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Gay clothing stores first started appearing in American cities in the 1960s. They were usually owned and run by gay men that used to be involved with the mainstream fashion industry. What set these stores apart was that they tended to sell and design male clothes that were shape hugging and/or revealing at a time when mainstream men's fashion looked down on this. By the 1980sthe fashion industry started to incorporate gay men's fashion sense and thus make it mainstream. At this point many of the original gay men's clothing stores started to close. | Gay clothing stores first started appearing in American cities in the 1960s. They were usually owned and run by gay men that used to be involved with the mainstream fashion industry. What set these stores apart was that they tended to sell and design male clothes that were shape hugging and/or revealing at a time when mainstream men's fashion looked down on this. By the 1980sthe fashion industry started to incorporate gay men's fashion sense and thus make it mainstream. At this point many of the original gay men's clothing stores started to close. | ||
| − | Among the most popular of these stores were: | + | Among the most popular of these stores were: |
| − | + | [[Ah Men Shop for Men]] | |
| + | [[All American Boy]] | ||
| + | [[The Casual Man]] | ||
| + | [[Conrad Germain Designs]] | ||
| + | [[The Haberdashery]] | ||
| + | [[International Male]] | ||
| + | [[Malepak]] | ||
| + | [[The Man's Boutique]] | ||
| + | [[My Mother Lives in Cincinatti]] | ||
| + | [[That Look Clothing Store]] | ||
| + | [[Town squire]] | ||
| + | [[Undergear]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:44, 23 December 2010
Gay clothing stores first started appearing in American cities in the 1960s. They were usually owned and run by gay men that used to be involved with the mainstream fashion industry. What set these stores apart was that they tended to sell and design male clothes that were shape hugging and/or revealing at a time when mainstream men's fashion looked down on this. By the 1980sthe fashion industry started to incorporate gay men's fashion sense and thus make it mainstream. At this point many of the original gay men's clothing stores started to close.
Among the most popular of these stores were:
Ah Men Shop for Men All American Boy The Casual Man Conrad Germain Designs The Haberdashery International Male Malepak The Man's Boutique My Mother Lives in Cincinatti That Look Clothing Store Town squire Undergear
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