With windows closed to the outside, anyone drawn to the party lights and disco music inside was forced to enter to find out what was going on.
GAY SEX BLACK STRAIGHT IN PUBLIC OUTSIDE WINDOWS The architect of the A&F aesthetic was photographer Bruce Weber, who had worked at the time for brands such as Calvin Klein. “But it was done in a way that went unnoticed by the target audience, the typical cool, straight college guy.” Guys hammering biceps hanging from a tree, guys doing push-ups in unexpected places, half-naked guys having a great time.Īnyone who was paying attention would see that there were a lot of gay men involved in defining that aesthetic, says journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis. “But that fashion and definition of masculinity caught on with gay guys in the late 90s.” “Bruce Weber wasn’t the first to recreate these homoerotic, pretty-boy scenes that date back to Ancient Greece,” he says. GAY SEX BLACK STRAIGHT IN PUBLIC OUTSIDE WINDOWS.
