| Author | Message | ||
     shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 2077 Registered: 5-2001 |
Lydia, You HAVE to save that jacket for your daughters! | ||
| emmie Supporter Username: Emmie Post Number: 416 Registered: 3-2002 |
Hey guys, Yes, save those jackets!! I was talking about the age 50's somethings that still wear their high school jackets now, like all the time. Well, maybe I'am just jealous because I never had one. I know a former middle school coach, in his 50's, who used to wear his high school football jacket whenever he went into NYC. He always said that no one would ever "mess with" him as long as he had his jacket on. I guess he thought he looked really tough. Not making this up here. | ||
| Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 2368 Registered: 5-2001  |
I'll tell ya what really burns ME up, boy. It's those guys I work with down at The Plant who think they're so sharp, just cause they've got one o' those nifty MOL lunchpails. Yessirree, Bob. Why, the way they strut around all day totin' those damn boxes, you can tell they've got nothing else on their minds but that five o'clock whistle, when they'll all march out to the bus for home, settle back with a Schlitz, and get online.  Listen, even Monahan, the Plant Foreman, is afraid to stand up to 'em. I called him out about it just the other day, and he says to me, "Hey, ya think I want to risk bein' shut out of all the good threads? Not THIS Joe!" I jus dunno... | ||
| Dave Moderator Username: Dave Post Number: 5008 Registered: 4-1998  |
Sure, we can do that. | ||
| mwoodwalk Citizen Username: Mwoodwalk Post Number: 260 Registered: 9-2001 |
I think there's a sort of "casual chic" to sandals--preferably birks--with white athletic socks. Or perhaps thats the recovering Deadhead talking. | ||
| bets Supporter Username: Bets Post Number: 980 Registered: 6-2001  |
If you need socks with your birks they weren't your birks to begin with. I do miss that Grateful Dead thing. | ||
| Bobkat Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 7270 Registered: 5-2001 |
Met a 50 something guy at the airport wearing a John Hopkins' lacrosse jacket. He had played there in the 1960s and had gotten the jacket at a reunion. He was there with a bunch of high school girls from California who had won a girl's lacrosse tournament. Didn't look bad to me, but while I still have my high school and college letter jackets I wouldn't have the nerve to wear them, except maybe at a reunion. Years ago a coworker and I were going to a funeral in Rumson. We stopped at a real estate office to get directions to the church. My coworker couldn't stop talking about the real estate lady with the airbrushed nails, so I guess they can have some effect on some people.  | ||
| Debby Citizen Username: Debby Post Number: 1565 Registered: 5-2001 |
Hey Soda... Was that black Monahan or regular Monahan? | ||
| Wendyn Supporter Username: Wendyn Post Number: 1270 Registered: 9-2002 |
Embroidered holiday-themed sweaters. Sweater vests. Or any vests on a woman for that matter. My mother loves them. She lives in Texas and will put them on in the fall/winter and then sweat the entire time. Some fashion statements are worth being uncomfortable, these are not. | ||
| ffof Citizen Username: Ffof Post Number: 3255 Registered: 5-2001  |
uh-oh...what am I to do with my polar fleece vest that I wear everyday? | ||
| Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 2371 Registered: 5-2001 |
Light & Sweet Monahan, Deb. #;0} | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 2078 Registered: 5-2001 |
I love vests. Not western ones, though I did have a bunch of suede ones in the late 80's early 90s that I wore with cowboy boots, but now I like vests like the Gap warmest vest and anything else that will keep my warm enough when I don't actually need a full jacket. | ||
| Strawberry Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4314 Registered: 10-2001 |
For the record Dave Ross is a snappy dresser. | ||
| Wendyn Supporter Username: Wendyn Post Number: 1271 Registered: 9-2002 |
Actually the coat type vests I don't mind. Just hate the almost-a-sweater kind. But then I am almost always cold, so a vest just doesn't do it for me. | ||
| eliz Supporter Username: Eliz Post Number: 958 Registered: 5-2001 |
Peg leg jeans/pants on women - please, no one looks good in that fit. Bootcut yes - classic no. Pleated khakis - repeat after me - pleats are not your friend! (that goes for men and women) Athletic socks with khakis or dress pants. Socks with designs (like animals or ice cream cones or holiday designs). | ||
| Dego Diva Citizen Username: Fmingione Post Number: 195 Registered: 12-2003 |
I think that just about all the styles of jeans that are out today are a faux pas... -Dark jeans with very obvious faded spots in the thighs and butt so they look well-worn when they're actually brand-new. -Jeans with "whiskers" in the crotch area. -Flare-bottom jeans (flare bottom anything, for that matter). -Super-size jeans that are too baggy to stay up. -NEW jeans that are frayed and have more holes than the ones you're throwing out and trying to replace (I swear I saw these at Old Navy) And the #1 worst jeans of all time... ACID WASHED JEANS! | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 1881 Registered: 5-2001  |
Dego Diva! Thank you!! I knew I was forgetting something I wanted to mention. Acid washed jeans - can you say 'trailer park'?! HIDEOUS! | ||
| Wendyn Supporter Username: Wendyn Post Number: 1272 Registered: 9-2002 |
If anyone watched American Idol last night they pretty much know "what not to wear". And I am so glad I have Tivo. No way could I watch AI without it. | ||
| Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 2375 Registered: 5-2001 |
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| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 4520 Registered: 5-2001  |
Couples who dress in matching khaki pants and polo shirts. In fact, couples who dress in matching anything. I'm not a big fan of khaki pants and polo shirts either, but it seems to be the American uniform these days. |
