Word: corduroys
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...Jeans abound in every size, shape, and color--not only are their lovably frayed 70s leftovers for the vintage lovers out there, but even stone-washed 80s style dungarees for the fashion clueless. Customers bored with traditional denim can choose from velvet, suede, and corduroy varieties. Faux-suede pants in black, blue, brown, and tan ($28) seem to be a current in-house trend...
...friends and I let ourselves dance wildly, and almost anonymously in the crowd of first years, standing out in our brown corduroy "formal-wear." The dance was pressure-free. We weren't worried about drinking too much, avoiding hook-ups or trying to impress...
...ubermensch, the affectation to the accent. Male retro-bikers should therefore include a combination of the following in their assembled visage: either jet black or platinum blonde hair (depending on your sexuality), plastic rimmed rectangular glasses, a blue button-down shirt made of light material, a blazer of either corduroy or velvet (not contingent upon your sexuality), deep brown, well-fitting pants, and an essential leather satchel (for your manuscript, of course). In winter, a dark coat which reaches mid-calf should be incorporated. In summer, there is no alteration, but rolling up of the blue sleeves is permitted once...
...became (in my mind) politicized. And then, on the very last day of my misspent years in graduate school, my role model and hero Arnie Goldman said, "School's out--what do you say, let's go to Murray's," and so it was cool. We put on our corduroy sportscoats with the leather elbow patches and had dinner, and he ordered us martinis, and the gin made me as witty as Robert Benchley. We swapped timeless repartee for a couple hours and ate liberal Democratic steaks and felt the glow of scholarly brotherhood...
...pack and stop a rival gang of terrorists. All good fun, but why load up PCs, those most '90s of devices, with this tribute to the '70s? "The future," explains developer Zack Norman, "is boring." Maybe, but we can at least hope it doesn't include neon-orange corduroy vests...