# Wearing an adult onesie **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 24, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960 "2021-06-24T19:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/21 "2021-06-24T20:05:43Z")
> [@HughGoply](#): > > Is it tough to get in and out of? I don’t have the best shoulder mobility. Full disclosure: I grew up in the 80’s and as many young men, I was fashion-forward. Inspired by my favorite band (The Police), I bought myself a jump-suit in which to go clubbing. I was quite fit, had no mobility issues and it was still a pain in the ass to live with. My excuse is that I was 19 and it was the 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/22 "2021-06-24T20:09:13Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Full disclosure: I grew up in the 80’s and as many young men, I was fashion-forward. Inspired by my favorite band (The Police), I bought myself a jump-suit in which to go clubbing. I was quite fit, had no mobility issues and it was still a pain in the ass to live with. My excuse is that I was 19 and it was the 80’s. Come back to the onesie life Does 19 and it was the '80 = cocaine? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/23 "2021-06-24T20:12:26Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > Only a Mr. Universe (Sean Connery) could look good in that. Even for Connery it isn’t a great look; he looks like he’s ready for some “Momma Put Baby To Bed!” sexual cosplay. Given that this is also the film where he cheats at golf, wrecks his armed to the teeth Aston Martin DB5 because he was fooled by a mirror, and gets captured repeatedly, narrowly escaping death only because Oddjob moved slower than an overweight bulldog, it is surprising that the Bond franchise continued and thrived. (Apropos of nothing, Cec Linder (playing Felix Leiter) was the only actor filmed in Miami Beach for the establishing shot walking past the pool; all of the other scenes with Connery, Margaret Nolan (Dink), and Gert Fröbe were filmed at Pinewood with a rear projection backdrop.) Next up, Roger Moore’s penchant for double-breasted suits with aircraft carrier lapels. His Bond had a certain panache and distinctive delivery, but he usually dressed like he was someone else’s butler. > [@QuickSilver](#): > > Full disclosure: I grew up in the 80’s and as many young men, I was fashion-forward. Inspired by my favorite band (The Police), I bought myself a jump-suit in which to go clubbing. I was quite fit, had no mobility issues and it was still a pain in the ass to live with. My excuse is that I was 19 and it was the 80’s. Nothing summarizes the 'Eightes in ninety seconds as much as the [Plymouth Duster “Cocaine Factory” commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEIlBRONO-A) but wearing a jumpsuit to go clubbing is a pretty good runner up. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/24 "2021-06-24T20:12:54Z")
> [@HughGoply](#): > > Does 19 and it was the '80 = cocaine? You think that’s a decision you make fully sober? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/25 "2021-06-24T20:13:24Z")
I’m guessing that “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” was something you heard rather frequently at that point 😉 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/26 "2021-06-24T20:16:33Z")
It’s not nearly as bad as my other crime of fashion; Don Johnson (Miami Vice) linen sport jackets. ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/27 "2021-06-24T20:20:12Z")
I had on a linen jacket yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/28 "2021-06-24T20:22:32Z")
Over a Lacoste polo, collar up, sleeves hiked? ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/29 "2021-06-24T20:26:30Z")
[https://ibb.co/TKDSXmx](https://ibb.co/TKDSXmx) Linen jacket, linen shirt, shantung silk tie. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/30 "2021-06-24T20:27:34Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > It’s not nearly as bad as my other crime of fashion; Don Johnson (Miami Vice) linen sport jackets. In the early 'Nineties when the USA Network was rerunning Miami Vice, one of my college housemates had a television that would angrily buzz every time Don Johnson was on screen in his clashing style of pastel jackets over fluorescent t-shirts. As I recall it was especially disturbed about a salmon-colored jacket over a bright turquoise shirt. It made watching the show far more entertaining than I recalled during its original run. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/31 "2021-06-24T20:27:50Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Nothing summarizes the 'Eightes in ninety seconds as much as the [Plymouth Duster “Cocaine Factory” commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEIlBRONO-A) but wearing a jumpsuit to go clubbing is a pretty good runner up. We rolled in my friend’s [Plymouth Sapporo](https://www.google.com/search?q=plymouth+sapporo&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=XMfw06bJhN2PAM%252CFvCKmPbGhsHtbM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRJaiMY73Seg8sXKOQYi9TCPCCGgQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_gdi4jbHxAhUEEVkFHfcbCUsQ9QF6BAgREAE&biw=1920&bih=937#imgrc=MvC4OyNprSUFhM). ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/32 "2021-06-24T20:29:52Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Over a Lacoste polo, collar up, sleeves hiked? I don’t think Johnson wore a polo, or if he did, it was rare. He wore a t-shirt or short-sleeve henley. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/33 "2021-06-24T20:39:14Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > We rolled in my friend’s [Plymouth Sapporo](https://www.google.com/search?q=plymouth+sapporo&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=XMfw06bJhN2PAM%252CFvCKmPbGhsHtbM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRJaiMY73Seg8sXKOQYi9TCPCCGgQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_gdi4jbHxAhUEEVkFHfcbCUsQ9QF6BAgREAE&biw=1920&bih=937#imgrc=MvC4OyNprSUFhM). Vinyl top with whitewalls out while blasting “Jesse’s Girl” and “Hey, Nineteen” out of the tinny, no-base-range speakers, I hope! Stranger ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/34 "2021-06-24T20:39:51Z")
> [@HughGoply](#): > > Linen jacket, linen shirt, shantung silk tie. Dapper. Too much brown for me though. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/35 "2021-06-24T20:40:07Z")
> [@HughGoply](#): > > Obviously, they look great, Heh. You’re joking, right¿ ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/36 "2021-06-24T20:51:24Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Vinyl top with whitewalls out while blasting “Jesse’s Girl” and “Hey, Nineteen” out of the tinny, no-base-range speakers, I hope! Well, we were huge Police fans, and I remember a lot of Blondie and Tears For Fears. “C’mon, I’m talking to you…”. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/37 "2021-06-24T20:58:25Z")
> [@HughGoply](#): > > Are they hard to get in and out of? Likely not an issue, as those wearing it are likely to have a carer along to help with dressing. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/38 "2021-06-24T22:10:14Z")
> [@HughGoply](#): > > Anyone here wear a onesie? I have one of these on order (see link). Are they hard to get in and out of? A pain when pooping? Obviously, they look great, but are they practical? That’s a $545 onesie. There are garments I can imagine paying $545 for. That is not one of them. If you really, really like the look, similar garments can be found at a price point where it will be ok to give it to charity if you find that it isn’t practical enough for your use. $545. ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/39 "2021-06-24T22:11:18Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > That’s a $545 onesie. There are garments I can imagine paying $545 for. That is not one of them. > > If you really, really like the look, similar garments can be found at a price point where it will be ok to give it to charity if you find that it isn’t practical enough for your use. Price isn’t a concern. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960/40 "2021-06-24T22:27:33Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > That’s a $545 onesie. There are garments I can imagine paying $545 for. That is not one of them. [What’s the worst that could happen?](https://youtu.be/81Nl7VYFEaI) Stranger [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-an-adult-onesie/944960.md?page=3)