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― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

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― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

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― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

hours of fun were had in high school by me and my best friend leafing through these catalogs. nick that photo isn't nearly as bad as the ones i remember: beefy guys with highly moussed hair and a pouty stare about to burst out of their skin-tight shirts with sleeves that barely went past their armpits.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

xpost ok that second one is pretty choice.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

obv a graduate of the lorenzo lamas school of fashionary arts.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

that guy doesn't have enough leather on.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

These catalogs are always guarenteed LOLLERZZZ.

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

hard to tell if he's wearing leather socks or not.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

Lorenzo Lamas is TEH ONE.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

Ick. Are they still selling tan-thru Speedos?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

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― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

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― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

I also remember they sold the most perplexing "athletic support" I've ever seen, basically a ring of elastic with a sock on the front.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

if ever a photo were begging to be captioned...

― oops (Oops), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

Pirates are just sexy, right? Always have been, always will be.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

they're experts at capturing booty, it's true.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

OK, so I stole the idea for this from the Something Awful SWAT Fashion column, but I honestly have never heard of INTERNATIONAL MALE before.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

HAHAHAHAHA THEY WERE SELLING THAT PIRATE SHIRT SIXTEEN YEARS AGO

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

That guy is a shoe!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

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the classic Gladiator Sandal. great for hitting the club or just hitting the streets.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

i've sent catalogues to friends as a joke before, i must admit.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

DARE I CILCK ON "THONGS"?!?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

DON'T DO IT YOUR EYES WILL BE IN A WORLD OF (banana hammock) HURT

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

haha, click on "thongs" and Coldplay's "Yellow" will take on a WHOLE. NEW. MEANING.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

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― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

We are literally bombarded with inquiries about how we select our models and how to get started in the modeling business. So we've created this section of our website as a service to you. Hopefully, we'll answer your questions about modeling for International Male and point you in the right direction if modeling is the career for you.
First off, we hire all of our models through agencies, so - much as we've appreciated your enthusiasm in sending us photographs of yourself - you're far more likely to capture our fancy when you have professional photographs and a reputable agent. Whether you aim to end up on the pages of International Male or on the runways of Milan and Paris, your first task - and it's a biggie - is to build a comprehensive portfolio of photographs. It's your most important asset. Ideally, your portfolio will include both color and black and white photographs, a great head shot, and clothing shots that represent a variety of styles. Testing with amateur and professional photographers is one good way to begin building your book. In some cases, you can arrange to work for free in exchange for prints and tear sheets.
Of course, a professional modeling agency will also be able to help you with these details. Elite, Wilhelmina, and LA Models are three of the major agencies we use. You can also find an agency near you by using the Agency Listings search tool at
http://modelnetwork.com or by looking in the Yellow Pages.
At International Male, we select our models using some arbitrary criteria to assure they will properly fit into the clothing samples we photograph. We look for men between 5' 10" and 6' 2" in height with an approximate 32" waist, 40"-42" chest, and size 10 shoe. Flipping through the pages of our catalog or surfing our site, you'll quickly see that there is no one specific look we prefer. The only common trait in the models we select is that each has his own distinctive style and a combination of personality and attitude that comes across in the photos and makes our clothing look its very best.
Of course, our height and size specifications are not the industry standard. If you don't fit into our profile perfectly, don't be discouraged. Contact an agency and look into other opportunities. Fashion and commercial models come in all shapes and sizes. If you're right for the client, you may find yourself in front of the lens sooner than you think.
Modeling can be just as much as fun as it looks, and it can sometimes bring rewarding perks to the table like exotic travel and potentially celebrity. But it's also a job like any other, and if you're going to succeed, you will need a healthy dose of professionalism and determination. It couldn't hurt to take patience and persistence along for the ride, either.
We wish you luck in your pursuit of a modeling career and hope to see you on the pages of International Male. And remember, you don't have to BE a male model to dress like one. That's what our catalog is for!
One important note: Please DO NOT send photos of yourself attached to an email. Company policy prohibits us from opening attachments.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

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― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

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― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

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― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

(with all due respect to Gear!)

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

I'm really disappointed in James Spader.

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― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

He is really tempting fate by drinking red wine in that outfit.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

I don't think so. I have a feeling it'll roll right off.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

He laughs at danger.

― Vic Fluro, Friday, 29 July 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

Do you think if someone pushed him in that ocean, and he got out, that his ENTIRE OUTFIT would be transparent? That would be amazing!

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

You guys...the model gallery!

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

GUILTY PLEASURES
Brian had a hard time coming up with a guilty pleasure or favorite indulgence but then it hit him, "Cheesecake, without a doubt, cheesecake. I love it."

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

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― Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

Bryce Buell

HOMETOWN
Bryce is a long-time resident of Baltimore.

STARTING OUT
Bryce started modeling about six years ago, and International Male was among his very early clients. During the early part of his career, Bryce found himself whisked off to Milan to give the European scene a shot.

FAMILY MAN
“I’ve always been a family man,” says Bryce, without a hint of apology. “It’s the most important thing in my life. In that sense, modeling has been a challenge for me, mainly because of the travel.” Bryce is a full-time dad and delighted to be raising his two year-old daughter.

MR. MOM
With his wife holding down a demanding corporate career, Bryce finds himself literally doing everything there is to be done on the homefront (with a little help from Betty Crocker). “I’m Mr. Mom,” he announces proudly. “I do it all.”

MOST BIZARRE MODELING JOB
“My initiation into modeling, my first job was probably the most bizarre one I ever had. I was signed to do an ad for a local shopping mall. They wanted me to look like Michelangelo’s David. Now, David was naked, of course, but they didn’t want me to be naked in the shot, so they decided to have me wear a leaf. But the leaf wouldn’t stay put, so they ended up having to clip the foot off a pair of women’s pantyhose. Then they taped the leaf to the pantyhose and had me wear it like that. David also had curly hair, which I don’t, so they had me wear a giant afro wig that they pinned down to approximate the look.

WORDS OF ADVICE
“When I was first approached by an agent, I was willing to consider taking up modeling, but I wasn’t dying to do it, and I certainly wasn’t willing to shell out $1500 for pictures or any of the other things that less reputable agencies will try to get you to pay for up front. It’s kind of neat seeing yourself in print the first time, but it definitely isn’t worth paying out of pocket. In my case, I’m in the business to make a living—not because of my own vanity.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)

xpost

OMFG - is that, like, a summerweight nightshirt? or is he being prepared as a sacrifice in some sort of unspeakable (dare not speak its name?) ritual?

he looks happy. poor bride of kong doesn't know what's coming.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

He looks chagrined to me. NOT VERY PROFESSIONAL MODELLING, DUDE.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

spot the fake smile

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

Can we go back to Neo there upthread for a second?

Seriously, what's with that getup... in that room? Leather pants and nehru collars vs wood paneling FITE!

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

Yep, not a gay among those models. Especially not this one:

http://www.internationalmale.com/HanoverAssets/intmale/product_images/stefan_1.jpg

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

What exactly are you insinuating, sir?

“I’ve always been a family man,” says Bryce, without a hint of apology.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

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Oh wait. They're earrings!!!

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 29 July 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

n/a, you must've heard of International Male before, btw. Don't you remember? Derek Zoolander's work in International Male inspired Hansel to become a male model. DUHHHHH.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Friday, 29 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

Well I guess I've heard the name, then, but I probably assumed it was some made-up magazine or something from the MOVIE WORLD.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 29 July 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

which is a better catalog, international male or harriet carter?

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

Totally Harriet Carter, I mean they'll put your name on anything for you.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

Do I really need a thong with my name on it? I mean, hopefully anyone who sees me wearing the thong already knows my name.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

These clothes are actually from the set of European Gigolo.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 29 July 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

Owen McKibben's guilty pleasure is baked goods such as apple pie and key lime pie. Just in case any admirers were going to send him baked goods like boxes of broken glass and poisonous snakes.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 29 July 2005 23:50 (twenty years ago)

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This is called the "International Poet Shirt." I shit you not.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 29 July 2005 23:58 (twenty years ago)

"ultimate poet shirt", isn't it? which is even better.

― dasein, Saturday, 30 July 2005 14:14 (twenty years ago)

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Jose Canseco has slimmed down a bit since he got off the juice.

― Rotgutt (Rotgutt), Saturday, 30 July 2005 14:35 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

REVIVE! THIS SHIT IS TOOOOO GAY FOR WORDS!!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

tough guy leather jean:

http://www.internationalmale.com/HanoverAssets/intmale/product_images/f124zz_2.jpg

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

i find it kind of adorable that n/a discovered international male just this summer

― dabnis coleman's ghost (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

I ~~work in an office~~post to an internet message board with people who know less ~~music~~about stupid cultural phenomenon than me and it's fantastic, it really syringes my cynicism hearing people go "OMG" over ~~2002-era bootlegs~~ internation male (for instance), it reminds me what I found in those things in the first place.
-- Tom

― dabnis coleman's ghost (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 22:57 (twenty years ago)

My mother has gotten International Male catalogs.

"Why do they all dress like pimps?"

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't there an article on this somewhere recently? like the NY Press or something? it speculated on who actually dressed like this, with the poet shirts and all..

as I found out when flyering at one of their shows ($50 for 1.5 hours work, thanks Craigslist), the answer is: fans of Dead Can Dance..

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

Ned, rebuttal?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

Article here.

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Thursday, 1 December 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)

That's incredible. Somehow, even skulls on a black motorcycle look really, really gay.

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 1 December 2005 04:00 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

revive! i just found a real, paper catalog of this on the windowsill of the stairs of my apartment. i am pretty sure it is a gift from god, to me.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 04:57 (twenty years ago)

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3087

― naus (Robert T), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:05 (twenty years ago)

I've got an International Poet Shirt.

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:22 (twenty years ago)

ummm

http://www.internationalmale.com/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=10640

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:24 (twenty years ago)

problem solvers?

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:24 (twenty years ago)

only if the problem is being totally gay

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:28 (twenty years ago)

but THIS would not seem to be the solution to that problem
http://www.internationalmale.com/HanoverAssets/intmale/product_images/ae21zz.jpg

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:29 (twenty years ago)

no, wait, that didn't even make sense!

xpost to myself :(

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:29 (twenty years ago)

only if the problem is not being gay enough

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:29 (twenty years ago)

Those are padded butt boxer briefs, just in case I'm not being clear.

right! :)

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:30 (twenty years ago)

And they're on sale!

― naus (Robert T), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 12:04 (twenty years ago)

false advertizing!

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 16:29 (twenty years ago)

these guys are kinda SOL these days, what w/ abercrombie & fitch having taken over the homoerotic photography thing and all!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 16:33 (twenty years ago)

This thread never fails to make me want to watch Fight Club.

― Shiny Maroon (kenan), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 16:38 (twenty years ago)

seriously wtf is with padded front men's underpants? Yr all turning into girls.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:43 (twenty years ago)

The silk shirt guy looks amazing!

I would like to buy the top of the guy in the horrible electric-blue-jeans picture - I think in a different context it'd be a totally rad garment...

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 23:28 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

hahahahahahahahahaha click on the top link now

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 24 October 2008 17:38 (seventeen years ago)

so... doing a little idle surfing on your lunch hour?

― Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse (kenan), Friday, 24 October 2008 17:50 (seventeen years ago)

at what point does a coat become a blanket?

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 24 October 2008 18:20 (seventeen years ago)

Oh dear god, why did I visit their new URL? I hate smug male torso.

― Abbott, Friday, 24 October 2008 19:07 (seventeen years ago)

Even without the attached heads, the photos of truncated torsos alone would reek of smug.

― Abbott, Friday, 24 October 2008 19:07 (seventeen years ago)

agggh why can't we post pictures from new international male?!

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 24 October 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)

i mean there is a leather 3-piece suit

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 24 October 2008 19:14 (seventeen years ago)

waht

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 24 October 2008 19:17 (seventeen years ago)

that jacket is just ghastly.

― stevienixed, Friday, 24 October 2008 20:17 (seventeen years ago)

AMERICAN MALE

― burt_stanton, Friday, 24 October 2008 20:19 (seventeen years ago)

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