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Jump-Alike

This is one of the few examples of dressing alike where it hurts both parties equally. I love the tagline that states “Casual Styles too smart to just stay at home” Yes, indeed show the world your matching jumpsuits and space age flip flops. DVD DAY If you’re Canadian and grew up in the seventies, […]

Pick a Set From the Denim Patch

What was with the obsession with patches? I never really got that but I honestly remember thinking they looked cool.DVD Day Just in time for the election is this limited edition DVD of Politically themed School House Rock segements. Just hearing the words “Schoolhouse Rock” puts “conjunction junction” in my head for the rest of […]

Back to Basics

They say fashion is cyclical, how come I still can’t own a fine jacket such as these without it smelling like Value Village? DVD Day: In terms of 70’s stuff, there isn’t a heck of a lot to mention this week but if you were a teen in the eighties then the High School Flashback […]

Plaid Sesame

A match made in heaven… I am so digging that orange Ernie sweater, it never ends with Sesame Street clothing. Today’s sole DVD release that I feel like blabbing about is this Rodan/War of the Gargantuas double feature. Both of these movies were part of “Monster Week” growing up and are somewhat responsible for my […]

Nursery School Nightmares

In the 70’s, the folks in the jumpsuit industry must have been rolling in it. There is something so weird about that red CB inspired pit crew looking jumpsuit, like the pockets are for Skoal or something .What I was doing 32 years ago Department: I’m pretty jazzed about the first day of school for […]

Back to School Week

As summer comes to an end, what better time then to take a look at the Fall/Winter fashions our parents decked us out in to make that trip back to the classroom. So basically I’m doing what I always do here, just pretending it’s some sort of event. Um……..ta-da?

Future Kids

The kids on the outside kind of look like a young Rusty Venture and a junior version of Ed Straker from UFO. They’ll be rocking the McDonalds Birthday party in space age style. The kid in the middle is wearing what my mom would purchase from the three, meaning it’s the dorkiest “Marks and Spencer” […]