Take a vacation to the Italian sections of Queens, Bensonhurst, or Staten Island, and you'll have your answer.
I'd heard about this cultural phenomenon, but I still don't quite understand how it started. Was it perhaps started by the 'muscleman' types who would spend all day working out at those 'beach gyms' in Florida, California and the like? I assume the resultant tan would be a side-effect of the quest for (ridiculous) buffness.
And "Italian-American", please. You've got to be at least one generation removed from the Mezzogiorno (and more likely two or three) before you think that look works.
I can't find a pic of Gazza with hair extensions on the web. Anyone got one? I seem to remember he might have had a bit of a tan at the time. Could be my mmory deceiving me, though.
"“This shit” is Preparation H – yes, that Preparation H – and increasing numbers of local young men like Mr. Minichiello are using it for purposes other than the treatment of hemorrhoids.
“The way you use it,” said Mr. Minichiello, “is to take your shirt off and rub it all over yourself before you go to the club. It makes you look fucking ripped.”"
"“This shit” is Preparation H – yes, that Preparation H – and increasing numbers of local young men like Mr. Minichiello are using it for purposes other than the treatment of hemorrhoids.
A photographer told me years ago that it's used to get rid of bags and dark circles under the eyes of models.
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