His modeling career began at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, and when he was brought to Rome to work on a motion picture, a photographer discovered him. He was a Cuban refugee who had natural talent in front of the camera. Paul Palmero is an international icon in the modeling industry. Besides Vogue Hommes, he also became cover for GQ, Esquire, UOMO Vogue and Vogue. He did catalog work for top retailers like Bergdorf Goodman. He has collaborated with Mario Valentino, Halston, and Gianni Versace. He achieved international presence and has worked with the best and world-renowned photographers and makeup artists of the industry. Tony SpinelliĪ legendary fashion icon, Tony Spinelli was featured on the cover of Vogue Hommes in 1978 and is a silver fox who is still booking gigs today. He worked for years with GQ, Armani and nearly every designer brand. Since then, he rise to supermodel status during the early 1980s. This set the trend for brands like Calvin Klein and Perry Ellis. Back then, make models were only used as props with women models, but in this photo of Jeff, he was the focus. Weber shot a scintillating photo of Jeff in his underwear in 1978, and this changed the game for male models. Jeff Aquilon was one of the few pioneers to be considered a “male super model.” He was a captain of the water polo team at Pepperdine University when he met photographer Bruce Weber in 1977. If you’re looking for the top male models of the past decades, here they are: 1970s Jeff Aquilon They are setting the latest trends, influencing a lot of other gentlemen in the process. In the past few years, we saw inked hipster hunks and barrel-chested hotties. When the ‘90s hit, brands changed the game and preferred thin teens along with the hot male models. Brands began to shock the world with stunning male nudes as their models. Then come the ‘70s, and the male model paradigm shifted from the wholesome to hypersexualized – the men you fantasize to, you know. They were wholesome and incredibly handsome – the type of men you wish to marry. The sexy gentlemen of the industry are also redefining what it means to be handsome.īack in the day, models are beefcakes who personified the all-American stereotype. It’s not just female models who are turning heads with their beauty.