RELEVANT Podcast: August 24
Posted on August 28, 2007
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First Up: Feedback from the 8/24/07 episode … Fashion Comebacks!
Established in the 1500s
i think petticoats are ready to make a return.
I shall explain:
1. skirts are way too flat…women need more pizazz
2. overweight cross dressers would have less of a clothing crises
3. An all female mafia….you can hide a shotgun in there
4. i would love to see models trying to make it down the catwalk with them on while maintaing beat with “sexyback”
5. brittney spears….petticoat….shaved head……..am I painting a beautiful picture or what?
Love the podcast and the magazine…
Kayla Kruse
Legwarmers with flip flops
clearly, what the world needs are a few more legwarmer wearers. the perfect accompaniment to any outfit, they work best with shorts (but not jhorts) or short skirts in the event that only half your leg was to catch a chill. Toss ‘em on with flip flops when those soccer socks or other knee high socks won’t do (lest you be sporting the dreaded socks and sandals combo). Feeling Lazy during the hot Florida summer heat? Or just haven’t showered in a few days (just don’t hit the 4th day)? Or maybe you even want to conserve water during such showering event (for some people, a shower may be just that…an event). Wear leg warmers and worry about shaving only half your legs. I might recommend the top half, or else the legwarmer wearing may lose effectiveness. Guys: sorry, but leg warmers on you was never too much of a fashion, and in any event…if you are going to shave your legs (I won’t judge), you must go all out.
cheers,
valarie Williams
Frank Lloyd Wright’s prairie style
I believe that the fashion nightmare established by America’s greatest architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (innovator of Prairie Style architecture)….needs to be revived!
He always wore a pork pie hat and carried a cane (see the attached photo from Wright’s Mike Wallace interview DVD). Around the office here, we call it “Pimpin’ it Prairie Style”. The ladies love it, as Wright was quite a ladies man. I’m sure Cara would concur. Nothing says egotistical sophistication like a pork pie and a cane! Am I right or am I right (no pun intended)?
Also attached is a photo of me wearing a pork pie. Okay it’s not me, but I found a
photo of this dapper lad via Google and couldn’t resist sending it!
Ready to lead the charge,
Bryan Kelly
Grab your parachute pants
I say we should bring back Parachute pants. Simply amazing!
-Brad DeRousse
Grab your poofy-in-the-hips pants
The fashion nightmare that I would like to come back is the “poofy-in-the-hips” pants made famous by pilots in the 1930’s and 40’s. Although I’m not ure of the “official” name, I’m sure you can imagine what I’m talking about. Just think of the movie “The Rocketeer”. The main character sports the pants for the majority of the movie.
Unfortunately, these same pants were adorned by Adolf Hitler and his army during the majority of his reign as the Führer.
However, I think by banding together to wear these pants, we could give Hitler and Fascism a slap in the face. It is also relevant that these pants seem to look even better when they are complemented by a nice mustache. Again, it is unfortunate that our perception of these pants is ruined by the image of Nazi’s marching through Berlin. I, however, prefer to look at the bright side: What an impact we could make by not letting the tyrants of the past determine our fashions for the future.
Thanks guys,
Zane Kellogg
Grab your skidz
skidz pants. yes, all sorts of skidz pants; including the overalls worn with one strap down. i especially loved the yellow & black pattern. the pants with the triangle car emblem and “skidz” coming from the tires with the words, “slippery when wet” placed on the buttocks were the envy of all. it looked like my school had begun to be invaded by fleets of clowns.
-amber
Grab your Zubaz
The horrifying trend I would like to see come back is asymmetrically shaved eyebrows i.e. Vanilla Ice and Zubaz workout pants. I never thought these trends looked good the first time around, and I wouldn’t wear these myself. I just appreciated the fact that no matter what I wore, there was always a guy in the room who looked more ridiculous than me. I have attached a picture of one such guy so you can share in the laughter. By the way, these pants were sometimes paired up with the Starter Jackets in 1992 when the Cowboys won the Super Bowl. It was the unofficial uniform for the “jocks” at my Oklahoma high school.
-Daniel Caceres
Regarding styles that I wish would come back…one word, two syllables…Zubaz. Coming in a close second would be tight rolled jeans. I would proudly rock some Zubaz or a pair of tight rolled jeans if the fashionistas in my office and the rest of society were a little more open minded. Maybe some day…
P.S Adam…I also wanted a Kansas City Chiefs Starter jacket. My brother had one but I never did and I am jealous of him to this day.
Thanks,
Travis
It’s all about the tight-rolling
I want jeans rolled up as tight as possible at the ankle to come back.
That was a very serious part of the morning in High School to roll the seam of your jeans as tight as possible and if you were really serious you would use a safety pin to make sure it did not come undone.
-Ross Boe
Okay, so this is probably too late to make the podcast, but headlining my 80’s fashion revival wish list would be tight-rolled jeans. Back when you were likely pooping your pampers (and unfortunately, probably still when you graduated high school), I was tight-rolling my Levis 550 stone-washed jeans. Good times…good times. I believe this would be not only a fresh fashion statement for the new millenia, but also socially responsible, after all tight-rolling offers no fodder to the consumerist monster.
I say we tight-roll, but leave the stone-washing where it belongs, in 1986.
doug harris
I want pegging your pants to come back in style. It’s also known as the tight roll. I was in middle school when this trend was popular and I must say that I was so sad to see it go. I want it to come back because it looks so cool with my white canvas keds and t-shirt tie…
Emily Martens
I would like to see us bring tight-rolled pants and jeans back just because, in the mid 80’s, I was an expert on it!
Shane Robbins
You can’t go wrong with a warm-up outfit from the 80s
I want the 80s aerobic wear to come back in style!!
Laura Faust
Put on your classy wristbands
I think the fad that should come back is slap bracelets. With the big election coming up, what better way to promote your candidate? You have 1000’s of snap bracelets made up with the tag line from your candidate and go out and slap your candidate to victory! Though, I would be careful because these babies have sharp edges.
-Mark Bolek
Mesh shirts, sweatbands, spandex shorts, and more
My list of the best fashion trends I’d like to see come back
1. Mesh shirts
2. Those nice thick sweatbands, holding back the business in the front, party in the back, with top of the line spandex shorts.
3. The best of all…the calculator watch
I would like to take this one step further. I want to predict in 20 years what fashion trends will be out, but people want to bring back.
1. Crocs (the shoes…do I really need to explain)
2. Skinny guys buying girl pants…leaving no room to guess what’s happening.
Lastly,
3. Underwear. There will be no need for underwear because pants will
take over the industry creating a monoply in the lower half industry.
-Ryan Burbank
Messin’ with the mesh
I must say that this would only work for guys. Mesh Shirts (like a jersey, but without a name or number and no undershirt). Preferibly sleeveless and black. You could even cut it to a quarter length so it cascades off of your pecs like a nylon waterfall. Bike shorts beneath athletic shorts, or just bike shorts with the mesh shirt. You might want to throw in some chest hair and some bling. Oh, and some old, red Hight-Top Reeboks. That would turn every head.
Peace
Jon Maynard
Muscle shirts in the fashion world
I would like to see muscle half-shirts for men to come back into style. You know the monstrosities, like the shirt Rocky wore in Rocky 2 or 3. Or, to acquaint you with some Hawaiian comedians, like the shirts Andy Bumatai (boo-mah-tie) wore in the 80’s.
-Kayla Graham
Men’s bathing suits
I wholeheartedly believe that the comeback fashion item of the year should be the one-piece men’s bathing suits. Essentially, its a wrestling singlet, but with the growing epidemic of obesity, it would definitely be fashionable and practical at the same time.
The couple of pieces of old school fashion I would like to bring back would be stirrup pants. I used to love those when i was little and I would love to have some again. I would also like to have the oversized t-shirts to wear with them, and I would tie my shirt at the hip to make it look even “cooler.”
Sincerely,
Raven Smith
Going back to the origins
We should bring back God’s original trend: the Adam and Eve. It was quite popular in the Garden of Eve.
-Becky
Roos, acid-wash jeans, jellies, and more
I think growing up from the 80s to 90s was probably the best time to grow up. Think of all the things we were exposed to that kids now take for granted: the dawn of video games, VCRs, PG-13 ratings, caller ID, cell phones and the growth of the mall as a social environment to name a few. Of course, everything has its price, and we paid for it with horrible fashion choices from the 1980s to the 1990s.
While I won’t champion bringing back any of these “fashion statements” to the modern fold, here are a few I’d like to see someone bring back.
1. The dual-colored striped socks, worn pulled up to just below the knee. The topper would be to wear them with a fresh pair of Roos (photo of the shoes
included). Think Rusty from National Lampoon’s Vacation …
2. Acid washed jeans … nuff said. If you’re not comfortable wearing jeans washed in acid, you’re the one with the problem.
3. As a guy, I never wore either of these (of course), but I always thought the 80s combination of jelly shoes & charm necklaces that girls wore were particularly awful. It would be cool to see the charm necklace in particular come back and grow in popularity so much so that rappers and hip hop folk would make them a part of their outfits.
4. I can remember as a kid, being about 12 or 13 years old, and learning how to pinch-roll my jeans to perfect that ultra-cool look. Bring that back and for the guys, lets bring back the boat shoe. I don’t know about the rest of the country, but you weren’t cool at Gulfview Middle School in Florida until you had your Bass boat shoes and pinch-rolled jeans.
I’ve enjoyed the podcast and you guys never disappoint. Hope you enjoyed the Gummi Lobstahs as I was the guy who sent them in a few weeks back.
All the best!
Jeff
IOUs
Do you remember IOU sweatshirts? In 5th grade, I thought they were definitely the coolest things ever. I actually used the IOU sweatshirt as an excuse to call my “boyfriend.” I was going out with Ben Priddy… but we never, ever talked to each other! Over Christmas break, I was really missing him I guess, and I gathered up the nerve to give him a call … just to ask him where he got his IOU sweatshirt. He told me the store and I’m pretty sure our conversation was immediately over. We actually “went out” through May.. when he broke up with me the week before my birthday. Despite such painful memories, I would love to see the IOU sweatshirt make its comeback!
Jamie
In opposition to Starter jackets
Jesse was pretty excited during last week’s podcast at the thought of bringing back Starter jackets. Well, to me, bringing them back would only cause me great suffering and feelings of inadequacy and loser-status.
I went to elementary school in Washington State. Apparently nobody up was involved in the rage that was Starter jackets, because I had never even heard of them when I moved to Kansas about the time I started middle school. I was the new kid on the block in 6th grade, with no friends and anxious to make them. My mom bought me this really cool (so I thought) green athletic jacket made by what I would very soon realize was the ultimate loser-brand: Bugle Boy.
Oh, the shame I had when all the other kids looked upon me with utter scorn! My first day wearing the jacket, kid after kid approached me at recess with the same important question: “Is that a Starter jacket?!?!!?” I had absolutely no idea what any of them were talking about. I tried to pass it off as no big deal, but inside I was burning with shame and embarrassment. It was one of many experiences in the 6th and 7th grades that made junior high horrible, and they scarred me for life.
Ironically, a few weeks ago I ran into a girl at a mutual friend’s wedding whom I hadn’t seen since 7th grade, and whom I associated with all those bad junior high memories and feelings of inadequacy. Well, it turns out that–according to her–all of the girls had crushes on me those two years because I was “the new guy”–and, of course (I assume), because I was a hot 12-year-old.
So please, don’t bring Starter jackets back.
Seth Simmons
Capes are in style for the modern-day superheroes
I have been banging the drum for years to see capes replace coats. All you need to do is envision how regal one would look flowing into a room with a floor-length cape. It works for Superman, Batman and Darth Vader. Why not the rest of us? Just imagine all the cool pockets for ipods and cell phones and everything short of a big-wheel bicycle that could be sewn into the lining. And think of all the styles and material that could be used to personalize one’s look.
The best thing about capes is it’s not just recycling old looks from the last 20 or 30 years — anybody notice how quickly everything cycles through? Next year it’ll be flannel shirts a la the movie “Singles.” Wearing capes is either really, really old school or totally new, depending how fashionistas play it.
And no, underwear on the outside of one’s clothing is NOT part of the look.
Anyway, I have to ask: You guys make fun of jean shorts but promote the growth of mustaches?!?!!? All that LFO and Fresh Prince music is causing synaptic misfiring in your heads.
Mustaches tell me one of two things: Either the man who wears one is painfully single or he doesn’t like kissing/is punishing his wife or girlfriend. My wife and every girlfriend I ever had each has told me, whether I was stubbly, had the nineties ’stache-and-goatee or the full beard in college: “I’m not going to kiss you until you shave.” I always feel bad for a man with a mustache and worse for his wife and the silent, passive-aggressive punishment through which he’s putting her.
It’s possible there’s a biblical mandate against mustaches hidden in Ephesians 5:25 (”Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”) and Colossians 3:19 (”Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”)
Did you not hear Maya’s (I hope I spelled that right) plaintive pleas of “Nooooo”?
Love the podcast (except when you promote mustachism),
Jason Hackett,
Evans, Colo.
More mustache mockery
in light of the new mustache madness i believe everyone joining “the club” should buy one of these shirts….
you guys rock
-mike zizolfo
As much as I’d love to be a part of the Relevant Gentlemen’s Society, I don’t think I’ll be able to participate as a) my mustache growing prowess is not all that and b) I’ll be seeing Tony Bennett in Atlantic City this weekend for my birthday and having my face be anything less than clean shaven would be an insult to this American Treasure. Not to mention that next week I’m transferring to a different department at work and the people there don’t really know me. First impressions are everything.
But on the internet I found the attached nifty chart, which may be of some use to the Society.
Micah
I vote that this be the official shirt for the Relevant Podcast Gentleman’s Society.
Cheers,
Bryan Kelly
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this about the bullet thing ya’ll were talking about on the 8/24/07 podcast. it’s called the magic bullet. i have one and it works great! it’s awesome! i have made so manny things with it.
i saw it on TV and they had a deal were you could get 2 for the price of one so we did it and i love it, so if ya’ll see it again it is worth getting one.