Greetings, fellow armpit lovers! Recently, I saw an interesting new documentary, streaming on NETFLIX, about the store ABERCROMBIE & FITCH. The film is entitled "WHITE HOT: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch".
Since I use to work at the mall, the movie fascinated me. Naturally, the pictures and videos of the company's models were a big attraction as well!
Click the play button to watch the official trailer on YouTube:
The film brought back so many fond memories of my time working at the mall, as well as the great allure of that trendsetting, sexy store.
Although I was a young, OUT & PROUD, gay guy, I was waaaay too nervous, conservative and shy to enter ABERCROMBIE & FITCH. I was certain I could never get pass the hunky, bare-chested, greeters at the door without making it physically obvious that I was extremely turned on!
What normal teen girl or red-blooded gay male could keep a cool composer around those shirtless hotties!?
I must confess, I was a HUGE fan of the A&F shopping bags that traveled through the large department store where I was working!
I wondered, "My goodness, what kind of delicious smut is this!!!???" --- It was especially thrilling to see groups of straight, jock types walking around, holding those bags featuring all that "gay eye-candy"!
Photographer Bruce Weber was a big part of the company's success. His photos advertised a sexy, all-American "preppy"-ness, that most young men at the time aspired to obtain.
The company's smokin' hot shopping bags, catalogs, posters, videos and billboards were extremely homoerotic, barely PG rated, and borderline fantasy porn.
As former A&F model Bobby Blanksi (a.k.a. "the armpit guy") says in the documentary, "They literally made so much money marketing clothes by advertising them with no clothes on."
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| Bobby Blanksi |
Yes, Abercrombie & Fitch had ads in color --- beautiful, exciting advertisements that rivaled many a pic in my favorite HONCHO or BLUE BOY magazines!
However, I personally always found the black and white photos (as well as the Sepia tone ones) to have more of a timeless, classic appeal. --- Of course, the pictures that featured underarm shots always held a special place in my heart, and still do.
The ads were controversial, plus sadly lacked diversity, but back in the day, the Abercrombie boys were all the rage among mall shoppers and the gay community of my town!
And now, for your enjoyment, here are a few favorite A&F photographs I recently found online:
Well Pit Pals, I hope the armpit pics stirred up some fond memories and a bit of excitement for you too!
Now, although the photos never inspired me to buy a certain garment from ABERCROMBIE & FITCH, I was always hoping to someday get up the nerve and go into the store to buy something,... anything, just to get one of those sexy shopping bags to keep under my mattress! 😍
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[NOTE: Pictures collected for the collage, the gif, clipart, as well as the pit pics and video used for this blog entry were all found online.]
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