# Seinfeld puffy shirt ends up in Smithsonian **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-puffy-shirt-ends-up-in-smithsonian/630900 "2012-08-08T20:42:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-puffy-shirt-ends-up-in-smithsonian/630900/1 "2012-08-08T20:42:43Z")
Not news, but I just learned about it: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61463-2004Nov18.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61463-2004Nov18.html) > **[Collections](https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections?key=35&objkey=9040)** > > The National Museum of American History collects artifacts of all kinds—from gowns to locomotives—to preserve for the American people an enduring record of their past. We have more than 1.7 million objects and 22,000 linear feet of archival documents... “But I don’t wanna be a pirate…!” ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-puffy-shirt-ends-up-in-smithsonian/630900/2 "2012-08-08T22:32:28Z")
Is it one of those things they only show on a rotating basis? When I went two years ago, I tried looking for it, but didn’t see it anywhere. They did have a little section with pop culture memorabilia like the Fonz’s jacket, Archie Bunker’s chair and Dorothy’s ruby slippers, but no Puffy Shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-puffy-shirt-ends-up-in-smithsonian/630900/3 "2012-08-08T23:36:14Z")
Could be. I haven’t seen it myself, but was told about it by a friend who’d been there not too long ago. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-puffy-shirt-ends-up-in-smithsonian/630900/4 "2012-08-09T01:37:53Z")
man the early '90’s were really bad for fashion and yes even I had a puffy shirt… well it matched my mullet! ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-puffy-shirt-ends-up-in-smithsonian/630900/5 "2012-08-09T10:49:29Z")
I’ve posted this before but that puffy shirt is almost identical to the one Prince wears in the movie **When Doves Cry**. Not the best picture link for Prince but you can see for yourself. [Jerry](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=seinfeld+puffy+shirt&hl=en&sa=X&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ACEW_en___US390&biw=1024&bih=694&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=o_yzqAQD5H3xKM:&imgrefurl=http://thefilmemporium.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-10-favourite-seinfeld-episodes.html&docid=ZFY29OZJ9CNByM&imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YA2M5cW4p3M/TmGrTQDp1qI/AAAAAAAADL4/ipJeMpqc2gM/s1600/puffyshirt.jpg&w=700&h=503&ei=A5QjULiYJYSi8gSL7YCgAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=218&vpy=42&dur=585&hovh=190&hovw=265&tx=156&ty=114&sig=109693616660802929507&page=1&tbnh=100&tbnw=135&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:150) [Prince](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=prince+when+doves+cry&hl=en&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ACEW_en___US390&biw=1024&bih=694&tbm=isch&tbnid=RzVkCNYHzGA4WM:&imgrefurl=http://www.celebrations.com/content/80s-music&docid=Eb_63AF5PcPW2M&imgurl=http://www.celebrations.com/usrimg/editor-dianaheather-5522/best-80s-songs-prince-when-doves-cry.jpg&w=600&h=400&ei=NpUjUMCWG82G0QG_nYGQBw&zoom=1) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-puffy-shirt-ends-up-in-smithsonian/630900/6 "2012-08-09T12:51:13Z")
Last time I was there they had a small pop culture section. And they do rotate different things through. I seem to remember the exhibit being much bigger in my youth.