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Related: About this forumThe new fashion for late teens and early 20s: Bib overalls
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For his 20th birthday, our grandson asked for a pair of Dickies bib overalls.
Seems that the latest fashion.
He's going into his junior at William and Mary in August.
I love overalls.
Lots of pockets.
Comfortable, no belt.
But now, it's a fashion statement?
Go figure.
Oh yeah...I looked up 'overalls fashion' and learned that to can pay over $1000 for 'designer' overalls.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)So I guess it really is a trend.
Kali
(55,736 posts)not saying why I might know that.
applegrove
(123,112 posts)Good times.
Kali
(55,736 posts)might even still be around here someplace
applegrove
(123,112 posts)to stand out except in sports where I was a grunt.
trof
(54,273 posts)applegrove
(123,112 posts)trof
(54,273 posts)applegrove
(123,112 posts)school parking lot because we somehow thought walking through 3 inches of water was cool.
TomSlick
(11,886 posts)I recall having a pair of overalls but I surely didn't wear them in public - right?
ShazzieB
(18,641 posts)They were quite popular when I was in college in the early 70s. But only for girls. I never saw any of the guys wearing them.
ShazzieB
(18,641 posts)They were quite popular when I was in college in the early 70s.
applegrove
(123,112 posts)ones with the thin stripes.
Sparkly
(24,347 posts)Found myself a cute pair of Dickies' painters pants recently and I get compliments!
applegrove
(123,112 posts)IcyPeas
(22,610 posts)Just saw this as a "latest thread" and am glad I was here at the right time!!
I was a teenager in the 1970s, when overalls had a fashion trend, along with jeans/dungarees. My mother, raised in Oklahoma where her Dad had a small farm and taught agriculture, shook her head. "I don't understand WHY you all want to look like farm hands!" she sighed.
BigmanPigman
(52,241 posts)starting in the late 70s. I still have a pair but I need to lose 5 pounds to fit into them again. I save everything in my closet. The "cool" students in high school always wore them with one strap hanging down...a very good look.
Sparkly
(24,347 posts)dweller
(25,041 posts)They were popular with the dirty longhairs I hung with
have had several pairs over the years, and am back in them again
😃
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2naSalit
(92,669 posts)And bibs dress too. Loved those things, no waistband. I bought some a year ago but I lost weight and they're way too big for me, cost $60 at the yard and barn.
I don't care if they're fashionable, they're comfortable. And considering a lot of people, since pandemic lockdowns and such, are into comfort clothing, I can see overalls becoming a thing.
dweller
(25,041 posts)and painters pants, carpenter jeans etc
I txtd my daughters with the gist of this thread, and they both have some to wear now, I found pics of them as toddlers wearing them to show that they got an early start 😃
Plus, Ive bought pairs for my grandkids too, and they love them !
I would love to find some lightweight cotton overalls for the summer, as my denims are a bit hot nowadays
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Yonnie3
(18,111 posts)I haven't been in my twenties for more than a few decades.
My late father was faculty at William and Mary. He retired around 1980.
Cartoonist
(7,530 posts)But how are the real hipsters going to wear them below the waist?
Sparkly
(24,347 posts)ha.
kimbutgar
(23,262 posts)My Mother hated it and said it make me look country. I Rembrandt she would give me a bad look when I wore those overalls! I actually have a few pictures of me in those overalls. But I didnt like it when I had to go to the bathroom because it took longer to put it back on!
The new ones are cute though with the wide legged pants ( again another throw back to bell bottoms)
Sparkly
(24,347 posts)I liked the ones I got from the Sears catalogue way back when.
gay texan
(2,860 posts)with platforms
central scrutinizer
(12,441 posts)By cutting off the legs just above the knee.
Rebl2
(14,677 posts)every few years, especially for teens, they become popular. Think I had a cute pair back in the 1970s. Ever since then, like I said, they become popular.
gay texan
(2,860 posts)Support an American company....
https://www.round-house.com/
multigraincracker
(34,069 posts)Need worn out knees, holes and grease spots to be authentic.