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It was denim with white patches.Originally posted by zoco View PostIs that white denim? There used to be this geezer at one of our local nightclubs (well, our only one actually - Oscar's at Longleat - long since closed) and he would hit the dance floor on his own before anyone else was pissed enough to get up and dance. He wore white denim trousers, white denim jacket and white gloves. He also had a hairstyle which I think was called a backperm - a bit like a mullet - really short on top and Kevin Keegan at the back. He would get up there and do this style of dancing which I seem to recall was called bodypopping. And while he was doing it he had a facial expression that made it look like he was having every sexual climax he'd ever experienced rolled into one. How the feck did he get away with that?
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Is that white denim? There used to be this geezer at one of our local nightclubs (well, our only one actually - Oscar's at Longleat - long since closed) and he would hit the dance floor on his own before anyone else was pissed enough to get up and dance. He wore white denim trousers, white denim jacket and white gloves. He also had a hairstyle which I think was called a backperm - a bit like a mullet - really short on top and Kevin Keegan at the back. He would get up there and do this style of dancing which I seem to recall was called bodypopping. And while he was doing it he had a facial expression that made it look like he was having every sexual climax he'd ever experienced rolled into one. How the feck did he get away with that?Originally posted by mudskipper View PostSnowwash - now that was horrible!
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My dad was shop steward...Originally posted by Jeff MagintyDonkey jacket? Respect!
Did you feel like you had 100,000 stony-faced union-card-carrying manual labourers backing you up whereever you went?
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Snowwash - now that was horrible!Originally posted by aussielong View PostI remember jeans got baggy around mid 1988. Out with stonewashed, in with baggy... But not flares, no thanks.
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I remember jeans got baggy around mid 1988. Out with stonewashed, in with baggy... But not flares, no thanks.
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I wore jeans and a donkey jacket. My more feminine counterparts were in ra-ra skirts.Originally posted by Jeff MagintyDrainpipes? Another silly extreme, at least in denim. However I do like stretchy black leggins on a girl if she has good legs. But I see that as more of a 1990's thing.
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In the 80s we were taking in all our jeans. Anything that could pull over your ankle with ease was 'flares'.
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I used to wear pants called pegs. Do you remember them? They were baggy with a pleat that came all the way up the front of each leg to the waistline.Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View Post...Great music, tulip music-videos, tulip fashions (clothing). Do you remember those horrible jeans known as "baggies"? They were baggy around the thighs and had elastic that gathered them around the ankle. They looked ridiculous. Ugh!
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Its Hammer time.Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View Post...Great music, tulip music-videos, tulip fashions (clothing). Do you remember those horrible jeans known as "baggies"? They were baggy around the thighs and had elastic that gathered them around the ankle. They looked ridiculous. Ugh!
Its all Maggie's fault, she closed them pits and sold all the council houses.
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