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Walking the dog in the park the other day I noticed the following, almost without exception (apart from one bloke with face covered in tattoos).
Do you think these fashions will ever change or are we stuck with them forever?
Teens and Twenties:
Mental haircut covered in thick woolen hat or hoodie (26 degrees outside).
Ill-fitting T-shirt.
Worst cut trousers since the invention of trousers.
Canvas slip-on shoes you couldn't walk one mile in.
Beard optional.
Thirties and Forties (this is the most rigid fashion group, almost a uniform):
Shaved head.
T-shirt.
Cut-off combat/cargo 'pants'
Trainers/sandals/flip-flops.
Fifties and Sixties:
Blue check short-sleeved shirt not tucked in.
Full length chinos or combat/cargo 'pants'.
Brown leather 'trainer style' shoes.
Goatee optional.
Do you think these fashions will ever change or are we stuck with them forever?
Teens and Twenties:
Mental haircut covered in thick woolen hat or hoodie (26 degrees outside).
Ill-fitting T-shirt.
Worst cut trousers since the invention of trousers.
Canvas slip-on shoes you couldn't walk one mile in.
Beard optional.
Thirties and Forties (this is the most rigid fashion group, almost a uniform):
Shaved head.
T-shirt.
Cut-off combat/cargo 'pants'
Trainers/sandals/flip-flops.
Fifties and Sixties:
Blue check short-sleeved shirt not tucked in.
Full length chinos or combat/cargo 'pants'.
Brown leather 'trainer style' shoes.
Goatee optional.
They will change, fear not. When I were a lad, it was winklepickers (what's that you say, they're back?) and drapes, followed by the Mods and Rockers.
What interests me is those backpacks that 12-16 year olds wear. The uniform round our way is a strange haircut (short at the sides but a tall clump on the top) T-shirt and those weird leggings with the saggy bum, but they tote a backpack at all times. WTF's in them? A vast supply of condoms in case they get lucky? Spare underwear in case they get knocked over by a bus? Webster's Dictionary?
Fashion is what it is. People copy each other in case they're thought to be out of touch - it's fear of being an outcast. When you get older (I'm 64) you don't give a toss.
What interests me is those backpacks that 12-16 year olds wear. The uniform round our way is a strange haircut (short at the sides but a tall clump on the top) T-shirt and those weird leggings with the saggy bum, but they tote a backpack at all times. WTF's in them? A vast supply of condoms in case they get lucky? Spare underwear in case they get knocked over by a bus? Webster's Dictionary?
Fashion is what it is. People copy each other in case they're thought to be out of touch - it's fear of being an outcast. When you get older (I'm 64) you don't give a toss.
CuckooInMyNest said:
Walking the dog in the park the other day I noticed the following, almost without exception (apart from one bloke with face covered in tattoos).
Do you think these fashions will ever change or are we stuck with them forever?
Teens and Twenties:
Mental haircut covered in thick woolen hat or hoodie (26 degrees outside).
Ill-fitting T-shirt.
Worst cut trousers since the invention of trousers.
Canvas slip-on shoes you couldn't walk one mile in.
Beard optional.
Thirties and Forties (this is the most rigid fashion group, almost a uniform):
Shaved head.
T-shirt.
Cut-off combat/cargo 'pants'
Trainers/sandals/flip-flops.
Fifties and Sixties:
Blue check short-sleeved shirt not tucked in.
Full length chinos or combat/cargo 'pants'.
Brown leather 'trainer style' shoes.
Goatee optional.
In all fairness as you say, you were walking the dog in the park so the people yo come across aren't going to be dressed to impress.Do you think these fashions will ever change or are we stuck with them forever?
Teens and Twenties:
Mental haircut covered in thick woolen hat or hoodie (26 degrees outside).
Ill-fitting T-shirt.
Worst cut trousers since the invention of trousers.
Canvas slip-on shoes you couldn't walk one mile in.
Beard optional.
Thirties and Forties (this is the most rigid fashion group, almost a uniform):
Shaved head.
T-shirt.
Cut-off combat/cargo 'pants'
Trainers/sandals/flip-flops.
Fifties and Sixties:
Blue check short-sleeved shirt not tucked in.
Full length chinos or combat/cargo 'pants'.
Brown leather 'trainer style' shoes.
Goatee optional.
I think there's a huge choice in what to wear, I won't say fashion as test suggests what's in and what's out and whilst there will be trends, anything goes which is different to the past.
People do dress very casually I find but if you go out to a decent bar then effort is made by both men and women.
A sweeping generalisation but in my observation, women in London don't look as good as there counterparts in Northern cities, Essex etc.
Not as glamorous but there will be exceptions of course.
CuckooInMyNest said:
Thirties and Forties (this is the most rigid fashion group, almost a uniform):
Shaved head.
T-shirt.
Cut-off combat/cargo 'pants'
Trainers/sandals/flip-flops.
Guilty as charged. Shaved head.
T-shirt.
Cut-off combat/cargo 'pants'
Trainers/sandals/flip-flops.
I don't care. I feel comfortable. I'm not making a statement. I'm not trying to be cool. I'm just dressing to not be arrested for indecent exposure.Edit: Short-cropped hair because receding hairline. Trousers are just standard combat trousers because practical. Always some kind of trainers.
Edited by Hoofy on Wednesday 1st July 13:44
CuckooInMyNest said:
Thirties and Forties (this is the most rigid fashion group, almost a uniform):
Shaved head.
T-shirt.
Cut-off combat/cargo 'pants'
Trainers/sandals/flip-flops.
The only one that I could tick off would be trainers. But as I wear shoes 5 days a week it makes a change to wear something else.Shaved head.
T-shirt.
Cut-off combat/cargo 'pants'
Trainers/sandals/flip-flops.
Arghhhhhh...... 
Fifties and Sixties:
Blue check short-sleeved shirt not tucked in.
Full length chinos or combat/cargo 'pants'.
Brown leather 'trainer style' shoes.
Goatee optional.
Although as an Engineer my normal dress sense is....
1. Does it protect from the weather
2. Does it protect decency
that's it..
Fifties and Sixties:
Blue check short-sleeved shirt not tucked in.
Full length chinos or combat/cargo 'pants'.
Brown leather 'trainer style' shoes.
Goatee optional.
Although as an Engineer my normal dress sense is....
1. Does it protect from the weather
2. Does it protect decency
that's it..
LordGrover said:
It could be depressing, but I see it as an opportunity to stand out from the crowd a bit.
Sports jacket/blazer, collared shirt, smart jeans/chinos and good shoes/loafers - not trying too hard to be fashionable, just a little style.
Where I live, this is "the crowd", usually me included.Sports jacket/blazer, collared shirt, smart jeans/chinos and good shoes/loafers - not trying too hard to be fashionable, just a little style.
It could be far worse, many places seem to be infested with hipster wearing tramp beards and topknot hair. I make no comment on skinny jeans and Converse trainers, that might be a bit hypocritical 
I'm fairly sure that in the Regency era, very VERY few chaps ever wore the clothing mentioned above. I do look back wistfully at the 1980s though, when you were encouraged to be at least a bit outrageous. I just wish I had been a bit older at the time to enjoy it.
You do know that short sleeved summer shirts are intended to be worn un-tucked, right?
I'm fairly sure that in the Regency era, very VERY few chaps ever wore the clothing mentioned above. I do look back wistfully at the 1980s though, when you were encouraged to be at least a bit outrageous. I just wish I had been a bit older at the time to enjoy it.
You do know that short sleeved summer shirts are intended to be worn un-tucked, right?
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