Showing posts with label 90s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 90s. Show all posts

Aug 17, 2014

House Horrors International

I saw this today on a friend's facebook page, and thought I'd spread the horror around.
It helps the pain, I think, when you witness something this traumatic, to have others subjected to it
with you. 

That's what I've always found.

It's like a midwestern Versailles, re-imagined in high Olive Garden "Tuscan" style.

So. Much. Brown.

 If you'd like to subject yourself to more pain, you can go here.

From the article itself:
"If the world's worst designers got together to make a showhouse, it might look something like this four-bedroom, five-bathroom house in Indianapolis. There seem to be so many rooms that the listing's mention of 1,540 square feet seems highly suspect, and no single word can describe its aesthetic. But the bedrooms with multiple beds, the overabundance of stonework, and the Holiday Inn-style balconies almost make sense considering that the home's owner was Jerry A. Hostetler, who the local newspaper describes as an "almost-famous pimp-turned-construction mini-magnate."
 






Sep 8, 2012

International Lame

So today, cleaning out some trash, I found this old copy of International Male.
Alert the Smithsonian!
Remember back in the ancient of days when this had to suffice for gay porn?
Oh, the pity of it all.
The pity of it all.

Anyway, let's take a look, shall we?

The appliqued black shirt.  Sadly the cover looks like the "classiest" thing about the whole catalog.

Striped bellbottoms. In the 90s. Let that just sink in, will you.

One detail too many on each of these. Ok, maybe twelve details too many.

Who doesn't need a sleeveless linen shirt? Or pukka shells.

The ubiquitous extra long 90s suit. Now seen only on black men d'un certain âge. In lemon.

The classic leather trench coat. It's a "staple" Isn't this what they wore at Columbine?

Two of the most hideous shirts I've ever seen. In lemon.

How many Orlons had to die for this?

And, of course, the classic linen overalls. You know you need them
The worst part of it was that by '97 all the underwear pictures were close cropped without heads or pecs and smoothed out by photoshop. Without the models in high cut thong bikinis, there really is no reason for IM at all, is there?