[HPFGU-OTChatter] wifebeaters Re: Closets and Wardrobes

[P. Alexis Nguyen]

Potioncat:
> Guys wear white or black beaters. All sorts of guys wear them, there
> isn't any connotation. I asked if it was part of a particular look. Her
> answer was that a gangster would wear his beater with low riding baggy
> pants (most likely sweats) while a skater would wear his beater with
> tight fiting pants. No, Geoff, I don't mean underwear, but I don't mean
> trousers either

Ali:
Sweats, eh?  Maybe I'm getting old, too.  (Don't shoot me.  I may 25,
but I'm hitting old land for the "younger folks" - please don't shoot
me.)  I still recall the baggy pants as jeans, granted the jean
materials were a softer cotton denim (whereas they were actual denim
before) but they were jeans, not sweats.

Per the "beaters" term, I've heard that as well.  All somewhat
interchangeable: beaters, wifebeaters, tanks/tank tops (not for men),
camis/camisoles (not for men).

Potioncat:
> BTW, ganster and skater are styles, not necessarily people who are
> gangsters or who really ride skateboards.

Ali:
Heh.  Degrees of truth.  "Skaters" are more likely to know how to ride
a skateboard than "gangsters," who may or may not be "original
gangster" - I never thought that people my age spoke our own language
until just now.


> Potioncat, who now hears the song "Skater Boy" playing in her head,
> superimposed with the image of Edgar G. Robinson in a wife-beater.

Ali:
LOL!!!  If I recall correctly, Avril Lavigne wore a white beater with
baggy pants/jeans in that video (or a similar - I can't be bothered to
follow her MVs), so I've got an image of Edgar G. Robinson's on Avril
Lavigne's body.  Hilarious!!