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Jeans have roguish past. They are signifiers of untamed wilderness and rebellious vigor. Tan pants put you in mind of, well, the Ivy League. How exciting is that? It's really east coast WASPs versus the melting pot of the other 45 states. It's downright un-American not to worship the frontier...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: Bland Man with the Tan Pants | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

...wearing TAN PANTS. The scourge of my existence, of the Harvard fashion scene, of your grandfather's wardrobe. Tan pants...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: Bland Man with the Tan Pants | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

Nearly everyone wears them. In core sections you can easily spot five out of nine men in khakis. A dangerous wardrobe choice. Yet the boy had the audacity to ask me, "what's wrong with tan pants...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: Bland Man with the Tan Pants | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

...first problem is that they are tan. Tan is the color of boredom. It is the color of dry dirt. It is the color of the junk you dig out of your eyes in the morning. There is nothing interesting of significant about the color tan. Note the vowelrhyme with 'Bland...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: Bland Man with the Tan Pants | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

Many Harvardians wear tan pants in place of blue-jeans. They get dirty in khakis. They wear them on dorm crew. Khakis infringe on the fashion space reserved for jeans, which is and unforgivable trespass...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: Bland Man with the Tan Pants | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

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