They were seventh grade boys and girls. It was fall 1973. I along with another haole(mainland white guy). taught a Sunday School class at a church in Honolulu, Hawaii. The class was made up with many Pacific Islanders. Mostly from Samoa and a few Asians. The boys often came bare foot and just wearingContinue reading “Dress for succcess.s”
Category Archives: Fashion
Some of the attractions at the Super Bowl.
posted by Chuck Ayers Heard on the radio from Chicago. A twenty-something young woman was looking for a donor to give her two tickets to the Super Bowl which at the time was taking place in Atlanta a few years back. In return for free advertising. Advertising to be ‘airbrushed’ on the young lady’sContinue reading “Some of the attractions at the Super Bowl.”
Well then, just zip me up.
In this age of downsizing. There is the practice of shrinkflation. Reducing the size of a product by size or weight and selling the product at the same price as its previous size or weight. Soft drinks are coming in smaller cans but at the old price. Sometimes with a price increase. But hereContinue reading “Well then, just zip me up.”
Wearing ‘Go to meetin’ clothes.
Okie fashion plate. It took my dad working two jobs in order to outfit my mom with her mostly church fashions. As mentioned my parents lived in a ‘third-world’ community in red dirt Oklahoma before immigrating to California. No electricity, no running water, and no indoor plumbing. All of this was missing before moving toContinue reading “Wearing ‘Go to meetin’ clothes.”
Boy, am I pist off!
What is going on here? I’m not sure I’m the only guy to discover this but men’s pant zippers are becoming troublesomely short. Creating a logistical conundrum. No longer can we just zip but must unbuckle one’s trousers risking dropping one’s pants while standing at a wall urinal. Men’s pant zippers use to be aboutContinue reading “Boy, am I pist off!”
Write me a contract like that.
Beverly Hills 1971. I was working the credit department of a fashionable department store at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax. A professional appearing gentleman wearing a nice tailored suit came to me at the credit desk and said he was turned down for a store credit card. So, I asked him to fill inContinue reading “Write me a contract like that.”
The Okie fashion runway.
Okie Haiku. Denim bib with straps A uniform make. With toes in steel. Laboring and sitting on pew.
Less product for more money.
Shrinkflation. What is it? I generally am not litigious but I very much would like to sue the fashion industry. They too have jumped on this “shrinkflation” concept. Reduced product size but selling at the same old price. As you might have noticed with other consumer goods that they are becoming less in size orContinue reading “Less product for more money.”
Lawn mowing cover up.
A mowing distraction. When we lived on Joplin Avenue in Tulsa, we had a large grassy lawn area in front of the house. Possibly about 3000-square feet or more of Bermuda and crab grass. Enough room to build another house on top of. Lots of lawn to mow none the less. Our adult daughter, whoContinue reading “Lawn mowing cover up.”
A pillowy mound of pillows.
I absolutely don’t get it! Sheba, my secret spouse, insists we have piles and piles of pillows on our bed. Pillows that cover half the bed. And we are talking a queen size bed. What is Sheba trying to accomplish here? Are we to hide under them during a bombing raid? Or dig in underContinue reading “A pillowy mound of pillows.”
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