High Rise, Going Straight and the End of Too Tight
Nearly all of the cool stuff I had before I was 25 belonged to my father or my elder brother who turned his own 25 in ’72 when I was just 15, which also happens to be the same year that I stole his Schott Perfecto and raided his closet for some well-worn Levi’s 501s. My father had a trunk of khakis and shirts from the War and his later Madman period when I was born. I figured I could make a clean getaway before either of them noticed I'd raided the ark of the covenant. That Schott jacket was later stolen from me in a bar. Karma. What goes ‘round comes ‘round. Those wide chinos that were Pop’s I wore into college in ’75: he never commented on the pilferage but I am sure he noticed. So speaking of which, finally. I noticed this past year mainstream makers like JCrew and Todd Snyder have finally brought sorta’ almost not really yet straight denim and chinos into their current offerings. It’s been all tapered all the time, if you haven’t noticed. You know the tide has