I spent a really interesting afternoon with Alan Rosenberg (check out Alan's Blog here )looking at his collection of magazines and catalogs, I.D, Rags, East Village Eye, Soho News...etc etc, but what really blew me away were the catalogs by Parr of Arizona, some pretty unique gay clone wear from the 60's and 70's.
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I grew up in Phoenix back in the 70's. I saw a small add in the paper for a swimsuit called "painted rocks", sold at Parr of Arizona on either 7th St. or 7th. Ave? I baught my first item and to this day, still purchase from them on Camelback Rd. Still in business!!
wow! I remember that add! "Painted Rocks" and it was a young long hair blonde about 18 modeling it! a Black and white add about an inch by an inch! haha!! MY GOD!! I was just a young boy at the time, but I got turned on by that add!! I wanted one of those bathing suits!! More than that, I wanted to meet that boy in the add!! :)
The suit was printed with indian hyroglifics on it!! What a blast from the past that is!! Haven't thought of that in over 30 yrs!
Cool
Nice you guys look had much fun.
Amazing! LOL
I too, grew up in Pheonix and saw that 1X1 add in the paper. I was in my teens and found my way down to 7th St. and baught that Painted Rocks bathing suit. I wanted to look like that blonde!! :) I wore that bathing suit until it rotted off me! (it actually fell off me one day while sliding down the flumes).
Got lots of sun on the salt river in that one! (back when wearing a speedo did not bring giggles from the crowd).
I loved it so much that I wore it under my jeans almost every day, just to be prepared in case of an emergency swim! haha!
Saw lots of after hours house pools and hot nights on the desert smoking funny cigs!
I worked at Dr. Munchies in Scottsdale and was known for my painted rocks bathing suit!
To anonymous:I too worked at Munchies...who are you?
Parr is good memories for me. Found ad in the back of mens mag and sent for catalog @1972. Living at home with my parents and would come home from work at lunch to 'secure' the mail. I didn't realize at my age that Parr would continue mailings and I'm sure that my mom/dad intercepted some of the brochures. Parr racers were my favorite swimwear but I did a few others including the painted rocks which was impossible to keep on when wet (it was a cotton blend). I wore it publicly once. Swimming in the ocean was too much for it and it showed way too much of everything. I was constantly adjusting to cover my ass and pubes (your dick wasn't even safe with this suit). Now the 70s (unisex style) were a lot more open as was mentioned in another post and you could wear bikini cuts with ease, particularly if you were walking with your girl in your arms.
Also like the jr. sport trunk in black with white trim which I coupled with a white tee shirt. I wore it all the time and everywhere, lived in it. It got a lot of attention in big city. I still have it but it's disintegrating, once in awhile I'll sniff it to bring back the good times.
Loved finding this blog and have lots more memories about this kind of thing. I was big into super low rise jeans. Something about the fit and feel and those sexy lower abs.
(only complaint with parr swiwmear was the short drawstrings).
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