Pleated Slacks

[SCP]

So how many pairs of pleated khakis are at this Carolina/Wisconsin basketball game right now. If there are 19,000 at the game, I bet 18,000 are in pleated khaki's and sweater vests.

[Floppin]

Parachute pants are something totally different. They came out way before hammer pants.

Yeah, but Hammer pants were still called Parachute pants. There's been a couple different types of pants called Parachute pants.

In the 70's it was the the nylon pants, usually with a lot of zippers, the name referred to the fabric...nylon

In the 80's it was the hammer pants.

Both were called Parachute pants.

[Khaki Lackey]

Yeah, but Hammer pants were still called Parachute pants. There's been a couple different types of pants called Parachute pants.

In the 70's it was the the nylon pants, usually with a lot of zippers, the name referred to the fabric...nylon

In the 80's it was the hammer pants.

Both were called Parachute pants.

The parachute pants came out in the Michael Jackson Thriller era. 83ish and were made out of parachute nylon. The MC Hammer pants were 89ish and I never heard them referred to as parachute. To be fair, I don't know the Hammer pants official name so I could be wrong.

[Mother Grabber]

Pleats look pretty good to me...

[Floppin]

The parachute pants came out in the Michael Jackson Thriller era. 83ish and were made out of parachute nylon. The MC Hammer pants were 89ish and I never heard them referred to as parachute. To be fair, I don't know the Hammer pants official name so I could be wrong.

I'm on my phone and don't feel like doing it while pooping, but I can almost guarantee that I'm right. Look it up on wiki or something....or I will in about 10 mins.

[Floppin]

Early breakdancers occasionally used heavy nylon to construct jumpsuits or trousers that would be able to endure contact with the break dancing surface while at the same time decreasing friction with the dancing surface, allowing speedy and intricate "downrock" routines without fear of friction burns or wear in clothing. Some, possibly apocryphal, sources[who?] attribute the use of genuine parachute nylon having been cut to make such trousers possible. In the early part of the 80s, parachute pants were more tight-fitting and only later became looser. In the later 80s, the term "parachute pants" was used to describe any pants that were somewhat voluminous and narrow at the ankles, sometimes cinched with a tie cord running through the lower hem (unlike bellbottoms or wide-leg baggy jeans) in order to increase mobility for dance moves requiring flexibility. Due to both the use of nylon in the parachutes, and the large baggy appearance of the parachute pants, the style of pants became known as parachute pants. Often, early outfits were of a single color or slightly patchwork in nature as they were sometimes made of found materials.

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[sunbunny]

I have never heard hammer pants referred to as anything but hammer pants. I don't care what the quote says, I was a teen during the 80's and parachute pants are something completely different.

[Floppin]

I have never heard hammer pants referred to as anything but hammer pants. I don't care what the quote says, I was a teen during the 80's and parachute pants are something completely different.

I have, I grew up in the 80's also. That's why I called them what I called them. Not that it really matters, just wanted to prove that I'm not retarded.

[Delhomeboy]

Did I just read a vicious and intense argument about parachute pants?

My God, that's it. I'm going to bed.

[Khaki Lackey]

Did I just read a vicious and intense argument about parachute pants?

My God, that's it. I'm going to bed.

I didn't find it vicious or intense. You clicked on a thread about pleated slacks. How good did you really expect it to be?

[Epistaxis]

Might as well hold on to those khaki pleats, most likely they will be back "in" next decade.

Don't wear them anymore as they aren't cool now.

Stuff just has a way of coming back around.

Wish I hadn't given away all those rugby shirts, whaddya know, they came back.

Same for those topsider shoes.

Whatever, I'm getting old enough to rock whatever I want, including white slacks hiked up to my nipples or black socks with shorts.

:D