Popped Collar Polos, Cargos Shorts, Leather Flip-Flops and other Trends of the day
 

SOI work at the International Spy Museum (its not that glamorous) in the Gift Shop (It Sucks!) and when Im not ringing people up I just watch people from all over the country/world walk through. I see tons of people they start to look the same because everone is wearing the same thing. For example the title of this thread. Popped Collar Polos, Cargo Shorts. and Leather Thonged Sandals). The trucker hat has become so omnipresent (sp) that the museum has one with "SPY" on it. My question where do these trends come from? The media? Or some average joe? I wonder If I started wearing my clothes inside out would it catch on...oops thats been done before.

Edited to add that this too is my uniform during the summer, minus the popped collar of course.

Famous people. The trucker hat came from Ashton Kutcher i believe. But cargo shorts/pants are just cool. I think theyll be around for a while...

It's so nice to be past the "trendy" phase.

Anyone still wearing a trucker hat needs to have that thing ripped off their head. The trend is over. Ashton doesn't even wear them anymore.

Popped collars bother me so much!

I forget the original saying that was associated with them, but it had something to do with "I'm rich and others are not" even though we're all capable of leaving our collars up.

I think Pharell of the Neptunes might have worn it before Ashton.

LOL at poppped collars....

When pro athletes make the sign of "popping a collar", they don't literally mean it!

I dont care who wore the trucker hat first. If youre a part of a trend that becomes so commonplace that its mocked, its time to realize that the trend is indeed over and move on.

I think the trendiest peeps are the ones who have moved on to bigger and better and can RECOGNIZE when something has gotten too mainstream and is no longer trendy.

Popped collars were never out here. ;)

That's not fair. I'm jealous now!

At the Sigma Nu national convention last week, I did observe some of my undergrad brothers sporting the "popped collar" look.

But they were few and far between.

Here in Oklahoma, as far as I know, that's a look that never was.

Is this anything Like Nehru??

New lingo!

It's nothing like Nehru. It's taking a collar of a regular polo shirt and not folding it down, but leaving it up.

I have a picture of my grandpa from the early 60s at his club with a popped collar, it's kind of funny.

My roomies and I were watching "Grease" . . . one of them said, "Look, Rizzo's got the collar popped!"

Just more proof that the late 50s/early 60s = the 80s = right now. :(

I like the way Rizzo half-pops during the song "There are worse things I could do." it's a nice touch.

they're called Rainbows and you can get them at surf shops pretty much only in the south. they are awesome.....they mold to your feet and last forever

WOW, in the really old days, they who wore shirts like that were called Hoods! Well among other things, a lot!

Amazing, simply amazing!:)

In most instances Grease was right!

OOOh is is this in the Duck Tail type thing?

WOW, Now I can call wearing My Polo Shirt on the Golf Course Popped and not just keeping the sun off of my neck!:D

OMG, what goes around in Fashion, Fashion, is not really that far away!:D

Oh, I at one time was a Buyer For R.H. Macy's!

Hoods go over your head...

WOW, really on your game!

Okay for You alone, scumbags, puss sacks, dirt bags, anyone whom wanted to be bad asses.

You want to be a pop up, how would you like to be hand cuffed!

You seem like you might enjoy it?:D

Oh, I guess you dont know things like that at your tender age!:D

WTF? Are you trying to hit on me or insult my age?

Oh, I guess your grammar makes no sense, at your advanced age.

Do you have Microsoft Word on your computer? I really think running your posts through the Grammar and Spell Checker would make a world of difference.

If he was on a mac it has a spell checker automatically on everything, even AIM windows. That would probably be too complex though.

When we go to Depaul, I'm going to Spell Check everything so I can be smart AND hot just like in Legally Blonde.

We can read legal briefs on the treadmill in our apartment in Chicago so we're attractive and smart also!

You spelled DePaul wrong.

DING.

That's not spelling, that's capitalization, asshat.


Heather
-- I'm an English major!

Are you arbitraging me?

Kathleen
--I'm an Economics major!

How about we all go to DePaul and have a beer vending machine in our apartment? It would make everyone so much happier!

As long as it doesn't do drugs and isn't in law school. ;)

I think that would be really naughty and irresponsible of us.

So yeah, let's do it.

As long as it has bottles of raspberry Smirnoff Ice too . . .

oh i want in!

and i had one of those raspberry smirnoff things for the first time saturday night. they were yummy!

we could do like the 16 ounce plastic unbreakable bottles like they have at festivals and sporting events. Then we can throw the bottles at each other if we get too rowdy! :p

LOLLERCOASTER!!!!

You know what they taste like? Liquid alcoholic gummi bears.


Mmmmm.

Can someone explain the tucked in shirt in the front but hanging out in the back? I saw a few people with that look on the metro today. I wonder if its the same ideology as the mullet, business in the front party in the back.

I hate that look! In or out, in or out!

Umm the only thing I can think of is if they have a cool belt buckle and they just tuck a little bit of the shirt under the belt buckle. Who knows?

-Rudey

YES! NORCAL idiots with those "Hi, I'm from the Bay Area, I have so much pride, but for some reason I came to San Diego" belt buckles on do that.

Well, if you win a rodeo you get a belt buckle and it's a huge deal. I doubt it orginated from there though since bull riders seem to tuck in their shirts all the way around.

Is this true? People in the North don't wear Rainbows? I never thought to question it... Rainbows are deeply embedded into my collegiate experience. :D

You can get them in the north too, at least in Cincinnati. I've seen them a ton of places and guys up at school in Indy wear them too.