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Cargo Shorts To Blame For Closing Of Generational Fashion Gap
Hart\ford Courant ^ | August 21, 2013 | Jim Shea

Posted on 08/21/2013 8:46:11 PM PDT by Daffynition

It used to be you could pretty much determine someone's age by what he or she was wearing. Not anymore.

I blame cargo shorts.

Cargo shorts bridged the fashion gap between generations a while back, and since then the lines of demarcation have been steadily eroding.

There was a time when the young dressed trendy, the middle-aged claimed conformity, seniors occupied the land of matching fuddy-duddy.

(Excerpt) Read more at courant.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: style
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1 posted on 08/21/2013 8:46:11 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

What are cargo shorts?


2 posted on 08/21/2013 8:51:14 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: Daffynition

Left to right:

Ronald Reagan, Walter Cronkite, James Brady, ? , David Gergen, Edwin Meese, George H.W. Bush, James Baker


3 posted on 08/21/2013 8:53:33 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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To: Daffynition; shibumi

“I wear lace...and I...wear black leather....”

[name that tune]


4 posted on 08/21/2013 8:58:45 PM PDT by Salamander (Can't sleep...the clowns will eat me.)
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To: dalereed
You axed fer it!


5 posted on 08/21/2013 8:59:14 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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To: Daffynition

Of course, he also wears mom jeans.


6 posted on 08/21/2013 9:02:28 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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7 posted on 08/21/2013 9:02:55 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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To: Salamander

Desperado!


8 posted on 08/21/2013 9:03:32 PM PDT by LouD
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To: doorgunner69

LOL.


9 posted on 08/21/2013 9:03:47 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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The despicable crap that basketball players wear!

No way would I wear those terminally ugly things.

My wife used to like to watch basketball games bur when the players started wearing those long shorts she hasn't’ watched one since.

10 posted on 08/21/2013 9:04:05 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: Salamander

My trio was the opening act for one of his concerts at a college coffee house circa 1968-1969.


11 posted on 08/21/2013 9:05:28 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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12 posted on 08/21/2013 9:05:51 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: dalereed
Speaking a basketball players....Michael Jordan had a bit of a problem when he wore *cargo shorts* on the La Gorce Country Club in Miami.

http://fansided.com/2012/11/29/michael-jordan-banned-from-miami-beach-country-club-for-wearing-cargo-shorts/


13 posted on 08/21/2013 9:08:14 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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To: Daffynition

What’s in the pockets??

Crackberry?

Smokes?


14 posted on 08/21/2013 9:08:35 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Salamander

Desperado.


16 posted on 08/21/2013 9:14:22 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: smokingfrog

A triple cheeseburger.


17 posted on 08/21/2013 9:14:23 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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To: onedoug

ping


18 posted on 08/21/2013 9:20:12 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: Daffynition; LouD

Nailed it!


19 posted on 08/21/2013 9:21:45 PM PDT by Salamander (Can't sleep...the clowns will eat me.)
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To: deks

Just about every day I run into somebody who has met him in a parking lot/diner/dingy alley/mall/golf course.

I have a theory that eventually, everyone will meet him...except me.

;D

Lucky you...you saw him at his bizarre best.

:)


20 posted on 08/21/2013 9:23:54 PM PDT by Salamander (Can't sleep...the clowns will eat me.)
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