BONUS NUMBER 124: AN '80s CLASSIC

(Did You Sleep With the Models?)

He retains traces of the clone look, even though he has metamorphosed from clone to Colt. Facial hair in the ‘80s was de rigeur, though usually a moustache rather than full beard. Longish hair, barbared or styled, but never an aging-hippie ponytail. A gym body, though not overly muscular. A hairy chest was prized, even if shaved on occasion, though top-to-bottom manscaping was unusual.

This Colt model, Glen Steers, is easily identifiable as a California man owing to the tan and his non-denim trousers. (It’s ironic that we featured him on the cover of our New York issue in 1984. By then, however, the clone look was fading fast. It was, after all, a 1970s phenomenon that lasted into the first years of the following decade.)

Whatever a gay man was wearing — or not wearing — the intent was to project a masculine image, sometimes a hypermasculine one.

At the bottom of the page, I’ve added a panel of Glen Steers photos that prove his chameleon-like ability to mutate from an Uptown look at midday to after-hours sex club with just a change of outfit.

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