JSngry Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 The perils of unsanforized clothing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Shoulda gone to One Hour Martinizing (whatever THAT is!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 I immediately thought of Lee Morgan. He always wore his pants that way - apparently it was the fashion. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 I immediately thought of Lee Morgan. He always wore his pants that way - apparently it was the fashion. Bertrand. That's right, the Italian styling was the hip fashion of the day. I remember it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 I immediately thought of Lee Morgan. He always wore his pants that way - apparently it was the fashion. Bertrand. That's right, the Italian styling was the hip fashion of the day. I remember it well. Ah, yes! This was the look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 When I was a kid, people used to call this style of pants "Hochwasser" - high tide .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 When I was a kid, people used to call this style of pants "Hochwasser" - high tide .... Or "high-waters" - that's the term I heard most often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 When I was a kid, people used to call this style of pants "Hochwasser" - high tide .... Or "high-waters" - that's the term I heard most often. "Half mast" is what I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) Have we also perhaps discovered the early origins of the dreaded "duckface"?? Edited April 24, 2011 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 I immediately thought of Lee Morgan. He always wore his pants that way - apparently it was the fashion. Bertrand. That's right, the Italian styling was the hip fashion of the day. I remember it well. Ah, yes! This was the look: Wasn't that the "Mod" style also? So it went Italy>England>America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) I immediately thought of Lee Morgan. He always wore his pants that way - apparently it was the fashion. Bertrand. That's right, the Italian styling was the hip fashion of the day. I remember it well. Ah, yes! This was the look: Wasn't that the "Mod" style also? So it went Italy>England>America? Well, here are Mods in England in the early sixties: P.S. It's obviously the subject of heavy academic study nowadays!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_(subculture) Edited April 24, 2011 by BillF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I remember British mods looked like those: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 They look like skinheads to me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinhead I remember you had home-grown varieties, Brownie, les blousons noirs and les yé-yés: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blouson_noir http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%A9-y%C3%A9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I remember you had home-grown varieties, Brownie, les blousons noirs and les yé-yés: Our blousons noirs did not wear their trousers short! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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