The fashion thread

[MarkGrace]

My coworkers and I were discussing stores we used to rock that have now disappeared:

Espirit
Contempo Casuals
The Limited
Banana Republic back in the day when they carried safari wear
Jeans Warehouse
Units

Funny you should say Espirit, because we saw it in quite a few locations in Paris and were surprised by how prevalent it seemed to be. There were Espirit stores in very trendy/contemporary places like Galeries Lafayette and Forum Les Halles (which, btw, had a record/book/dvd shop that I could have spent the rest of my life in).

[cowboy]

My coworkers and I were discussing stores we used to rock that have now disappeared:

Espirit
Contempo Casuals
The Limited
Banana Republic back in the day when they carried safari wear
Jeans Warehouse
Units

My clothing store of choice in Utah is IFA. Fortunately, I believe they are still going strong.

[Babs]

Units

Did you have the skirt you could also wear as a top or as a belt? Very rad. I had a black one that I was never allowed to wear as a top, but as a skirt it looked pretty sweet with my bright red Coca Cola sweatshirt.

[Flystripper]

My coworkers and I were discussing stores we used to rock that have now disappeared:

Espirit
Contempo Casuals
The Limited
Banana Republic back in the day when they carried safari wear
Jeans Warehouse
Units

I rocked bananna when it was just a catalog and before it was acquired by Gap in 1983! I had a couple of the T-shirts with pictures of animals on the back.

[Donuthole]

I rocked bananna when it was just a catalog and before it was acquired by Gap in 1983! I had a couple of the T-shirts with pictures of animals on the back.

There was this massive knock-off store sometime in the early 90s that sold only those type of shirts (BR animal shirts). I can't remember the name of it for the life of me (and truthfully, I don't even know if it was a national store or just a Utah-based company). They were all the rage for about a year, before they suddenly disappeared.

Also, County Seat was big at the time. Nuovo (we always called it "Nauvoo") brand denim was hawt! I'm proud to say I had an aversion to black denim even when it was supposedly stylish.

[MarkGrace]

There was this massive knock-off store sometime in the early 90s that sold only those type of shirts (BR animal shirts). I can't remember the name of it for the life of me (and truthfully, I don't even know if it was a national store or just a Utah-based company). They were all the rage for about a year, before they suddenly disappeared.

Also, County Seat was big at the time. Nuovo (we always called it "Nauvoo") brand denim was hawt! I'm proud to say I had an aversion to black denim even when it was supposedly stylish.

Was it DEI or something like that? I rocked some animal t-shirts pretty hard in jr. high from some store in SLC, and I think that was the name.

[Donuthole]

Was it DEI or something like that? I rocked some animal t-shirts pretty hard in jr. high from some store in SLC, and I think that was the name.

That doesn't ring a bell, but that may be the store. I remember going into the store in the Red Cliffs "Mall" and it being divided into sections: tropical-themed animals over in this corner, arctic animals in that corner, etc. I also remember girls wearing the shirts and rolling up the sleeves. Meanwhile I was a 135 lb kid rocking an XXL.

[Katy Lied]

Did you have the skirt you could also wear as a top or as a belt? Very rad. I had a black one that I was never allowed to wear as a top, but as a skirt it looked pretty sweet with my bright red Coca Cola sweatshirt.

Unfortunately, Units never worked for guys.

[MarkGrace]

That doesn't ring a bell, but that may be the store. I remember going into the store in the Red Cliffs "Mall" and it being divided into sections: tropical-themed animals over in this corner, crctic animals in that corner, etc. I also remember girls wearing the shirts and rolling up the sleeves. Meanwhile I was a 135 lb kid rocking an XXL.

Actual, the place I was thinking of came to me, it was SDI. I had a sweet whale shirt from there and a bunch of other crap I used to rock hard with my gramicci pants and gore-tex boots.

[Donuthole]

Actual, the place I was thinking of came to me, it was SDI. I had a sweet whale shirt from there and a bunch of other crap I used to rock hard with my gramicci pants and gore-tex boots.

That doesn't sound like the same place. I think the place i'm thinking of was as blatant as "Animal Republic" or something like that. All it sold was knock-off Banana Republic t-shirts.

[HauteCoug]

Unfortunately, Units never worked for guys.

oh hi there, white Aladdin.

[kccougar]

I always wanted a fashion forum called The Closet. I could post pictures of all the fashion atrocities I see around town (none of you lives near Austin, right?). Plus UteStar would be in there all the time.

I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this guy today. Maybe I'm just out of touch, but I have to think that if I tracked him down 15 years from now he would be very embarrassed to see this shot...

[Commando]

Those socks are 2L2Q, but that shirt.. ehhh...

[HauteCoug]

take away the yellow cuffs and collar and that whole thing is pretty grand.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this guy today. Maybe I'm just out of touch, but I have to think that if I tracked him down 15 years from now he would be very embarrassed to see this shot...

I'd wear that shirt, I think it is awesome.