Clothing styles or items you wish would come back

[Lwaxy]

I would be happy enough with having all colors available all the time, not just a few some people removed from the buyers decide we should wear that season. Seriously...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

In American. Not in English!.

Didn't know that one!

Also see: underpants

Seeing only mine is enough, thankyouverymuch!

Funny thing, even though I'm an American, "underpants" has been my preferred term for that form of underwear unless referring to a specific kind- jockeys/briefs, boxers, boxer-briefs, thongs, etc.

 

[Umbran]

Canes/sticks are too weapon-y for today's teddy bear world.

Hardly. You can buy them in CVS, for goodness' sake!

The real thing is that canes are physically awkward. They take up your hand. If you lean them up against a wall or something to free up your hand, they fall over. If you need one to give you extra balance or support in walking, of course you use one, but otherwise, they're kind of a pain in the neck.

Plus, unless your in some rather formal clothes, they look silly. They don't fit into an informal-dress world.

 

[Janx]

Canes/sticks are too weapon-y for today's teddy bear world.

I know.

Thats why I wish they were in fashion so I can unconspicuously weaponize.

(bear in mind, I've actually trained in cane and jo stick fighting).

I think there was actually a french martial art involving canes. Those guys actually have a few martial arts that nobody knows about.

 

[Janx]

Hardly. You can buy them in CVS, for goodness' sake!

The real thing is that canes are physically awkward. They take up your hand. If you lean them up against a wall or something to free up your hand, they fall over. If you need one to give you extra balance or support in walking, of course you use one, but otherwise, they're kind of a pain in the neck.

Plus, unless your in some rather formal clothes, they look silly. They don't fit into an informal-dress world.

Thats true too.

When RenFairing up, I have a rule that if you bring it, you carry it. As such, walking staves
and all that get left at the house. If you can't sling it over your shoulder or hang it on a belt
, it'll get tiresome to carry all day.

Hands free is the way to be.

 

[Janx]

I would be happy enough with having all colors available all the time, not just a few some people removed from the buyers decide we should wear that season. Seriously...

Just a guess, but I think that's just women.

Us guys get the same clothes all year round. unless I'm not looking at the kind of clothes
they don't offer all year round.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The real thing is that canes are physically awkward. They take up your hand. If you lean them up against a wall or something to free up your hand, they fall over.

Fear THIS: https://www.hurrycane.com/

Now...to turn one into a concealed Three-Sectional Staff...








...for Steven Segal's next movie.

 

[Lwaxy]

Just a guess, but I think that's just women.

Us guys get the same clothes all year round. unless I'm not looking at the kind of clothes
they don't offer all year round.

As both my husband and son have the same complaints, I doubt it

Additionally, there was also a year we couldn't get any shirt with a design on it, and another year where we could get none with NO design on it. And then one year it's all stripes and then all spots... etc. But worse was the "year in orange" a few yeas back when it was all orange and yellow, but mostly orange except for business wear. Heck, seriously, what about some variety all the time?

I usually buy men's stuff unless I really love something from the female section, as at least you will always get blacks, reds, browns, greens, blues even if I often dislike the patterns. And it doesn't have the super weird cut some of the female things (I won't even call it clothing) have, either. Plus, that way husband and me can wear the same clothes and not have to worry that much what goes into what cupboard.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

According to the CDC, that's not highly probable, and simple cleaning measures should take care of most of that:

Is that a risk you're willing to take? Not me!

And yet they're still readily available.

But not socially accepted outside of special cases.

Hardly. You can buy them in CVS, for goodness' sake!

And I can buy a gun at Wal-Mart.

EDIT: Whoops! Almost forgot my argument winning anecdote (jk, of course)! My dad once had the police called on him because someone thought he was carrying a gun. The 'gun' was a walking stick and, oddly enough, the place where he was carrying it was alsoi a place where carrying a gun is legal. The cops still showed up ... and apologized for inconveniencing my dad. Anyhoo, as I said, 'weapon-y'.

The real thing is that canes are physically awkward. They take up your hand. If you lean them up against a wall or something to free up your hand, they fall over. If you need one to give you extra balance or support in walking, of course you use one, but otherwise, they're kind of a pain in the neck.

Plus, unless your in some rather formal clothes, they look silly. They don't fit into an informal-dress world.

Yeah, it's mostly their impracticality. Unless you need one, the pain in the rear outweighs the slick, fashionable look.

Plus I really don't think that the majority of folks would be comfortable if the youth of today decided to bring back canes. A quintet of rakishly dressed high schoolers twirling canes down the street after dark would probably not be met terribly well. I would guess that most schools wouldn't be too happy with a fashion statement of that nature either. Weapon-y.

I know.

Thats why I wish they were in fashion so I can unconspicuously weaponize.

(bear in mind, I've actually trained in cane and jo stick fighting).

I think there was actually a french martial art involving canes. Those guys actually have a few martial arts that nobody knows about.

Most of the cool cane weapons are illegal. By that I mean 'illegal to actually carry'. You can buy 'em all day long, you just can't use 'em. Sounds insane, I know, but weapons have a lot of silly rules. For example: In my state I could buy a 40 round or bigger AR15 magazine and keep it perfectly legally. The moment I put it into my AR, though, I'd be breaking the law. For some reason, the state, in its infinite wisdom, decided to make magazines with a capacity greater than 31 rounds (on per day for the longest months? I really don't know) legal for use only in NFA registered weapons. So what that means is that I could buy a 40 round mag and keep it so long as I never, ever load it and put it into my 16" barreled standard AR15. My friend, otoh, can buy one, load it and put it into his 10" barreled NFA registered (SBR) AR15 rifle. But that's not silly. Not at all. Anyhoo, yeah, cane swords and the like are often perfectly legal to own and yet totally illegal to carry or - especially - use.

And yeah, the French have some decent martial arts. It's ... odd.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Is that a risk you're willing to take? Not me!

Actually, I do use hat racks and shelves where they exist.

It is MUCH safer than piling your hat up on top of other people's clothes- say, in a restaurant booth or at someone's house- the very kind of direct clothing contact which the CDC cites as a major lice vector.