The more I look at this magazine, “Hustler” (the male version, no relation), the more subtleties I see. This is in some ways the most stylish gay porn magazine I’ve ever seen! I’ve already blogged extensively about the wallpaper, the bedsheets, and the page layout. This time I was going to write about just the clothes, but there is sooo much more to drool about. Read on. 

But what about the clothes? In a word, delicious. Look at that lamb’s wool vest. Sonny Bono made those vests famous along with the matching fur boots. But don’t stare at it for too long cause in 30 years you might wrap yourself around a tree while skiing just like poor old Sonny did. (BTW, was Sonny Bono sacrificed for bad fashion or for being a Republican? Hmm.)

Beyond the vest we see both budding porn stars wearing the same style collarless shirt with zipper and a big round pull tab. I had one of those shirts, too. In brown. And don’t forget the jeans with bleach spots! I remember having to put bleach spots on my own jeans because you couldn’t buy them in stores that way until sometime in the 1980’s. 

But let’s look closely at the rest of this 1970’s fashionable gay porn tableau. Besides the fashion disasters, there is also the velvet couch, a look that never really goes out of style, I guess. But prior to the 1970’s you’d only see velvet couches in whore houses. The carpet is not shag, but it’s green sculptured carpet that was almost de rigueur in the day. (My sister chose the same color and pattern in three different residences during that period.)

Moving on, posters pinned to the wall were never allowed prior to the hippie days of the 70’s either. The chain lamp is a nice touch. (I have one just like it in the basement.) But the one iconic item that I almost missed is the velvet painting on the wall! Score! I think we have a winner here!

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COMMENTS ENCOURAGED: That Shirt Is So Gay…

Since I got a lot of responses (laughter included) about the fun, fabulous examples of high style from the gay porn magazine I just added to the VIP Room entitled “Hustler”, I will give you some more teasers.

Did you like the sheets and gaudy page layouts so far? How about checking out the wallpaper this time? I remember having this same pattern of chubby naked women on my shower curtains back in the late 1970’s. The shower curtain came with the apartment, and I simply had to keep it. That pattern was prevalent in a lot of different fabrics and household items at the time. It was also very scandalous to sell that anything with naked women in places like K-Mart and Sears, but it happened.

See for yourself why I love the style of clothing, wallpaper, page layouts, and bedsheets. Oh, and did I mention the chain lamp, too? It’s not to be missed!

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I just added a magazine called “Hustler” (no, not THAT Hustler!) to the Vintage Bareback VIP Room. I think this magazine should win some sort of award for style. Gosh, where do I begin? I guess it can be broken down into four areas of style: clothing, wallpaper, bedsheets, and page layout. Each area has things that make this magazine very, er, special. 

I’m going to start with the bedsheets. Oh, do I long for the days when designers were given free reign to create bold, outrageous fabric patterns simply for the exercise of going one step further than anyone else – and in colors not found in nature. These patterned checked sheets were considered tasteful at the time, but today, even Walmart wouldn’t carry them. Personally, I think they’re awesome, but unless you’re shooting porn, who even sees your sheets anyway?

The magazine has faded so much it’s hard to tell what color the sheets are supposed to be. The pillows look like black and purple, but the rest looks like either blue with brown or blue with green. Either way, those color combinations are back in style today!

Both these pages also give examples of 1970’s style in the area of magazine page layout, too. Notice the use of filigree and fleur de lys pasted to the page for no other reason than… I don’t know. Time Magazine should do more of that instead of so much text. Who really reads that stuff anyway?

Stay tuned for more samples of frighteningly fabulous style from Hustler Magazine (the good Hustler) over the next few days. Or better yet, just join the VIP Room and see for yourself. Comments gladly accepted.

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