When I was younger, the fashion dictated that you wear jeans
and a t-shirt. Preferably the t-shirt would be tie dyed, but that wasn’t
mandatory. T-shirts are pretty much the same now as they were then, except it
is almost impossible to get a shirt now that doesn’t have some kind of message
on it. Personally I like the plain t-shirts that contain no socially significant
message. Jeans have changed pretty radically in the forty years or so.
It used to be that the denim that was used was blue, thick
and long wearing. It was only after a year or two that fading would start and
holes would appear. The holes were generally started when tiny bits of burning
herb would drop on them. When the holes started, you could start putting on
patches of different colours and materials which would look pretty cool. The
bottom of the pants would be frayed because you had been walking on them for a
year or two. All in all, I loved my jeans. Now, you can get jeans in every
colour of the rainbow, stone washed and pre worn in strategic places. The jeans
that I get don’t last very long and seem to wear very quickly. They do not
behave the way I think jeans should behave.
You can buy the “Classic” jeans, but they are not cheap. My
son has a pair and the care instructions are that you don’t wash them. ?????
Yeah, it doesn’t make sense, but it would make scents. I just checked a web
site and they sell these old school jeans for $330! I am going to stick to the
modern variety.
My brother would only wear his jeans one day because they
would develop “knees”. He explained that they would no longer hang straight but
would have a bump where the knee was and the only way to get rid of it was to
wash them. I guess… Since he told me this many years ago, I have been keeping
my eye on my clothing for this kind of errant behaviour. Shirts develop “elbows”
and the tails for some reason try to escape being tucked into your pants.
Collars will often turn up for no apparent reason and button holes are really
tight when you want them loose and loose when you want them tight. Lately, I
have noticed that if you take your socks off and them put them back on the
wrong feet they have these stupid ghost toes. It looks like each of your feet has
two big toes. That would be great for stability, but it weirds me out to the
point that I have to switch them back to the right feet. Yes, it is kind of odd
but I can’t help myself.
You just know that “smart” clothes are just a few years away
and we will be able to ask our sleeves where the nearest Tim Horton’s is
located and have our collars tell us the direction. Underwear will tell us when
it is time to buy new and the materials will keep us cool when we are hot and
warm when we are cold. I’m not sure I like the idea of my clothing knowing more
than I do, I already have something of an inferiority complex.
Well, I guess I will just have to get used to having smart
clothes and stupid socks.
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