Thursday, March 5, 2026

Jeans

“Lean back against the truck,” Steve said. “Let the light hit you.”

Dennis shifted, arms folding as the fly fell just right—the denim pulling hard, angling left.

Steve watched through the lens.

“Like this?” Dennis asked.

Steve smiled. “Exactly like that.”


Image 1 - Dennis Love


“I wish I had invented blue jeans. They are the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant.” - Andy Warhol

Cutoffs and jeans were--literally--cut from the same cloth, but jeans were the real uniform of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Common laborers like mechanics, farmers, and truck drivers wore them...as did rockstars and Hollywood heartthrobs. Jeans were simultaneously practical, sexy, and cool. Everyone wears jeans now, of course. But in those days they seemed especially at home on men—broken in, sun-faded, and molded in all the right places. Let’s just say denim could be very…informative.


Image 2 - Barry Hoffman aka Jeff Rearson



Image 3 - Bill Lake aka Mike Doll (thank you for the ID, Pat!) (in the john)



Image 4 - Tiger



Image 5 - Paul Seton and friend



Image 6 - Phillip



Image 7 - Unknown Model (getting a hand)



Image 8 - Judd Ross



Image 9 - Unknown Model (with viser and bottle of Perrier)



Image 10 - Don Summers (left) and Dan Donovan (right)



Comments?

Do you have info on these models or any great stories about men in jeans?

6 comments:

  1. Dennis Love wears them well 😍

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  2. There is something about men in Levis.

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  3. Image #3 is Bill Lake, who later used the name Mike Doll when he posed for Old Reliable. Also did a couple of films for Nova.

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    1. Thank you, Pat. I made the update;)

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