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Sunday, May 18, 2025
Casual Unwear
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Although the catchphrase for Abercrombie & Fitch was Casual Luxury, it really should have been casual nudity... well partial nudity. Although there was plenty of skin, both male and female, there were not vagina's or penis' on display, I don't even think we saw a female nipple, not in the catalogues anyway. Still I miss those catalogues and the homoerotic images used in advertising in the 1990's and 2000's.
When I began my on-line adventure in the late 1990's, remember hunting for the hottest shots from the seven years of catalogues. (1997-2003). The catalogue attempted a reboot in 2010, but never really hit like during it's initial The store, the company and the catalogue have all gone through some stuff since then, even the catalogues primary photographer Bruce Weber did not get out unscathed. There have been many articles and documentaries documenting the companies employment practices, and treatment of employees and models, but I have found memories of those early days.
Image by Herb Ritts
One of the hottest parts to me about the catalogue, and it's images, were the cmnm/cfnm elements. Although no one wore much, there were many shots with hot, partially clothed models, posing with other models, equally hot and nude. Given my recent focus on the cmnm/cfnm themes, I thought I'd take a look back at some of the most iconic from the catalogues. Check out my favorites on the NEXT PAGE HERE:
Saul Nanni in Supersex
'Young Rocco leaves everything behind to join Tommaso in Paris, starting a journey of self-discovery through the force that rules the world: sex.'
If you're a fan of the nude male form on television, especially shows featuring hot male bodies, you know the current hot show is Overcompensating. I've seen a lot of caps from the new streaming series on Prime Video, but as usual, I haven't started yet. I want to, I've had a few friends tell me it's great, but I'm still in the middle of watching 'hot' shows from last year.
I'll watch Overcompensating soon, probably over the summer, but currently, I'm invested in finishing the miniseries Supersex. The 2024 Italian Italian drama airs on Netflix, and is loosely based on the life of Rocco Siffredi, a famous Italian pornographic film actor. I was alerted to the show after seeing caps of actor Saul Nanni who plays young Rocco in the series. Nanni only appears in one episode, episode 2, but his appearance was more than memorable.
The 26 year actor was born in the city of Bologna in Italy, and grew up in San Lazzaro di Savena. Although he briefly moved to the Los Angeles, where he attended one year of high school, he returned to Italy to attend university in Milan. Although born to two parents in the medical field, Nanni was more drawn to acting and the arts.
Nanni got his start auditioning for a commercial, a commercial he didn't get. A casting agent however, was impressed with his audition, and help Nanni land his first role in the 2012 miniseries, The Charterhouse of Parma. This quickly led to other roles, including a run on the Italian Disney channel teen comedy Alex & Co. Nanni has appeared nude on screen at least three times, but my favorite is his turn in Supersex. Although Nanni's boxer briefs techniqually stay on, the scene is still really hot and the pulled down briefs actually for me, make the scene even hotter.
Grounded and Mischievous: Ryan by The Male Image
'It began the way many good stories often do—by accident.'
As much as we as humans plan and prepare, so many of our best experiences occur by accident. I know just thinking about FH, how many stories and posts arose after seeing an image, of discovering an artist, while putting together a piece on someone or something completely different. My introduction to the work of photographer Joe Mazza, (The Male Image) came from a piece I was doing on a model he'd worked with. This piece, also arose from a shoot very different than the one you're seeing here.
Joe was working behind the lens for one his leather/fetish clients in San Francisco. Ryan Centofanti was one of the models hired for the project. Joe was instantly taken with with Ryan's energy and outgoing personality. In addition to being super fun, Joe also found him both grounded and mischievous, two adjectives not often used together to describe one individual.
'We got great shots and we hit it off immediately so a weeks later, Ryan was in front of my camera, this time planned and on purpose.'
In addition to his passion for kink and fetish themes, Ryan is also an avid cyclist, currently training for the Aids Life Cycle next month. The event raises for funds for HIV and STI screening and counseling, linking homeless youth living with HIV with housing and other services and supports for the LGBTQIA+ community.. Although he took a brief break, Ryan has been cycling since he was a kid, and is glad to be back on his bike, and taking part in such an amazing fundraiser. If you want to support Ryan's ride, you can check out his fundraising page HERE:
'I have absorbed an abundance of knowledge about sexual health & diseases, the AIDS epidemic, the history of the gay community and similar topics. With having some friends who live with HIV daily and are able to live a healthy and normal life, it brings me great pleasure to be part of a fundraiser that supports the community and educates the public about HIV & AIDS issues, prevention and the stigma that still exists.'
Given Ryan's passion for cycling, Joe planned their first shoot as an outdoor shoot with Ryan riding naked on his bike. I'll be featuring those images later, but wanted to start with these shots from their second shoot together. This series was shot at Point Reyes, a popular tourist destination on the Pacific coast of Marin County in Northern California. Point Reyes is known for it's rugged coastline and majestic spaces.
I've always been struck by how beautifully Joe uses space within his work. No matter where he's shooting, whether in a studio penthouse, or a large open field, Joe always creates a visual harmonization between the model in focus and their surroundings. Although alone in the space, Joe ensures Ryan remains in focus.
Joe obtains this balance, in part, by not just the choice of location, but by also by equipping his models with themes and fashion items that bring out aspects of their personality. For their first shoot together, Joe used Ryan's love of cycling, for this second shoot, he tapped into Ryan's previous experience working as a lumberjack.
'We made an entire day out of our shoot at Point Reyes. We stopped in Tomales Bay for oysters, then headed to a wind swept field for our first location. I wanted to honor his lumberjack past so we layered him in flannel. Thirty-mph gusts of cold ocean wind blew us around as we trudged though a muddy bog to get our shots..'
FH viewers know that I love a good 'reveal', and I loved how Joe visually layered the anticipation by having Ryan in layers of clothing. As dapper as he looks in his cap, flannel and t-shirt, I enjoyed seeing each piece of clothing not only get peeled off, but also blown off by the wind. You can check out more of Joe's work with Ryan, after every piece of clothing came off, on the NEXT PAGE HERE:
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Happy Birthday today May 18th
Abercrombie & Fitch: CFNM / CMNM
Abercrombie & Fitch
CMNM / CFNM
These shots are some of my favorite CMNM / CFNM shots from Abercrombie and Fitch. Some images came from the catalogues, (late 90's through mid 2000's) others, from more recent advertising campaigns. I think all, or at least most, were shot by photographer Bruce Weber.
It's hard to think of Abercrombie and Fitch without thinking about the Carlson Twins. Weber's shots of the Twins are iconic, and the shot above one of the most popular. Yes, the brother's butt look incredible, but it's the CFNM theme that I really loved. Two hot, naked men in the middle of what appear to be a group of clothed, and very horny females really makes the shot extra hot.
There used to be sites that archived all the shots from the catalogues, but most seem to be gone. There were so many shots I remembered that I couldn't find for this shoot. Does anyone know if there's still a site with all of the old images? I used to belong to a Yahoo group that had a huge collection, but just like the catalogue, it's no longer available.
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