The cover model is gorgeous.

Like I said, this guy’s name started with a “K” and I think he was paired with either Jean Morocco or Andre Pagnol. I get the two of them mixed up but I think it was Jean because this model had a tattoo on his arm. You can’t even Google “black Bel Ami model” now because it will instantly pull up Austin Merrick.

I’m late in responding but thanks. I hate that BA removed their Bel Ami Models site where you saw all of their models, old and new. Strangely, I can no longer find their only black model from back in the day. His name started with a “K” and I seriously am trying to find him again.

Hmm, I had posted a link where you can see the current Tim. I’ll try again:
http://www.belamitour.com/belamionline/17045/tim-hamilton-then-now/

Whatever happened to Tim Hamilton? I’ve seen Tommy Hansen and, like Jake Andrews, he has a tattoo on the side of his hip.

They have their duds but they are few and far. Sometimes the “duds” just need a little care. I didn’t much like Dario Dolce when he first came but after a while I became a huge fan.

Hm … I’m not sure where the misunderstanding was, but to be clear, my point was that I never got into Undergear fully because when I started reading it, they were erasing the bulges. I still subscribed because it didn’t cost anything, and neutered eye candy was better than none. But the difference to me with the exercise magazines had less to do with bulges anyway and more to do with the whole body being visible. I’m a leg man.

I think you misunderstood me- what I meant was that nowadays, if I see something like that I assume it’s photoshopped since nothing is put out anymore without retouching, but back in the day, I could believe that the bulges and definition I saw were real. And there were all those mesh undergarments that basically showed it all! I agree about the athletes posing for these shots, though…. I think they all have a healthy dose of narcissism and got off on people admiring them. I certainly do!!!!!!!

Here’s the thing: I’m just old enough to remember when Undergear and International Male were the opposite. You refer to Photoshop, but obviously Photoshop hasn’t been around forever. Before Photoshop, there was airbrushing, and it was usually used to de-enhance the frontal bulge. I remember when they finally stopped doing that and started letting the men be men. Once that change happened, the exercise magazines got more graphic too. To me, the wow moment was when EMO put Gabe Kapler on the cover with basically a stocking cap over his dick, not only because his scrotum and shaft were showing separation on a magazine cover, but also because he was a pro athlete. It was impossible to say this wasn’t sexual (just like the Pumping Muscle franchise couldn’t say their nudity was nonsexual when the photographer started fondling the models), which meant that he was in on it and had to be doing it at least partly for pleasure since that rag could not have paid as well as his baseball contract. I don’t think he’s gay but I’m certain that he knew he was posing for gay men, and at the time, that was a big deal to me. Bigger than his big delicious nutsack.

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e07f96639adbcc0eae9a572dea712219b1e2b1af001a9e3cc5d532c75253f761.jpg

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d902493dd53beede0860966a669c66c4fefe6e4860c3aa20b998b860c295bf23.png

I agree with you, but he’s actually still handsome. I think it’s because of too much doing exercise.

Men’s Fitness was OK, but the thing about Undergear is that they would always highlight the actual shape of the cock. Now, I’m sure that it’s photoshopped, but at the time, it was the allure of Forbidden Fruit of the Looms… I couldn’t get enough! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8be90bef34ccfb3114ed65331167422113555f5da5572e4dbbe3dae1161ebbfa.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e5a539f5d9db8c639d540c666b261616c3baa248b772320faa90230483428075.jpg

That doesn’t surprise me. I thoroughly enjoyed Undergear, and the strapless jockstrap blew my mind (I almost died imagining the photo shoot). But I never jacked off to it. Exercise for Men Only was more my speed.

http://imgs.zinio.com/dag/500634000/2011/416179071/cover.jpg

It may or may not surprise you to know that I used to masturbate to the Undergear catalog.

Any port in a storm, eh?

Agree. Poor man is not aging well. The body is shredded, but the face is not handsome as it was before.