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We had a pretty big change with JFK, who made hats seem stodgy. What's next to fall? Jackets? Ties?
by lsb 18y ago
We had a pretty big change with JFK, who made hats seem stodgy. What's next to fall? Jackets? Ties?
- biohacker42 18y agoWhat's the point of a tie? Ties and suits are quite literally costumes, costumes for theater.
- fallentimes 18y agoAnd can be very expensive costumes.
- gcv 18y agoI read somewhere that ties cover up the buttons on a shirt. So while uncomfortable, silly-looking, and a tool for strangulation, they serve a purpose. Jackets, on the other hand, are completely absurd. With the lapels turned outside by the cut, they provide zero warmth in cold weather since they do not cover the chest area. They also are hot in warm weather. Impractical and silly-looking, the worst of all worlds.
- TooMuchNick 18y agoStill less silly than sweatpants and slippers.
- anewaccountname 18y agoGlad to know you only wear a potato sack. Do you spend the absolute minimum on clothes, or do you replace your t-shirt when it gets a permanent mustard stain on it?
- maxwell 18y agoIf attire evolution proceeds linearly, jackets and ties will probably be totally out of fashion in ten to twenty years. Hats seem to have already been in general cultural decline before JFK took office, as with jackets before BHO. http://www.snopes.com/history/american/jfkhat.asp http://www.snopes.com/history/american/jfkhat.asp
- sown 18y agoThey became down-right uncool when he didn't wear one to his inauguration. A good jacket can make a person look good but modern necties...i dunno, they just look silly on an everyday basis. I'd much like to see the return of flowing Cravats. In the film Nixon you can see Anthony Hopkin's lead charachter wear one for Nixon's wedding.
- byrneseyeview 18y agohttp://www.snopes.com/history/american/jfkhat.asp http://www.snopes.com/history/american/jfkhat.asp
- sown 18y agoI upmodded you for correcting me. :) I guess it was a sign of the times, then, sort of like Obama's BB.