The Sheila Variations

You know, Sheila.. 'suspenders' has an entirely different meaning here..

Those would be 'braces', as in "belt and braces".

Just saying..

You call those "braces"? See here, braces have either an "I'm handicapped" connotation or "my teeth are crooked" connotation.

And here, suspenders are usually accompanied by stockings...

So suspenders = sexy school uniform garter belt, basically?

"Mork calling Orson...come in, Orson..."

You can see where the potential for confusion exists, then.

Nanu nanu, baby.

There is nothing LESS sexy than the rainbow Doug Henning-Mork from Ork suspenders. Nothing.

Except for maybe legwarmers. Worn over the jeans.

True.. but that only becomes apparent AFTER clicking on the link.

I had them.

And they had buttons all up and down each side. Ones that said "Gag me with a spoon!" and "Gnarly!"

I wore them with rolled-up jeans and coordinating rainbow toe socks.

Pete dear, here in the Evil Empire, the difference between suspenders and braces are that suspenders clip on to your pants, and braces button on to your pants. What you call braces, we call garters.

Rainbow toe socks!! What a heinous trend. I had them as well.

Lisa.. don't get me started on the difference in definitions of pants...

I shall retire gracefully(ish) from the discussion at this point.. But I will say that braces/suspenders/whatever MUST have many buttons/badges on them.

You want legwarmer photos?! I've got your legwarmer photos, jeans included! (At least, I have them somewhere.)

But I have to beg difference on one small point. The parachute-fabric balloon-leg pants of the mid-80's were perhaps even WORSE than legwarmers. You know what I mean? They cinched at the ankle . . .

PS - Can't wait to see your pix!

I know exactly the one I am thinking of ... I'll have to try and find it. I think there may even be TWO of us in the photo wearing them.

I still think all of this is forgivable in comparison to neon-colored clothing.

Okay listen folks: Not only do I have still have my beige, white, cream, and black leg warmers, I also have my two pairs of old Capezio dance shoes. You weren't anyone at all unless you had The Dance Shoes.

I also still have (and wear) my 3 pair of rainbow colored toe socks. Yup. Wear 'em to bed. That's right. I said it.

Capezios!! bwahaha I had those. HAD, Alex, I HAD them.

And I believe, when I stayed at your house, that I got a glimpse of the toe-socks on the porch one night.

Yup. Wore 'em, Sheila. Proudly. During one of the brilliant couch stories.

Wore 'em.

Wearin' 'em now.

Oy. Never had ANY of that stuff.

I had a bunch of flannel shirts with the sleeves ripped off, just like The Edge/The Boss/Joe Grushecky, and a red, white and blue 'do rag/schmatte/bandana that I tied in a headband, and a platoon of Army-surplus boots, so I'm sure my photos from back then are pretty comical...

...but I never did the suspenders.

Shazbat!

Mitch. Please tell me that you wore a bandana wrapped around your leg. Please. And please post pictures.

The image was in my mind before I even clicked.

oh you KNOW I had the suspenders.

There is nothing LESS sexy than the rainbow Doug Henning-Mork from Ork suspenders. Nothing.

I don't know...When I watched the show I thought Pam Dawber was kind of cute in that girl-next-door way, and I think she would've been pretty sexy wearing Mork's suspenders -- without anything under them...

See, you can sexy almost anything!

Erp...guilty.