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Pea coats are the #1 seller in Amazon apparel. A sign of the times.
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Posted on 11/20/2011 4:51:02 PM PST by dennisw
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To: M1903A1
I have a genuine pea coat and it has withstood -25 degree Montreal winds like nothing.
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:09:01 PM PST
by
GlockThe Vote
(The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
To: ottbmare
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:10:20 PM PST
by
GlockThe Vote
(The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
To: ottbmare
Theyre not selling in large numbers because people are too poor to buy something better; theyre selling because theyre wildly in fashion. Theyre throwbacks to an earlier time, yes, which fits in with the traditionalist/preppy style now very popular with young people. The point is to buy things that represent timeless, classic style that hasnt changed in the last 50 to 75 years. Or before.I was totally unaware of this until I read this thread http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3584630 how popular they are.
I must have owned three different pea jackets back in the day 1970s and late 1960s. I loved them. I'm just tickled to death they made a comeback but I don't think bell bottom jeans will. The right woman looked so sexy in them
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:10:59 PM PST
by
dennisw
(I heard the old man laughing What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having-Sting)
To: Yorlik803
I actually prefer the earlier M43 design a little more. Button-close pockets, and nice big pockets at that!
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:11:08 PM PST
by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
To: dennisw
I wore one back in the 80's. A real one. My dad was in the Navy and had a couple. It looked cool and had neat buttons. I don't see this as a bad look or reflective of the times. They never really go out of style. Now if the kids were wearing this, I would be worried.
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:12:45 PM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: dennisw
I'm just tickled to death they made a comeback but I don't think bell bottom jeans will. My dear, where do you live? Mars? Poor thing, bell bottoms came back in style a few years back, and then went out again. And you missed it. I'm so sorry! And yes, the young girls did indeed look sexy with the low-slung tight jeans and wide legs. I had to laugh since that was what people wore when I was a girl.
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:14:28 PM PST
by
ottbmare
(off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
To: M1903A1
The more things change, the more they stay the same. My buddy bought a real, vintage Pea coat in the 80’s at a thrift store for 5 dollars. I’m sure he still has it.
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:14:56 PM PST
by
boop
("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
To: Mmogamer
Now if only classic hats would make a comeback..Some of us are trying on that. But if we want them to come back we all have to do our part. I wear a hat as often as I can manage it, and you should too. When people see how fine we look, they become unafraid to wear nice hats too. I think gentlemen should all be encouraged to wear hats, and when I see a man wearing one I make a point of thanking him (a little bit flirtatiously, depending on his age and the situation).
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:17:16 PM PST
by
ottbmare
(off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
To: dennisw
Wore one in the early Seventies. Quite warm, and quite comfortable, actually. And, didn’t break the bank to buy one.
But...if there is truth in AGW, these won’t be needed. Right?
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:18:42 PM PST
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
To: dennisw
I had one in the late sixties and was just looking at one in Orvis
To: dennisw
I inherited my fathers WWII Merchant Marine Pea Jacket.
The label was Brooks Brothers.
It was the best coat I ever had, lasted for years and years.
To: dennisw
The pea coats are practical and look good. I wish I had my old CPO.
To: dennisw
Wow!
The next thing you know 13 button trousers will be back in fashion.
Last set I had were genuine Hong Kong Sharkskin, with a zipper (inside) and had silk(?) lining along with the Sharkskin Jumper with silk lining and dragons on the inner cuffs.
Also ‘great’ were the bell bottom dungaree working uniform with patch pockets.
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:24:18 PM PST
by
xrmusn
((6/98) If govt involved, the more outlandish a scheme appears, the truer it probably is.)
To: dennisw
One kept me warm very well in the Navy.
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:25:35 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(Obama is a Communist, a Muslim, and an illegal alien)
To: Tax-chick
I have a lightweight jacket that I got from Walmart 24 years ago for probably $16. The flanel lining is starting to fray but it’s rarely that cold.
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:27:30 PM PST
by
bgill
(The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
To: bgill
I wore a pea jacket in those brutal Michigan winters in grade school in the early 1950s.
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:34:13 PM PST
by
Ax
To: dennisw
Oh...*pea* coats. I thought maybe you had cats.
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:35:27 PM PST
by
B Knotts
(Just another Tenther)
To: dennisw
That’s why I gave the red coat away ... I also had a faux-suede jacket that I used much more often, and I felt bad about having a warm coat hanging in the closet unused. (For one thing, I couldn’t get it buttoned when I was pregnant, which is practically all the time ;-).
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:44:15 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Seven more days to dust your ceiling fan blades!)
To: dennisw
i still have the one issued to my Dad in 1942...
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:45:25 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: dennisw
I must be a trendsetter. I have one that I’ve worn since 2006.
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posted on
11/20/2011 5:46:05 PM PST
by
Betis70
(Bruins!)
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