November 21, 2007

Stretch. Terry. Jumpsuit.

Most of you have seen the e-mail floating around that includes pictures from the 1977 JC Penney catalog. While some of the clothes are certainly funny in our "enlightened" age, one outfit caught my eye:
jumpsuit1977.bmp
Laugh if you must, but I always thought the jumpsuit would be the clothing of the future. One-piece, lots of pockets, lots of colors; what's not to love? Evidently, those who determine what we wear do not see the genius of the one piece jumpsuit. So here I am, khakis, belt and shirt. Blehhh.

I WILL bring the jumpsuit back. The one above is make of terrycloth. Terrycloth! How unbelievably cool is that? You could sleep in it! I only need ten of them: five long-sleeved and five short-sleeved, each in a different color. Work, play, whatever: my clothing needs will be permanently met. Add in some of those velcro-tightened tennis shoes, and hello 21st century!!!

Who's with me?

Posted by Matthew at November 21, 2007 07:36 AM
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Comments

Heh ...

Looks like Matt's on an island all by himself. Crickets Chirping, etc.

On the other hand I would love to see Kelli's reaction if Matt shows up in a HOT PINK terry cloth jumpsuit. :-)

Hash

Posted by: Hash [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 23, 2007 08:33 AM

Mathew

I just saw the email, and honest to God i replied to the sender (a friend) that I quite fancied the white terry cloth jumpsuit. THEN i googled it thinking i might just buy one if i can locate a maker online, and i found your site!

sincerely
sophy

p.s i have a black skin-tight jump suit with long sleeves and zipper down the front, slightly high neck. i feel great in it. is best worn with knee-high boots.

Posted by: sophy at December 2, 2007 04:42 AM

Okay, I kid you not, I found this blog when I was googling "stretch terry jumpsuit" after reading that email in hopes of actually finding one and BUYING IT. I agree, there's nothing much more comfortable and practical than a jumpsuit, and terricloth would up it one more notch into the "SEVERLY AWESOME" category. Provided, of course, you reeeealy love the 70s. Which I do. So HA.

Posted by: Eric at June 26, 2008 05:32 PM

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