[Rain Man]

I am only posting this b/c I recall all the fun you had with the pompadour-mullet thing, it was time for a "Return of the Mullet" type post.

Believe it or not, most of my fashion goofs were in high school; in college my casual wear was primarily Polo, Tommy, Guess, and Nautica--and the whole outfit had to be of that one designer, so to that regard, I fit in pretty well.

But in high school, hmm, lemme see...

I wore some weird colors, like a dusty rose button down shirt with dusty rose pants, a black tie and a cardigan sweater.

I wore suits, dress shirts and pants, and ties a LOT in high school.
My freshman year in high school, we were performing for a Christmas concert, and I had a turquoise blue button down shirt, matching pants, and a dark green and black bow tie.

My first day of school my freshman year (1987) was a bright yellow button down shirt, beige pants, deep brown dress loafers and a navy blue Marty McFly vest jacket.

I also wore (sophomore year) a cream double breasted jacket with a baby blue and white striped shirt, a cream tie w/green speckles on it and light green slacks or with royal blue pants with "jazzy" Oxfords. Note: if I wore the royal blue pants I had a matching royal blue tie with a white shirt with royal blue stripes.

Or a gray and black striped shirt with a pencil-thin tie that 80s metal bands would wear with black slack and a slightly-oversized black blazer.

Hairwise it was either a TWA or a low cut or somewhere in between. Essentially I would let the low cut grow into a TWA and then have it cut and start over again. I had a box ONCE during the fall of '89 (junior year) and I HATED it. I had a slope once during the summer of '90 and never again. My first perm was on November 27, 1990 and I was never the same again, needless to say.

I did have some college clothing oopses, however, such as...

-My sophomore year I bought a deep brown 60s-esque suit (three button w/thin lapels) with a thin diagonal-striped brown and gold tie which I wore with my trademark black Oxfords. Folk said it looked like a "civil rights" suit or that I looked like Mr. Mooney from "The Lucy Show". Strangely I wore it up until about 2000 thereafter I retired it.

I also wore another "civil-rights" suit; forest green with a thin turquoise blue and black diagonal-striped tie with my Oxfords. I wore that at a Delta anniversary ball at OU in '93.

What about the double breasted teen suits with the really short jackets that were all the rage back in '89-92(?). I had a gray double breasted one I wore to a '94 Delta Ball and have a pic of and a black one which was actually single breasted but had multiple buttons like it was double breasted. I often wore it with as if it was a tuxedo with tux shirts, black bow tie and cummerbund to quite a few Black Greek balls/gals. I retired it only b/c my ex-wife HATED it and demanded that I get rid of it.

Oh, and I love (and still do) airline pilot and naval officer jackets. At one dance I wore a airline captain jacket with a white shirt, red tie, khakis, and pennyloafers. At another I wore a black Navy Ensign jacket (double breasted with a gold stripe on the lower sleeve) with a white shirt, black tie, white pants and white shirt with a skipper cap to set it off.

I still wear the jacket at weddings with black slacks, a very fancy white dress shirt and black vest. The women shower me w/compliments on the jacket.

Anyhow, more later, maybe...