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Just17 magazine and Rufus the model

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Gahdammit · 07/05/2025 13:04

Random bored Wednesday afternoon work discussion...

Just17 magazine used to regularly feature a model called Rufus. One person had his picture all over her wall. Another person thought he was odd looking.

We need to settle who was right! 🤣 (From a teenage girl point of view, not an adult woman perving over a topless young model! Otherwise eww!)

Who was Rufus?
Is he still a model?
Was he poster worthy or odd looking?

Personally I had no opinion on him. If he wasn't David Duchovny, I wasn't interested. 😂

YABU - I fancied him
YANBU - Nah, I'd skip those pages

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TragicMuse · 09/05/2025 10:42

Letsummercommence · 08/05/2025 22:17

I still have an original Just Seventeen batwing sweatshirt ( 100% cotton because that’s proper)

It was a reader offer. Wore it a 6th form disco. Lasted so well nearly 40 years old !

I had that! Wore it till it fell apart!

Letsummercommence · 08/05/2025 22:17

I still have an original Just Seventeen batwing sweatshirt ( 100% cotton because that’s proper)

It was a reader offer. Wore it a 6th form disco. Lasted so well nearly 40 years old !

Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
Iizzyb · 08/05/2025 22:05

twilightcafe · 07/05/2025 14:45

Roger Wright was GORGEOUS

Yes he was!!

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Gahdammit · 08/05/2025 20:51

Letsgetthiswrongagain · 08/05/2025 20:36

I was 18 when those Coats fashion pages came out - my kids are aged 14-18 and wouldn't look out of place in them now. In fact one of my 14 year olds even has the Reebok trainers in the first picture.
The kids are always asking why my their dad and I didn't keep our clothes from when we were late teens/early twenties so they could wear them now!

Do you remember in one of the teen magazines where they stopped young men in the street to ask various questions and printed a picture of them? My husband was one of them! I'm sure we have a copy of it in the loft somewhere.

I saw someone in town today wearing pretty much the identical outfit I used to love (long satin skirt with oversized woolly jumper and converse). I refuse to admit I wouldn't get a thigh into that skirt these days!

Also, I do sometimes see the floral strappy dress over a white t-shirt. I could do that again. I've been looking out for a pretty ditzy dress.

I'm waiting for the cropped jumper over an man's white shirt with big cuffs to come back. 🤣

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Gahdammit · 08/05/2025 20:45

I dont remember Malcolm but his tattoos are definitely of a time aren't they!

Thank you for the photo of Rufus. I can imagine my friends fancying the floppy wavey hair.

Zoe doesn't look very happy though does she! The face nuzzled into her neck is maybe a bit too intimate?

Looking at her hair though, I remember Just17 (it was probably them as I didn't really read other mags) did an article where they gave girls a make over and had their boyfriend (and their friend's boyfriends!?!) rate them. One girl had her hair flicked out at the bottom with a couple of small braids at the front. The boys loved it. She hated it and said she would never wear her hair like that. The interviewer asked her why she wouldn't if her boyfriend liked it so much and she said something like because it's my hair and I don't want to. It was so badass! The article finished saying that they hoped she'd reconsider because boys opinions are important. 🤣

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Letsgetthiswrongagain · 08/05/2025 20:36

I was 18 when those Coats fashion pages came out - my kids are aged 14-18 and wouldn't look out of place in them now. In fact one of my 14 year olds even has the Reebok trainers in the first picture.
The kids are always asking why my their dad and I didn't keep our clothes from when we were late teens/early twenties so they could wear them now!

Do you remember in one of the teen magazines where they stopped young men in the street to ask various questions and printed a picture of them? My husband was one of them! I'm sure we have a copy of it in the loft somewhere.

Namechange6578 · 08/05/2025 18:28

I remembered wrongly then cos I always thought Cassius was the name given to Vernon Kaye when he was modelling in those mags!

curtaintwitcher78 · 08/05/2025 18:11

@Gahdammit you really have created something magical with this post 🥹

curtaintwitcher78 · 08/05/2025 18:10

walktheplank · 08/05/2025 17:21

Here they are! I love the checked coat.

Omgeee thank you so much ❤️

Olsen · 08/05/2025 18:10

Yep it’s Malcolm and James I remember! I don’t recognise Rufus. I do recall the blonde twin lads but I liked the brunettes! Wow, really takes you back!

Butchyrestingface · 08/05/2025 18:08

Yegads, it's all coming back to me now!

Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
Habbyhadno · 08/05/2025 18:06

I loved Just Seventeen so much I ended up working in magazines. I remember my friend chasing a car down the road screaming because she (supposedly) saw James Layton in it - loser! 😄 the girl in the Rufus photo above looks terrified.

MadameSzyszkoBohusz · 08/05/2025 17:48

Weren’t the female models a healthy size back then? Slim with lovely figures but not hyper-skinny.

Thanksforyourlackofthought · 08/05/2025 17:38

This brought back memories. I bumped into Malcolm back in the day. Can’t remember if it was Victoria or Kings Cross.
Anyhoo dear readers, he was stunning irl!

Olsen · 08/05/2025 17:31

Which one is Rufus?

Butchyrestingface · 08/05/2025 17:23

I quite fancied Rufus Sewell back in the day but that ain't him.

walktheplank · 08/05/2025 17:21

Here they are! I love the checked coat.

Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
curtaintwitcher78 · 08/05/2025 15:53

No worries!

walktheplank · 08/05/2025 15:39

I've got the photos ready and waiting but can't seem to upload them at the moment! Will try again later...

curtaintwitcher78 · 08/05/2025 15:19

walktheplank · 08/05/2025 15:15

No problem! Do you want to see the other photos? I didn't want to put them up all at once in case it was the wrong photoshoot! 😄

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I would love to 😍

walktheplank · 08/05/2025 15:18

And talking of free gifts, I'm pretty sure I still have the lime green J17 purse somewhere...never used it though because I didn't like the colour!

walktheplank · 08/05/2025 15:15

curtaintwitcher78 · 08/05/2025 14:58

OMG YES!!!!! This is the very one! I've been dying to see it again, thanks so much.
I got my hair cut just like that.

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No problem! Do you want to see the other photos? I didn't want to put them up all at once in case it was the wrong photoshoot! 😄

curtaintwitcher78 · 08/05/2025 14:58

walktheplank · 08/05/2025 11:50

I've been very much enjoying this thread - I used to read J17 a lot and still have loads of copies knocking around! Is this the photoshoot you mean? November 17th 1993...(incidentally, the magazine cost 70p back then!)

OMG YES!!!!! This is the very one! I've been dying to see it again, thanks so much.
I got my hair cut just like that.

Shcab · 08/05/2025 13:58

Here’s some pics of a photo shoot that made 15 year old me want every single item of clothing on the pages. I did, in fact, have the red lace Snob dress from the last photo but in black.

Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
penmanship · 08/05/2025 13:54

Arniesaxe · 07/05/2025 23:29

I got one of those free with 'Shout' magazine. I remember that popular model on there too.. was her name Jo? Very skinny. Apparently a country girl...

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I’ve got the Shout comb! It came with the first issue in 1993 and was plastic and bright pink. I still use it to comb wet hair - I was just thinking the other day, bloody hell, this is over 30 years old now, but I’ve never found another one that does the job as well.

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