Texas Teacher Dons Same Yearbook Outfit for 40 Years

ABC News ^ | July 2, 2013 | Katie Kindelan

[EveningStar]

Dale Irby of Garland, Texas, did not mean to start a 40-year tradition when he wore a coffee-colored wool sweater vest over a polyester shirt for a yearbook photo in 1973.

The first-year teacher, now 63, simply pulled the in-fashion-at-the-time clothing from his closet on picture day. Then the next year, his second as a teacher in the Dallas Independent School District, he did it again, by chance.

[EveningStar]

Take a look at the video and or slideshow! :)

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[EveningStar]

ping

[occamrzr06]

A good suit ought to last 40-50 years!

[Jim from C-Town]

He also kept the same 70’s porn star mustache for the entire 40 years.

Man. Men pick a style and stay with it.

[EveningStar]

Texas! :-D

[DeFault User]

Wally Cox looked the same and made a better living ;o)

[BBell]

He must of stayed fit to be able to still fit in it.

[bd476]

Loved this upbeat story about a teacher with a self-effacing yet great sense of humor.
I also enjoyed viewing the slides showing transitions over 40 years.

Thanks for posting it. :)

[montag813]

IS there a YouTube video, so I can avoid giving the evil ABCNews or Dallas Morning News my clicks?

[EveningStar]

See the links in my comment field.

[EveningStar]

There are several. Here is one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkPwwG5r-Ug

[Jedidah]

I love this story.

Wishing the Irbys a long and happy retirement.

[EveningStar]

Please disregard post 10. :)

[ThomasThomas]

It is not even a Catholic school.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Oratam]

Well done, Dale Irby. Well done.

[moose07]

Thanks for the Ping, bd.
That reminds me of a book I read as a kid, but that’s a story for another time. :)

[tdscpa]

Way to go Dale! I do nearly the same, but I only wear suits to funerals or weddings.

My daily uniform is blue jeans and a light blue cotton short sleeve shirt, with a long sleeved flannel shirt in the winter. All my co-residents in my small town recognize me from a block away. Had a more varied uniform back before I gave up golf, But I had to simplify, and eliminated the difficult daily decisions about what to wear.