Ryan Murphy‘s production of The Normal Heart was remarkable for a number of reasons, but in between the incredible performances, the compelling script and Matt Bomer‘s bare ass were some pretty great ’80s fashions. Below, let’s take a catwalk down Memory Lane with some vintage ads detailing the best (and worst) from the decade of excess and parachute pants.
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What did I tell you about those parachute pants? No beach look should be complete without them.
pierre
Oh god, remember the International Male catalogue??
Billy Budd
Hot men have always existed. But the 80’s were a mistake fashionwise.
hudson
@pierre: lol. yup and thinking it was all hot.
samwise343
I promise you, 30 years in the future, people will laugh about what we wear now.
hotshot70
@pierre, I LOVED IM catalogs. The models showed bulge with detail! Before I was old enough to legally buy gay porn magazines, those IM and Undergear catalogs helped me thru those “LONG” nights!
Stache99
I think that’s why allot of them were laughing. You’d be laughing too if you had to pose in allot of that cheese wear.
Stefano
@samwise343 : exactly !
carey579
The 80s and even up to the point in the 90s – it seemed they were unapologetic about downright SEXY men.
robho3
OMG I had that fur lined leather jacket! What was I thinking?
barkomatic
Ok I’ll just say it–I used to love 80’s clothes. The guys in the ads are hot no matter what they wear. Lol
JackT
This montage is best viewed with the soundtrack of Duran Duran’s Rio playing.
Mezaien
Do they have to be all whites?.
ocdj63
Nothing worse then Hot men from the 80’s in colors disturbing to nature. Umm my whole graduating class…go ’81. You should see my COLOR yearbook photo outfit.
domen8r
listen, i still get the International Male catalog. And enjoy them.
rcs831
I lived for the International Male, my girl friend always wondered why I got that. I told her it must have come for a previous resident.