I have a red velvet vest.
Looks good with a fine wool sports coat, on a cool day.
I have a tshirt that says “Public Radio Nerd” that gets a lot of comments.
I have a tee that has a map of Alaska and says “Alaska: It’s Where My Story Begins.” Question most asked: “Have you ever been there?”
I have a T-Shirt with this and it gets the most comments of anything I wear these day.
Tigger, Is That You?
My days of wearing attention-getting clothing are mostly behind me, with one notable exception. I couldn’t resist buying a full-length Irish Kinsale cloak when I was there not quite 30 years ago.
Much Like This (Mine’s longer, though.)
I wear it regularly in cold weather and it always garners comments. Love that thing.
Do you carry a scythe with that?
Heeeeeeeeee!! Instant Halloween costume!! But… no.
Should I?
I used to have a t-shirt that said “STOP PLATE TECTONICS”. With the current political and social atmosphere, I wish I still had it, but I, ahem, outgrew it.
Remember all the t-shirts from the 1990s that depicted animals, and inanimate objects too, having sex in different positions? During that time, I met a man who was a junior high teacher, and a girl who had never been in any kind of trouble and really wasn’t the kind of kid who would do something like that on purpose was called into the principal’s office, and told that she had to turn her shirt inside out. She asked why, and had it explained to her. It turned out her MOTHER hadn’t picked up on it, and bought it for her when they were on vacation, because it had lizards all over it and the girl liked lizards. Oops!
Back in the 1970s, there was a MAD send-up of a crime drama where an arrestee wore a t-shirt with a skull and crossbones on it, and was captioned “DECRIMINALIZE CYANIDE.” Several people wrote letters wanting to know if a shirt like that was commercially available. Nowadays, it could be!
Hehehe, I’m jealous. You should join Sunn O)))*
(Warning, very slow metal ahead)
* Yep, their name includes the “O)))”
Senior year of high school, we went on an epic tour of New Year’s Eve Parties, thanks to someone having a van and someone having a younger brother who was our designated driver. Needless to say many of us got stupid drunk. When I woke up, I was no longer wearing jeans, boots and a long sleeved shirt. I was wearing shorts, a red t-shirt and was barefoot. When I went into the bathroom, I saw that the shirt I was wearing said, “I am glad you are alive”. I broke out laughing. The house where we crashed, his mother was a psychologist(?) and the shirt was from some suicide prevention organization in Louisiana (Baton Rouge maybe). I refused to give the shirt back, I had earned it.
That shirt became my hippie concert/festival shirt and it always got lots of reactions. Unfortunately, I lost it when my backpack was stolen at some Grant Park Blues or Jazz festival.
That’s really pretty. Not that grim reaperish at all to me.
Thanks. I think so, too. It was always my favorite thing to wear for special outings, such as going to the opera at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. It didn’t look a bit out of place there.
ETA: Never wore it to the feed store, though.
I used to have one of these, in blue.
Bought it some 30 years ago; wore it to work on the day I went from probationary to permanent.
I have a black T-shirt that has a red rectangle with white lettering across the top. It says: Permanently Tired. I’ve had several coments agreeing with it. One from about 5 yards away from a working cashier in walmart, and one from a guy across the street and 4 doors down. I don’t think I could have read it from there.
I also have a very simple peace sign necklace, silver tone with bead cain apx.2 inches diameter. I’ve worn it pretty constantly since abot 2016. I get lots of compliments on it.
I’ve been wearing a Luigi hat for the last few months. It gets lots of compliments.
I have two high quality fedoras that I wear in cooler months. I bought my best one at a hat store in Manhattan at Herald Square about 10 years ago. I asked for a beaver felt hat and the guy went in back and returned with a very expensive and beautiful fedora.
I have no business being in this thread because I wear boring nondescript things without logos, without words, and in muted colors.
But I do happen to have a Dark Side of the Moon T-shirt folded neatly in a drawer somewhere. My nephew gave it to me many years ago knowing my taste in music, and I never wore it.
I ought to give it a shot one of these days when I go out to get my coffee. My wife will surely wonder if I am feeling well.
That’s interesting; seventy years ago, a fedora would be the opposite of attention-seeking but hats are unusual enough today that it is.
Hats are my staple! I wear different kinds all year long.
My current favorite is a Trinity Flat Cap I bought in Ireland.
When it’s really cold I love wearing my black and white tuque.
I always wear my powder blue leisure suit, with platform shoes and a fedora when I’m out and about. But, that’s not the attention-getting part—that would be the bedazzled bling that rivals any Vegas marquee. After all, if I’m not sparkling like a disco ball, am I even dressed?
More seriously, I do occasionally wear a couple loud Hawaiian and Bowling shirts (and I don’t bowl).