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In modern times clothing became boring precisely when Mark Zukerberg first revealed video of his walk-in closet having nothing but racks of identical gray T-shi
by quantadev 2y ago
In modern times clothing became boring precisely when Mark Zukerberg first revealed video of his walk-in closet having nothing but racks of identical gray T-shirts in it. Legend has it that from that day forward no striped or colored shirts have ever been seen in Silicon Valley.
Then all socks went from white to black, oddly enough.
The other clothing tragedy that happened around the same time-frame was that someone in Hollywood declared Fanny Packs to be out of style right when tight jeans came into being. This was a true tragedy for the hipsters, because fitting large phones into yoga-fit tight jeans would've been something even Harry Houdini would scoff at.
I've worn Levis 501s and used a Fanny Pack forever, and I never plan to stop.
Don't get me started on grown-azz men wearing bead or string bracelets. Nothing is more cringe than that, except for maybe flip-flops on men, but don't get me started.
- normie3000 2y ago> Nothing is more cringe than that, except for maybe flip-flops on men, but don't get me started. Are other sandals acceptable?
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- herbst 2y agoYou are also club socks in sauna?
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- forgotoldacc 2y agoI really don't intend for this to be a personal attack, so please don't take offense, but I think it's unusual to wear a fanny pack while calling other fashion "cringe".
- quantadev 2y agoThe difference is fanny packs have utility. Even Batman has a utility belt. I call my fanny pack my "Utility Belt" in fact. Batman didn't wear beads. lol.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y agoSo do many other bags. It feels weird to hear someone talk about the death of fashion, and in the same post, attack people's fashion. If you want to wear your beaded fanny pack with sandals, more power to you.
- quantadev 2y agoI think you're missing the main point of vanity versus utility, in my light-hearted semi-humorous post.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y agoThere's nothing wrong with the vanity of choosing a fanny pack over pockets or another bag these days. I support your fashion choice. Especially if you prefer your fashion to be functional. I do, too!
- quantadev 2y agoYou're correct that I care about utility, but incorrect that it's vanity/fashion.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y ago
- addled 2y ago> Don't get me started on grown-azz men wearing bead or string bracelets. Unless it was made by their young daughter/granddaughter, it which case it is the mightiest of talismans.
- quantadev 2y agoThat is very true. :)
- crooked-v 2y agoFanny packs have never been in style. The jokes about out-of-style dads wearing fanny packs have been around since they were invented.
- quantadev 2y agoOh they were definitely in style. They were/are a great way to carry stuff. Just look at all the yoga-tight pants on kids today with front pockets bursting at the seams. lol. These kids would LOVE to use fanny packs, but are too scared too.
- herbst 2y agoI am so surprised everybody calls them out of style. Youth around here (German speaking countries) just throws them over the shoulder. This slowly creeped from 'dealer on the corner look' to the default norm.
- quantadev 2y agoRight I'm aware of the 'over the shoulder' style happening in Europe right now. People recognize the utility of a fanny pack sized bag, but would never dare to wear it around the waist, for fear of being ridiculed.
- Rhapso 2y agoI just hate shoes. I'd go barefoot if somebody hadn't filled all the walking environments with broken glass, so flip-flops and huaraches it is. I love my 5-fingers, but they are too hot for general wear. Don't get me started on the harm "normal" shoes do to your feet.
- rrr_oh_man 2y agoThere are excellent non-5F barefoot shoes that work well in hot environments.
- Rhapso 2y agoLike flip-flops and huaraches?
- herbst 2y agoDo you cringe about clothes when you are visit other places too? Adilettes (Adidas flip flops) und a fanny pack by Gucci are a legit clothing style in Germany. Maybe cringe for some, but state of the art for others.
- eesmith 2y agoJust how young are you? Your 501s are an echo of Steve Job's wardrobe, "black long-sleeved mock turtleneck made by Issey Miyake, Levi's 501 blue jeans, and New Balance 991 sneakers", quoting his Wikipedia entry. Elizabeth Holmes was one follower of that style. I can assure you that tight jeans came into being many years before cell phones, even if you date from the first demonstration version in 1973. Fanny packs were in dubious style when I was in college in the early 1990s.
- markedathome 2y agoMuch comedy was born of the "bathe wearing your jeans" and lying on the bed trying to get tight jeans over the thighs, especially during the late 80s. Then came leggings and lycra woven into jeans that now allow slipping tight jeans on without too much fuss.
- eesmith 2y agoOn the flip side, from 1972 at https://archive.org/details/mensupermen0000coop/page/22/mode/2up?q=%22tight+jeans%22 https://archive.org/details/mensupermen0000coop/page/22/mode... : "Today youths ... wear clothes which disconcert their elders, including tight jeans to emphasise a bulging crotch. They spend most of their time strumming on guitars or trendy-looking girls who look as though they’ve just crawled out from underneath a rolling stone. Secretly these girls will worry about tight jeans making a man impotent."
- quantadev 2y agoI was in High School in the late 1980s, so yeah we had some pretty narrow ankle pants for sure, but what's funny about today is the comical pairing of super tight up top too, along with a massive phone jammed into a front pocket that looks like you'd need crow bar to get it out. The obvious solution is a fanny pack, but the kids are trapped by circumstance because fanny packs are out. lol. Perfect Storm of fashion comedy.
- eesmith 2y agoYou think kids now care don't use fanny packs because "someone in Hollywood declared Fanny Packs to be out of style" back when you were in high school in the 1980s? How amazingly influential this mysterious someone was, to influence things some 35 years later! Certainly more then how the beatnik and hipster styles of the 1950s influenced your generation of HS students. Since purses are another obvious solution, I place no faith in your interpretation.