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Way back when.. we didn't do rips, but we did do patches. I had some red (YES!!! RED!!!!) Loons which Mrs Mull kindly patched with all sorts of fab groovy contrasting fabrics.
is this what you mean by "loons"?
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is this what you mean by "loons"?
calorgas
Generic middle-aged man
I've been chuckling at previous posts but was just gonna type that I didn't really hate any clothes (anything can be carried off by the right person), until I remembered......
......t-shirts and sweatshirts with pictures of wolves on. And again it's not so much hate, as my inability to understand why anyone would choose to buy something so flippin' tragic!
......t-shirts and sweatshirts with pictures of wolves on. And again it's not so much hate, as my inability to understand why anyone would choose to buy something so flippin' tragic!
ks.234
Half way to Infinity
I go to La Piazza (Italian) on Goodramgate pretty often, it's a favourite resto of my parents. I was last there in April, it was nice without being spectacular. Previous visits have been better. Risotto is a better choice than their pizzas, probably.
Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
ks.234
Half way to Infinity
No, loons are the people who wear them.
Swamp Thing
Remainiac Terrorist
So bell bottoms are loose fit jeans with big flares...
And Loons are tight at the top and flared afterwards, like this picture of Mull in his prime, below: -
That right?
And Loons are tight at the top and flared afterwards, like this picture of Mull in his prime, below: -
That right?
Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
You got that back to front. Bell bottoms are mostly a North American thing, flaring from the knee and looking pretty stupid.
Loons owed more to the European continent, where people with class and taste ( like me obviously) wore keks which flared pretty much from the top of the thigh, but not as wide as those things worn in the upper pic above.
I had some green cord ones too. And some deep blue velvet ones. I may have a picture... So behave...
Loons owed more to the European continent, where people with class and taste ( like me obviously) wore keks which flared pretty much from the top of the thigh, but not as wide as those things worn in the upper pic above.
I had some green cord ones too. And some deep blue velvet ones. I may have a picture... So behave...
Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
Not in my universe they aren't.
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
I think that style was favoured by aficionados of Northern Soul, which was and perhaps still is a thing in some towns in north west England. It was very big in Wigan, as I recall. Wigan’s other claims to fame being Rugby League, and pies - especially pies in a buttered bun.
Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
Nope. The 'Northern Soul' guys wear 'baggies'. I assume this is to allow freedom of movement for their dance floor gymnastics.
https://www.stockportsoulclothing.co.uk/bags
I stopped DJ ing a little while before the full 'Northern Soul' thing exploded, but much of what I was playing was absorbed into the 'Northern' canon. All sorts of ( mostly ) soul.. some pretty well known stuff from Motown, Minit, and other labels, much of it very obscure. The single unifying factor seemingly the correct beat and tempo. For e.g.. much of the Stax/Atlantic output of the 60s doesn't seem to have translated into Northern, presumably because it was a slower, funkier vibe.
Pies in a buttered bun are more properly described as 'Slappies'
https://www.stockportsoulclothing.co.uk/bags
I stopped DJ ing a little while before the full 'Northern Soul' thing exploded, but much of what I was playing was absorbed into the 'Northern' canon. All sorts of ( mostly ) soul.. some pretty well known stuff from Motown, Minit, and other labels, much of it very obscure. The single unifying factor seemingly the correct beat and tempo. For e.g.. much of the Stax/Atlantic output of the 60s doesn't seem to have translated into Northern, presumably because it was a slower, funkier vibe.
Pies in a buttered bun are more properly described as 'Slappies'
vuk
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which city?
i'm pretty sure it happened in montreal. an old university mate was a cousin of this guy:
..and i'm pretty sure he went to the disco once or twice dressed like that.
vuk
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If you didn't get them from Cape in Liverpool there was always the back of the NME.
Never wore Loons I favoured a more of Flemings/bakers/Lee Rider/Ben Sherman suede head vibe....that later morphed into the high waistband bags and cap sleeve t-shirt/platforms thing.
cooky.
does the clipping indicate that our standard of living has gone up or down? (think carefully)
bigjonny
pfm Member
I had a pair in blue, similar to the bloke on the left, "high-waist bags" with 6 buttons on the waistband and 32 inch bottoms, the sort that cooky refers to above. I also had a pair of mauve brushed cotton split-knee loons that my mum sewed patches on, I always wanted a pair of split-knee loons that were different colours above and below the knee but didn't have the money or the bottle to buy them.is this what you mean by "loons"?
vuk
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that is worth remembering. here's a chap in the main city square a couple of days ago wearing a very loud t-shirt and it just works:
