What happened to this guy? In the 70’s and 80’s he was all over the catalogs, then he just disappeared. What was it? Drugs? Alcohol? UPDATE: Ted tells me that the guy’s real name is Carson Pirie. Fed up with the pinstripes and tailored PJ’s, he went off the grid, ending up at a hot springs in Arizona. He’s still there, sitting at the edge of a sulphur pool, handing out free towels to bathers. (Towels made, it should be noted, from the shreds of his former life: Brooks Brothers wool, JC Penny linen, L.L. Bean gingham—quilted and sewn into big, luxurious rectangles.)

What happened to this guy? In the 70’s and 80’s he was all over the catalogs, then he just disappeared. What was it? Drugs? Alcohol?

UPDATE: Ted tells me that the guy’s real name is Carson Pirie. Fed up with the pinstripes and tailored PJ’s, he went off the grid, ending up at a hot springs in Arizona. He’s still there, sitting at the edge of a sulphur pool, handing out free towels to bathers. (Towels made, it should be noted, from the shreds of his former life: Brooks Brothers wool, JC Penny linen, L.L. Bean gingham—quilted and sewn into big, luxurious rectangles.)