly where you got it.

 

Shirt on the cover shown here

 

https://jezebel.com/5039045/the-international-male-1986-holiday-catalog-the-recockulous-jackpot

[kewtex]

http://i61.tinypic.com/280sk83.jpg

 

Oh, @Robster, you look marvelous!

[bigvalboy]

I miss my white Ton Sur Ton....

[+ oldNbusted]

I miss my white Ton Sur Ton....

 

Is this it? That does look like the gay version of a Member's Only jacket.

 

http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/lambchop1219hotmailcom00.shtml

[bigvalboy]

Is this it? That does look like the gay version of a Member's Only jacket.

 

http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/lambchop1219hotmailcom00.shtml

 

LMAO...But it looked better 30 years ago, then again, we all looked better 30 years ago.

[bigvalboy]

Is this it? That does look like the gay version of a Member's Only jacket.

 

http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/lambchop1219hotmailcom00.shtml

 

BTW...I love the new avatar!!

[+ 7829V]

I'm still bitter I'll never be able to find another pair of 'onionskin' running shorts.

 

And where will I go for cheap faux mink now?

 

That's balboa park

[+ oldNbusted]

BTW...I love the new avatar!!

 

Thanks! I aspire to a custom title "Burl Ives stunt double"