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Monday, October 24, 2022

Lon


Color work by Lon of New York is pretty rare, but it was always very good when he did it.
This model with one of Lon's trademark columns is Jim Morris.

 

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  1. Yes, colour images from Lon are few and far between. Jim Morris is beautifully posed in this image. I have enlarged the image and I am pretty sure that Mr Morris's trunks are in fact underwear and not bathers used for posing. I think the brand is Bodyguard, a lesser-known American brand of the 1960s that targeted the sports market but was popular as underwear in the tight trousers of the period. The brief looks as if it is made from a single-ply stretch Nylon with a double panel in the front and its great advantage as day wear was that the leg seams are very reduced in size, so avoiding a VPL. That was the big disadvantage with Jockey Skants in that it was often very obvious that the Dedicated Follower of Fashion was strutting his stuff in a bikini. To quote the inimitable Ray Davies of The Kinks:

    They seek him here, they seek him there
    His clothes are loud, but never square
    It will make or break him so he's got to buy the best
    'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion

    And when he does his little rounds
    'Round the boutiques of London Town
    Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends
    'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion

    Oh, yes, he is (oh, yes he is)
    Oh, yes, he is (oh, yes he is)
    He thinks he is a flower to be looked at
    And when he pulls his frilly nylon panties right up tight
    He feels a dedicated follower of fashion

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    1. Thanks, as always, for the details on the the garment. And that Kinks song was running through my head endlessly the other day while I picked guavas.

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  2. Sure wish that he wasn't wearing trunks. They are covering the important parts!

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    1. Paste this link into your browser and scroll down for a different look: http://www.vintagemusclemen.com/search?q=Jim+Morris

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