Lots of gay guys will tell you that the moment they knew they were gay was when they lingered in the underwear aisle of a department store as a kid, ogling the torsos on the packaging. Another version ...

With the release of the documentary “All Man: The International Male Story,” a writer reflects on his formative experience with the International Male catalog during adolescence. By Erik Piepenburg ...

For gay men who came of age in the 1970s through the early 1990s, hiding the “International Male” catalog, which somehow seemed to magically appear in the family mailbox, became a rite of passage.

In this circa-1980s behind the scenes photo, Dallas creative and former 'International Male' catalog art director Maureen Dalton Wolfe (left) helps style an unidentified model for a shoot. The ...

“Victoria’s Secret for men.” That’s how International Male, the clothing catalogue founded by Gene Burkard is described in the opening moments of Bryan Darling and Jesse Finley Reed’s “All Man: The ...

At the peak of the 20th century, a mail order clothing company known as International Male would go on to transform men's fashion and inspire many trends and conversations about masculinity and ...

The catalog was more than a place to peruse the latest fashions. It reshaped society’s definitions of masculinity. By Elisabeth Vincentelli When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

For countless gay men of a slightly earlier era, the International Male catalogue provided a portal to fashion… and fantasy. Handsome men with chiseled jaws and muscled bods filled the pages of IM, ...