Clothes you used to think were cool (illustrated)
 

I think this is a fine time to bring up our personal fashion horrors from times past.

I wore tuffskins when I was a kid. You know the jeans with the big-ass knee patches? I was teased big time.

I bought parachute pants when I got old enough to buy my own clothes,

I finally wised up, got married and now I wear what I am told.

I am a handsome man, not sure how I look tho.

i wore the same shirt 2 years in a row for school pictures once. It was a new shirt, but my mom had gotten another one because she liked it, and forgot that I had worn it the year before. pretty funny.

I not only had tough skins, I had Garanimals. Yeah, baby, yeah!

And at one point, I had an entire outfit of Dallas Cowboys clothes. socks, sneakers, underwear, jeans with a helmet on the pocket, a shirt, sweatshirt,a jacket, mittens and a knit hat.

i used to have a few pairs of these:

and i wore this same exact t-shirt all the time:

I had a T-shirt that said "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here"

And then the phrase became popular for a while and the shirt was hack and no longer clever.

And I had some men's bikini underwear until I got fat. sorry for the mental image this conjures up

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Back in the 1988 era, I wore leather ties.
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Much to the chagrin of practically every female in my life, I have less than zero interest in flashy dressing. So I don't have any past fashion disasters to apologize for. My mom despaired at my choice of a plain black tuxedo for the prom when light blue and taupe (think Ben Stiller in "There's Something About Mary") were all the rage for tuxes.

I now have a suit and a couple sport coats that I drag out for special occasions when needed, and my tuxedo for concerts. But beyond that I pretty much wear khakis and button-down shirts, with occasional jeans and tshirts. Mrs. Dallas considers it insufferably boring, but it means I don't have to think about what I wear and that's how I like it.

Bolo ties. God, I feel so dirty.

Just wait for Cellar gear to get hot.

Leisure suit. Miami Vice wear. Baja pullover (whatever we called those rough cotton things). Carharts. Its been a long strange trip.

jeans with a chinamen collar button down and a vest.

and a woven leather belt.

I was a child of the 80's coming of age in the 90's. It was not a pretty time to be clothed.

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If I didn't know better, I would swear you were my brother by that description. Are you into classic rock and car engines? :)

I'm hoping everyone else is too young to remember Nehru jackets & fruit-boots...
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Hey, I had one of those Baja pullovers! Man, I was the shit when I wore that thing back in the day. The chicks would come running, and I -- well -- I would have no idea what to do.

Ah, the late 80s. A time when it was okay to wear fluorescent colors.

And if that wasn't enough, you had shirts that changed color when touched. HyperColor was sweet, as long as you never put it in the dryer.

I had MC Hammer Pants at one point. And Jelly Shoes.

Oh god I was not going to mention it but now I feel I must. I had a pair of fluorescent green and another pair of orange stirrup legging pants. Oh god I shudder to think of it.

Wow, there is an actual site dedicated to 80s clothes:
Clothes of the Eighties.

Ah yes:

Bandanas tied around knee area
Bangle bracelets
Big Earrings
Buttons (oh I had such a collection of these!)

I was mainly an accessory gal. All those designer clothes just didn't fit gals like me. So, I had to make my frumpy gear look cool..heh! :D

Nope, had 'em.;)

weird but back in the early 70's every body at school was ragging on me for wearing overall and camo to school while they all wore disco jeans and platform shoes , but by the late 70's folks were comeing up to me asking where i got good camo pants , "Army boots " and camo jackets . Weird how that style keeps comeing back !!!!

That's someting I can't understand. Why everybody has to wear camo? These are my working clothes. Imagine how people would look when somebody would dress like a doctor or a nurse :D

Nope. And Nehru shirts, as well.

Silly..

Obviously, if you dress as a doctor or a nurse, there are far fewer good hiding places available. Scrubs and lab coats just aren't as versatile as traditional camo.

How long would *you* last in the field if you could only seek concealment in hospitals and medical outpatient facilities?

Sheesh...gotta teach this kid everything. :D

In the early '70s, I owned and wore a lime green, double-knit leisure suit, with a red dress shirt, dark purple shoes with about a 3-inch heel, and a cane. To church. And no, I'm White, and had actually - though it seems incredible, I know - stopped doing drugs at that point in my life.

I just wish I still had that suit - I could wear it down to the ballpark when they have 'Back to the '70s' night. Add a few chains and a big-hair wig, and they'd probably let me throw out the first pitch.

I didn't like 70's fashion then, either.

Well, I started out liking it alright...

OK, I take that back.. no VOLUNTARY fashion disasters to live down. But there is a family portrait from sometime around 1974 featuring my brother (age 12) and me (age 5) in polyester leisure suits.

I spent the last half of my lunch break looking for clothes like the ones you just pictured...big bell denims with a white belt.

I had the matching Pat Boone white buck shoes, too.

I'm having a hard time locating the men's plaid bells online, though.

Re: Noodle's pic.
 

Lame coincidence: I'm getting ready to drive up to Fort Collins for the weekend for a weekend of drunkenness and debauchery. God, I miss that town.

It is well-known that any town wherein there is an atomic clock used for Universal Time reference will be a partyin' town, indeed.

And an "old town" area full to the brim with bars, bars and more bars. Don't forget that part.

but you can't smoke in them anymore. Elliots just isn't the same. used to have a fairly well stocked humidor, for a bar. and you could buy dunhill's. oh well, i'm supposed to be quitting anyway.

What, any of them? Fuck! I blame Boulder for this. I was thinking of hitting the Steakout Saloon tonight, but I'm not sure I want to if there's no smoking. Elliot's was on the list too. What about Coops poolside? Tell me I can smoke there!

Steakout, nope. Coop's either side, nope. Ft. Collins period, nope. If you want to smoke you have to go outside. Alternatively, the best bar out of the city limits (only 5 minutes from downtown - we're talking Ft. Fun here) is the City Limits Lounge, which is on Link Lane. It's becoming more and more popular, especially for college students. Link Lane is the cross street of Mulberry where the gay bar, putt putt, sandy's convenience store and young's liquor are.

For that matter, you can smoke in the gay bar. or at the strip club that's also on Link Lane.

If I go out tonight, I'll make sure and look for someone who looks like they might be named perth :beer:

No smoking and 3.2 beer? Oh boy, that means whiskey and hands with nothing to do. that's a recipe for a bad morning after...maybe incarceration.:drunk:

I'm imagining! I'm imagining! :D

Presumably, the red crosses are there to warn you that you are going to need medical attention when she gets through with you?

Or visa versa.;)

I thought it was just indicating a target area.

if you need a target painted on that, well then........(something funny goes here)

Army Navy Surplus, I presume?

The reason that I would consider military hand-me-downs, Pie -- although I wouldn't do camo -- is that I believe that the military has good reason to make good equipment. Used equipment also has sentimental value.

Army Navy Surplus, I presume?

Yeppers , where else can you find Tiger stripe camos and Jungle boots ??