I’ve been (re)watching several episodes of the old Dick Van Dyke show, and I’ve noticed a few separate occasions where different male characters wore their belt buckles off to the side, damn near on their hips.
And then I remembered this being a short-lived fad when I was in grade school, in the late 60’s/early 70’s. We thought it looked so cool.
Does anyone else remember doing this?
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I remember it dating back to the mid 60’s (Chicago).
it was hip.
It may have started with guitar players not wanting to scratch the backs of thier guitars. A friend of mine always moves his off to the side like that before he straps the axe on.
I guess that’s possible. I don’t see Rob Petrie strapping on an axe, though. 
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When you get fat, a big buckle cuts into your dunlap when you sit in the car.
This was the 60s though. People were skinny back then.
There are still legitimate reasons to do this, such as auto mechanics not wanting to scratch cars and kitchen cabinet installers not wanting to put buckle-shaped dents into new cabinets.
But otherwise, it looks silly.
I tend to line the right side of mine up with the zipper line, which is a holdover from my military career, where that was required.
I was going to post this. That’s the only reason I ever did it. And we guitar players define cool, everybody knows that. 
From where are you getting the Dick Van Dyke show?
I have a dim memory of Fonzie sliding Richie’s belt to the side just before Richie goes on a big date and Fonzie saying something like: There, give it your best shot.
As mentioned in the OP, I recently saw the phenomenon on the DVD show, and it brought back memories.
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Also, its streaming on Netflix. You can probably find it streaming elsewhere online as well.
The DVD show is currently on TVLand at 9:10 am et and 9:45 et Tues-Friday.
it is also has some repeats on a local retro-TV station on Sunday afternoon.
Must…resist…posting…MST3K…“Pants Up Song”…
I was never in the military, but I do the same thing. And it drives me nuts when I see guys with their belt on backwards. I know I shouldn’t care, but it’s one of those things I notice immediately, and then can’t stop thinking about. I think I have a disorder.
Is this kind of like hanging an onion from your belt?
Well it WAS the style at the time.
When I was in high school there was a brief fad where guys would get a waaaaay too-long braided belt and let the overflow hang vertically down their leg to around knee-level. Looked like they had a tail on their side.