# What retro clothing would you like to see back? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 7, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550 "2021-04-07T14:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/81 "2021-04-09T20:55:01Z")
We have gaiters too, but they’re exclusively lycra-type material, not insulating/scarflike. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/82 "2021-04-09T20:59:12Z")
I don’t think gaiter was a word that got used a lot here until Covid. They became popular with people that had trouble with masks, whether they were effective or not. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/83 "2021-04-09T21:02:51Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Fringed leather jackets “She ran calling Wildfire…” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/84 "2021-04-09T21:07:54Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > We have gaiters too, but they’re exclusively lycra-type material, not insulating/scarflike. Gaiters go on you legs, not your neck. At least, here they do. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/85 "2021-04-09T21:09:31Z")
That was confusing me too, though gaiters are barely a thing any more in the US. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/86 "2021-04-09T21:10:01Z")
But you have all those ticks… ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/87 "2021-04-09T21:12:30Z")
Gators are in the south. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/88 "2021-04-09T21:14:01Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > That’s literally the fashion world’s job. Male or female. Also nice of you to be so demeaning to women who choose to wear something by calling them Barbie dolls. I think women have been able to dress themselves for several years now, they don’t need men sneering at them for their choices. Demeaning to _women?_ I am not calling women “Barbie dolls”-I am saying that for the longest time the industry was(and still is, but to a lesser extent) dominated by men that treated women like Barbie dolls. “Fashion” which was 95% how men wanted women to look and 5%b hw women actually wanted to look. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/89 "2021-04-09T21:14:16Z")
Counter example [https://getgaiters.com/](https://getgaiters.com/) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/90 "2021-04-09T21:15:08Z")
I used to go to a bar called Gaiters. They had dozens on the wall. I’ve only seen them used by marching band members, certain flag waving military personal and once a very serious long distance bike racer. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/91 "2021-04-09T21:16:23Z")
**Modnote** : @Czarcasm & @mordecaiB drop this side issue before it becomes a hijack. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/92 "2021-04-09T21:18:33Z")
as XC skier, I am aware of both gaiters on the legs (to keep snow from getting inside your pants), and warm neck gaiters: > **[Neck gaiter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neck_gaiter)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > A neck gaiter or neck warmer is a neckwear, or an enlarged collar of a garment, that is worn around the neck for warmth. It is usually a closed tube of fabric, often thick fleece, merino wool, synthetic wicking, or knit material, which is slipped on and off over the head (unlike a scarf, which is an open stretch of fabric wrapped around the neck) to cover the entire neck and conserve body heat. Some balaclavas are essentially a small hood attach... The one I use may be think enough to be an effective COVID screen but would be awfully warm to wear inside. Brian ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/93 "2021-04-09T21:19:21Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Hooded cloaks. > > Snoods. I have a cloak. I don’t have a snood, but only because I don’t have enough hair to make it work. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/94 "2021-04-09T22:59:48Z")
Snoods- a clarification I meant the hair covering. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/95 "2021-04-09T23:21:25Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Some of them are a single stretchy circle you pull over your head, others are longer and require you to loop them double. > > You can wear them down like in the picture (the most common style), or if it’s really cold you might pull it partway up to cover nose and mouth. > > If there are other snoods, I don’t know about them. I’d call that a cowl. Or an infinity scarf. To me, a snood is a hair covering/holder sort of thing ([pictures](https://www.vintagehairstyling.com/bobbypinblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/vintage_hair_snood_hairnet_lilly_dache_hairstyle_1940s.jpg)) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/96 "2021-04-10T02:46:02Z")
If we can include hair fashions I’d say big 80s hair on women. Sure, most of the time, on your average Jane Doe, it looked kind of cheesy. But sometimes it looked fantastic! [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/7423/9331245634_403860cd61_b.jpg "Page 065 - Long 09") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/92327651@N05/9331245634/sizes/l/) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/97 "2021-04-10T03:33:30Z")
Capes. I’d wear the hell out of a cape. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/98 "2021-04-10T04:00:15Z")
The snoods as I think I understand the term, are hair coverings worn by certain religious women who also wear prairie dresses. I see them a lot around here. The people around here who wear these are Mennonites, I think. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/82/7d/86/827d8638c27a56440c0a632e3f4781f5.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/82/7d/86/827d8638c27a56440c0a632e3f4781f5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/99 "2021-04-10T04:02:46Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I’d wear the hell out of a cape I have hat, cape and cane. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/100 "2021-04-10T04:04:59Z")
I could go with a cane. As long as there was a sword in it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550.md?page=6)