# What are these shirt/jacket things called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548 "2004-12-25T01:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/1 "2004-12-25T01:53:13Z")
Completely gone from my head is the name of these things… I associate them with Dead Heads, head shops, hippy culture in general. Heavy woven jackets from Mexico, worked great as an overshirt in the spring… They have hoods, big pocket in the front… Hopefully someone knows what I mean? (Theoretically this could go in GQ but… it’s way too mundane) ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/2 "2004-12-25T01:56:17Z")
Hoodies. Unless I’ve missed some cultural programming message, which is entirely possible given my life up to now. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/3 "2004-12-25T01:59:19Z")
Poncho? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/4 "2004-12-25T02:01:26Z")
I was gonna add - not a poncho. And not a hoodie as you currently would define a hoodie. Like a poncho, but … well, not. Square - shaped like a T basically. Long sleeves. Coarse fabric… ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/5 "2004-12-25T02:07:50Z")
Dunno if this link will work, but hopefully it will show you a thumbnail of the thing I am talking about. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/6 "2004-12-25T02:09:30Z")
[Uh, forgot the link](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://mybandanas.com/order/99996.jpg&imgrefurl=https://mybandanas.com/order/99996.htm&h=256&w=324&sz=34&tbnid=dyXPiQxEoDsJ:&tbnh=90&tbnw=113&start=17&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmexican%2Bshirt%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff) (And then a friend just IMed me the name - Baha shirts.) Thanks for playing! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Pizza_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/7 "2004-12-25T02:12:36Z")
It’s a surf or baja pullover. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/8 "2004-12-25T02:25:56Z")
Oh, shit there’s another name for them too. Now it’s going to drive me nuts trying to remember! It’s from when they got popular up here in the mid- to late-80s. Arg. I’ll remember at three in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/9 "2004-12-25T02:29:31Z")
Dammit! I keep thinking of “henley” which is a totally different style of shirt! ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/10 "2004-12-25T02:33:42Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Dammit! I keep thinking of “henley” which is a totally different style of shirt! I’m reminded of [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5431560&postcount=167) from the brain fart thread: > [@Whammo](#): > > Then there was the time I was trying to describe a particular southern candy to my sister. Pralenes… easy enough, however, for some reason the only word I could think of for them was Apricots… which is obviously wrong. Probably 5 times I thought about what they were called before it suddenly dawned on me “Apricots!” no WAIT! Thats wrong AGAIN!!.. 10 minutes of abject silence and I suddenly bolted upright with one hand projecting triumphantly into the air and yelled, “APRICOTS!” Henley!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/11 "2004-12-25T02:58:49Z")
Gah! It’s gonna drive me nuts. And it may have been a regional thing too. But, similar to “henley” (which is that shirt with a box neck collar and two buttons), we called them by a word that sounded like a _name_. You know, “Let’s to the head shop and buy a henley and a Kendall.” Like the vintage clothing store that had all the “Henleys and Harveys from Peru.” What the hell did we call them??? At the time, you didn’t get all the loopy colour combinations like the current baja pullovers. They tended to be woven of thick, but fairly uniform thread, and there was no “baja” about them. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/12 "2004-12-25T03:03:26Z")
I’ve heard em called ‘Drug Rugs’. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/13 "2004-12-25T03:18:11Z")
In the Southeastern US, they were called “bajas.” ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/14 "2004-12-25T03:28:15Z")
I own and wear a baja. That’s what we call them here in MA. But I do sort of remember another name for them when I was younger and they were first “in”. (yah, yah, I’m an old hippie.) The ones I’ve always seen are either blue and white or just shades of beige/off white. Now I’m going to go nuts trying to figure out the other name. Here’s a [picture](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63862&item=5345493552&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V) of one. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/15 "2004-12-25T04:06:00Z")
Yep, we called 'em bajas in high school (late 80s). In fact, I still have one hanging in my closet, with a big Corona logo on the back . . . it hasn’t fit in years, but I keep it around for sentimental reasons. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/16 "2004-12-25T04:47:05Z")
It wasn’t also called a “kelly,” was it? Dang! I’m probably still just stuck on “henley.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/17 "2004-12-25T04:55:22Z")
Where I grew up (Southern California, '70s and '80s) we called them “Senor Lopez jackets.” Somebody had to enlighten me that they were also called bajas–I’d never heard that before. I just found one recently, for the low low price of $14.95, and was quite pleased. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/18 "2004-12-25T09:28:39Z")
Are you thinking of ‘dashiki’? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/19 "2004-12-25T20:20:59Z")
I call mine Bob. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548/20 "2004-12-25T20:43:30Z")
Another vote for baja. Bought mine in Albuquerque-old town a few years ago. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-shirt-jacket-things-called/281548.md?page=2)