Anyone remember the Sears catalog of '75-76?

[agayguy]

I vaguely remember this being a topic of discussion. I was a teenager at the time.

http://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/the_man_on_page_602

 

[gsdx]

I don't remember that year in particular, but I clearly remember when I was a kid sneaking off with the Sears and Eatons catalogues to browse the mens' underwear pages. The bulges were rounded (dancer's cup or mannequin molded), but I was always curious what made that bump.

 

[agayguy]

There was even a song written about it. I remember hearing it.

 

[roadtripboy]

I used to look forward to the International Male catalog. They didn't pad things so everything looked smooth. The underwear was tight, often mesh and you could see clear outlines of everybody's stuff.

It was borderline porn.

 

[Charon]

I read about that on Snopes once, I doubt that's his pecker though.

 

[BiMeGuy]

I have actually heard of this. Although, I have never seen this add before. Nice post.

 

[gsdx]

We didn't have that controversy here. We had Simpsons and Eatons. In 1952, Sears made a deal to merge in Canada and Simpsons stores became Simpsons-Sears. In 1978, the Hudson's Bay Company bought out Simpsons-Sears and changed the name to Sears Canada, but some of the older stores retained the Simpsons-Sears name. Some of the stores were overhauled and opened as The Bay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_(department_store)

Sears still exists up here, but Eatons, once Sears biggest competitor and mainstay of malls and shopping centres, wouldn't keep up with the times and their stores looked just like all the other department stores instead of the prestige shopping experience it once was. Both Sears and Eatons offered catalogue shopping, but Eatons dropped it in an effort to save money. It helped, but not enough, and they went bankrupt in 1997 (bad management was the main culprit) and finally folded in 1999 after over a century in business. Ironically, many of their stores were bought by Sears.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton's

 

[BillyT]

I remember us getting both the Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Wards Catalogs. Us kids would fight over the Christmas Catalog to look at the toy sections.

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[johaninsc]

I used to look forward to the International Male catalog. They didn't pad things so everything looked smooth. The underwear was tight, often mesh and you could see clear outlines of everybody's stuff.

It was borderline porn.

oh yeah. I remember those well

the hottest issue I ever had was the Expedition '93 issue on the far right

 

[vacancy3]

Hilarious.....I don't remember that. Thanks mate

 

[Cormac135]

I don't know how you all coped.

 

[dudeal]

Oh yes, Sears and Eatons catalogues.......When you first realized you may be gay.

 

[jockofstrap]

I use to check out the athletic supporters and men's underwear in catalogs.

 

[rareboy]

Disappointing to find out it was an ink smudge or printing error all along.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

oh yeah. I remember those well

the hottest issue I ever had was the Expedition '93 issue on the far right

The eighties called. They want their `saxuality` back.

 

[Dashriprock3172]

When I saw Brian Buzzini who was an International Male model in Playgirl with an ERECTION. I beat off for years to that

 

[rareboy]

We didn't have that controversy here. We had Simpsons and Eatons. In 1952, Sears made a deal to merge in Canada and Simpsons stores became Simpsons-Sears. In 1978, the Hudson's Bay Company bought out Simpsons-Sears and changed the name to Sears Canada, but some of the older stores retained the Simpsons-Sears name. Some of the stores were overhauled and opened as The Bay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_(department_store)

Sears still exists up here, but Eatons, once Sears biggest competitor and mainstay of malls and shopping centres, wouldn't keep up with the times and their stores looked just like all the other department stores instead of the prestige shopping experience it once was. Both Sears and Eatons offered catalogue shopping, but Eatons dropped it in an effort to save money. It helped, but not enough, and they went bankrupt in 1997 (bad management was the main culprit) and finally folded in 1999 after over a century in business. Ironically, many of their stores were bought by Sears.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton's

And now the anchor store in the Eaton Centre is now Nordstrom's...which we found to be full of hugely overpriced goods sparingly displayed in a banal overlit setting.

I remember the days of 'Eaton's uncrates the Sun' in the winter months...it is too bad that the Generation of Eaton kids that destroyed a retail empire were so inept.

 

[gsdx]

I remember the days of 'Eaton's uncrates the Sun' in the winter months...it is too bad that the Generation of Eaton kids that destroyed a retail empire were so inept.

The last time I was in the Centre, Eaton's was still the flagship and going strong.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

I'm not sure if you guys have heard this story.

In 1975 the Sears Spring catalog first featured a new male model. His handsome features quickly caught the attention of a lot of people. Male models were, with the exception of young Tom Selleck, mostly invisible in popular culture.

This new guy wore everything from formal dress to industrial work clothes. But it was in the 1975 Sears Fall/Winter catalog that this new model became the pin-up boy from Sears.

Many people swear the model was showing the tip of his manhood while modeling a pair of boxers. I think it was just a printing error cuz if he was showing - he was the best hung guy in America!

Sears never revealed the name of their new model but his photo appears online under the name Gary Bimson.

The website "Plaid Stallions" made Gary Bimson a mascot under the name "Brick Mantooth" and has turned his "70's era good looks into quite an interesting take on 70's culture and fashion.

http://www.plaidstallions.com/