31/08/2026
Geoff and Ricky were “Plaid Stallions” of fashion for the Sears Fall Catalog, Circa 1972.
When the two boys hit their first day of school wearing the clothes gifted to them after the shoot. Pounds of cafeteria oranges, apples, hotdogs and dodge balls went flying in their general direction.
After four hours of hiding in the principal’s office to avoid any more altercations, Ricky, donned in the plaid jumper shown above, raced for his life sprinting to his mother’s car as she waited out back, but was harpooned and fell to the ground just before reaching the car.
Geoff was picked up by his father, a stunt driver in Hollywood, and the two crashed through the front gate, barreling through a gaggle of fashion protesters paid for by the schools LGBTQ Alliance club.
Sadly, the two boys were transferred to different schools, where tube socks and running shirts were all the rage. Sears subsequently stopped gifting wardrobes to its child models, citing “unforeseen risks associated with being dressed like a pair of upholstered ottomans and released into the wild.”
Geoff and Ricky never modeled together again. But to this day, whenever they see a plaid jumper, they instinctively dive behind the nearest refrigerator.
