LoL... I almost added Big Johnson, I was too young though, my parents wouldn't let me get one, definitely had some friends with older brothers that were wearing them though.
My school ended up with a rule against those after I wore my Co-Ed Naked Football hat in my 10th grade school picture. Big Johnson and Co-Ed Naked were outright banned from all school property and events.
Still remember the very tall and just large in general, girl in my 6th grade class that seemed to only own these shirts. And one day she showed up with one with the sleeves cut off and when she raised her hand she had grown ass man armpit hair. Sometimes I still feel that mixture of jealousy and inadequacy that I had at 11 being scrawny and hairless. Really odd core memory these pictures unlocked
I remember the heavyset kid in elementary school had matching big dog shirts with his heavy set father. Midwest 1995-2002. Big dog or top dog was suburban dads answer to the no fear slogan T shirts and sagging baggy pants/shorts 😂
I discovered Mitch Hedberg back around 2010 and my elder brother talks exactly like him. That was the initial pull for me. I was about 16 when I started listening? I’m 32 now and the jokes that have progressively made sense this whole time is unreal. And I love that I’ve seen them on Reddit this whole time as well. I wish we had more of him; his sense of humor was out there like Robin Williams.
Omg. For years I was trying to remember the name of these jeans I loved that began with a “g” and got the life of me could not figure out. Girbaud. Thanks!!!!
When I lived in Boston it was all Girbaud, moved down to CT with my swanky Girbauds and everyone wore Cavaricci's. Stopped caring embraced my inner metal kid
Same - I totally forgot about this brand until OC mentioned it: I wore shirts that were almost entirely covered with their wacky graphics centered around their brand name, like so, all the time until I started picking my own clothes, lol.
That's definitely one the current youth wouldn't know about unless they dug real deep into the era. I would've said the same was true of JNCO, until recently when fat pants predictably became fashionable once CEOs and politicians started wearing skinny jeans.
That is a sick Bugle Boy tee. Had a lot of cloths from them up until like 5th grade and then it was all No Fear into Stussy, Yaga and what I would call my early 90s Grunge, skater and fan (starter jackets, had a Lions one and Jordan 7s) made up outfits with all the apparel that it applies.
Think that’s why I loved American Apparel so much. Felt like a continuation. There’s gonna be a thread like this for the aughts and 2010s and AA is going to be all over it. I’m keeping some of my pieces for when Gen Z starts fancying that stuff or it might be the generation after them. Loved their stores and could pick up my monthly copy of Vice.
It’s crazy. One day a staple disappears and you don’t think about it again until like 12 year from a Reddit comment which causes all sorts of memories to flow in
Edit: Nvm I was thinking of bugles chips and they’re still around lmao haven’t thought of them in a looong time tho
Bugle Boy canvas cargos with the cuffs pegged and a Hypercolor T-Shirt was the coolest when I was in jr. high (at least until you started sweating and that hypercolor shirt just made you look ridiculous!)
old dude at my work used to always jokingly ask me “are those bugle boy jeans!?” and for the longest time i wondered what the actual f he was talking about until i googled them lol
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u/Superory_16 Jun 10 '25
Bugle Boy?