Brodes 0 #1 November 21, 2004 In which skydiving era did the fashion industry take note of what we were wearing and decide to make it cool? I only remember having them as a kid cos im young, but i'm really interested as to their history!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Dougiefresh 0 #2 November 21, 2004 I always thought they were called that cuz they were made of nylon, not cuz skydivers wore them... maybe I'm wrong tho. Wouldn't be the first time.Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #3 November 21, 2004 "Parachute Pants" have NOTHING to do with skydiving. The person that made them "fashionable", if you want to call it that, was an OG by the name of M.C. Hammer. http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/mc_hammer/artist.jhtml http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/hammer.htm http://www.geocities.com/grendelthedog/parachutepants.htmlquade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LouDiamond 1 #4 November 21, 2004 I seem to remember them coming into fashion before MC hammer made it big. The movie Beat Street is what I think catapulted them into the mainstream. They have absolutely nothing to do with skydiving except for the name."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wingnut 0 #5 November 21, 2004 QuoteThey have absolutely nothing to do with skydiving except for the name. well that and the fact if yu search eay for parachute you get a millionhits for pans and beads too..... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ACMESkydiver 0 #6 November 21, 2004 Quote"Parachute Pants" have NOTHING to do with skydiving. The person that made them "fashionable", if you want to call it that, was an OG by the name of M.C. Hammer. http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/mc_hammer/artist.jhtml http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/hammer.htm http://www.geocities.com/grendelthedog/parachutepants.html Beg to differ here Quade...but having been in love with those things in 'the era' in question... Parachute pants came out way before MC Hammer ever laid down a rap track...he 'hit it' in 1990. These are closer to the early '80s parachute pants. -Think pink leg warmers, pastel sweaters draped over the backs of preppies, skinny ties, collars up on your Izod, etc. The quote 'parachute pants' that MC hammer wore, with the ground-dragging crotch, came out later. Parachute pants were in fact inspired by military paratroopers'/flight uniforms, so the rumor goes from the Fashion 101 class I was forced to take in college because all of the other elective courses were full...~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LouDiamond 1 #7 November 21, 2004 QuoteParachute pants were in fact inspired by military paratroopers'/flight uniforms, I dunno about that, being a paratrooper and having the largest Airborne museum in the country a few blocks from my house, I have not seen anything that remotely resembles parachute pants. My hunch is they got the name based off of the nylon material alone."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #8 November 21, 2004 My further -guess- is that they -evolved- into the the quasi-military styles based on the name. I gotta say, having lived through the 1980s . . . I'm pretty damn sure that none of my peers wore anything resembling the "parachute pants" similar to the link ACME gave us. I know for a fact I didn't and this was the entertainment industry in L.A. In the age of leg warmers, sweat bands and big hair as referenced by ACME there WAS a lot of shiny nylon (mostly jackets), but nothing that I remember even close to what she posted. Archetypical west coast fashion of the mid-80s would be found in the movie "Back to the Future". "Beat Street" would be more specific of a Bronx break dance thing and certainly not representative of much other than that.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LouDiamond 1 #9 November 21, 2004 Quotebut nothing that I remember even close to what she posted I have to agree with her on that, I was thinking(remembering) early to mid 80's when they came out. The baggy "ramadan" style pants didn't hit till the 90s when Hammer started wearing them. Thinking back now, that has to be correct. It was bell bottoms/big plastic combs then corduroys/izods then parachute pants/headbands "It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Brodes 0 #10 November 21, 2004 What a can of worms! I'm just so glad i was only born in the mid 80's and didn't have to suffer such fashion tragedies!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peacefuljeffrey 0 #11 November 21, 2004 QuoteWhat a can of worms! I'm just so glad i was only born in the mid 80's and didn't have to suffer such fashion tragedies!! Parachute pants were not a fashion tragedy! They were cool, to me, because they had a bunch more pockets than typical jeans. And hey, it was either that or "designer" jeans like Jordache and Sassoon! *bleargh!* Shit, I remember wearing pinstripe jeans! -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #12 November 21, 2004 Jeffy, From your profile: QuoteSkydiving, flying, flying disc sports (i.e. Disc Golf, Ultimate), knot tying (and hemp jewelry making), knives, guns, dreaming, cooking/eating, my new cat, reading, kayaking, inline skating, barefooting Then from this post: QuoteShit, I remember wearing pinstripe jeans! I'm confused. Just how old are you? ltdiver Oh, btw, thanks for putting a comma between cooking/eating and cat. At first glance it looked like cooking and eating your new cat! Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Mayberry 0 #13 November 21, 2004 QuoteThink pink leg warmers, pastel sweaters draped over the backs of preppies, skinny ties, collars up on your Izod, etc. [Col. Kurtz voice] "The horror......the horror"......[/Col. Kurtz voice] DonDon Here's to friends! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ACMESkydiver 0 #14 November 21, 2004 QuoteQuoteParachute pants were in fact inspired by military paratroopers'/flight uniforms, I dunno about that, being a paratrooper and having the largest Airborne museum in the country a few blocks from my house, I have not seen anything that remotely resembles parachute pants. My hunch is they got the name based off of the nylon material alone. Truth is they look closer to flight suits (all the zippered pockets), but the double zipper jumpsuits have the same deal...all the zippered pockets, which is kinda what the pants were known for...as well as that nylon material. But it's whuffos that determine fashion, and as you know, what we do/wear in the sky is sometimes COMPLETELY different from what non-skydivers think we do or wear in the sky... Then again, my Fashion 101 teacher was a freaking airhead herself, so who knows where she got that from... -Yeah, I had a crush on the boy across the street who wore black parachute pants in the early 80's... Parachute pants are making a comeback, and I might have to get some just because of this thread... -That and I can tell whuffos that I just walked off the DZ. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SpeedRacer 1 #15 November 21, 2004 I'm stillwaiting for the '90s style of huge-baggy jeans-sliding-halfway-down-your-ass-w/-your-undies-showing to go out of style. does anyone even now actually think this looks good?? or do we have to wait for two decades for people to finally wise up & think "damn, what were we thinking?" shit if I had gone to school dressed like that I'd have been laughed off the bus. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freakyrat 1 #16 November 21, 2004 "I'm still waiting for the '90s style of huge-baggy jeans-sliding-halfway-down-your-ass-w/-your-undies-showing to go out of style". Actor Denis Leary has some fun with this on his CD "Lock and Load". The cut is "Coffee". Chrsi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bobsled92 0 #17 November 22, 2004 Yep and Look where it got MC HAmmer He still owns a pair and goes by the name: "M.T. Pockets"_______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. 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Dougiefresh 0 #2 November 21, 2004 I always thought they were called that cuz they were made of nylon, not cuz skydivers wore them... maybe I'm wrong tho. Wouldn't be the first time.Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 November 21, 2004 "Parachute Pants" have NOTHING to do with skydiving. The person that made them "fashionable", if you want to call it that, was an OG by the name of M.C. Hammer. http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/mc_hammer/artist.jhtml http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/hammer.htm http://www.geocities.com/grendelthedog/parachutepants.htmlquade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #4 November 21, 2004 I seem to remember them coming into fashion before MC hammer made it big. The movie Beat Street is what I think catapulted them into the mainstream. They have absolutely nothing to do with skydiving except for the name."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #5 November 21, 2004 QuoteThey have absolutely nothing to do with skydiving except for the name. well that and the fact if yu search eay for parachute you get a millionhits for pans and beads too..... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #6 November 21, 2004 Quote"Parachute Pants" have NOTHING to do with skydiving. The person that made them "fashionable", if you want to call it that, was an OG by the name of M.C. Hammer. http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/mc_hammer/artist.jhtml http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/hammer.htm http://www.geocities.com/grendelthedog/parachutepants.html Beg to differ here Quade...but having been in love with those things in 'the era' in question... Parachute pants came out way before MC Hammer ever laid down a rap track...he 'hit it' in 1990. These are closer to the early '80s parachute pants. -Think pink leg warmers, pastel sweaters draped over the backs of preppies, skinny ties, collars up on your Izod, etc. The quote 'parachute pants' that MC hammer wore, with the ground-dragging crotch, came out later. Parachute pants were in fact inspired by military paratroopers'/flight uniforms, so the rumor goes from the Fashion 101 class I was forced to take in college because all of the other elective courses were full...~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #7 November 21, 2004 QuoteParachute pants were in fact inspired by military paratroopers'/flight uniforms, I dunno about that, being a paratrooper and having the largest Airborne museum in the country a few blocks from my house, I have not seen anything that remotely resembles parachute pants. My hunch is they got the name based off of the nylon material alone."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #8 November 21, 2004 My further -guess- is that they -evolved- into the the quasi-military styles based on the name. I gotta say, having lived through the 1980s . . . I'm pretty damn sure that none of my peers wore anything resembling the "parachute pants" similar to the link ACME gave us. I know for a fact I didn't and this was the entertainment industry in L.A. In the age of leg warmers, sweat bands and big hair as referenced by ACME there WAS a lot of shiny nylon (mostly jackets), but nothing that I remember even close to what she posted. Archetypical west coast fashion of the mid-80s would be found in the movie "Back to the Future". "Beat Street" would be more specific of a Bronx break dance thing and certainly not representative of much other than that.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #9 November 21, 2004 Quotebut nothing that I remember even close to what she posted I have to agree with her on that, I was thinking(remembering) early to mid 80's when they came out. The baggy "ramadan" style pants didn't hit till the 90s when Hammer started wearing them. Thinking back now, that has to be correct. It was bell bottoms/big plastic combs then corduroys/izods then parachute pants/headbands "It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brodes 0 #10 November 21, 2004 What a can of worms! I'm just so glad i was only born in the mid 80's and didn't have to suffer such fashion tragedies!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #11 November 21, 2004 QuoteWhat a can of worms! I'm just so glad i was only born in the mid 80's and didn't have to suffer such fashion tragedies!! Parachute pants were not a fashion tragedy! They were cool, to me, because they had a bunch more pockets than typical jeans. And hey, it was either that or "designer" jeans like Jordache and Sassoon! *bleargh!* Shit, I remember wearing pinstripe jeans! -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #12 November 21, 2004 Jeffy, From your profile: QuoteSkydiving, flying, flying disc sports (i.e. Disc Golf, Ultimate), knot tying (and hemp jewelry making), knives, guns, dreaming, cooking/eating, my new cat, reading, kayaking, inline skating, barefooting Then from this post: QuoteShit, I remember wearing pinstripe jeans! I'm confused. Just how old are you? ltdiver Oh, btw, thanks for putting a comma between cooking/eating and cat. At first glance it looked like cooking and eating your new cat! Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mayberry 0 #13 November 21, 2004 QuoteThink pink leg warmers, pastel sweaters draped over the backs of preppies, skinny ties, collars up on your Izod, etc. [Col. Kurtz voice] "The horror......the horror"......[/Col. Kurtz voice] DonDon Here's to friends! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #14 November 21, 2004 QuoteQuoteParachute pants were in fact inspired by military paratroopers'/flight uniforms, I dunno about that, being a paratrooper and having the largest Airborne museum in the country a few blocks from my house, I have not seen anything that remotely resembles parachute pants. My hunch is they got the name based off of the nylon material alone. Truth is they look closer to flight suits (all the zippered pockets), but the double zipper jumpsuits have the same deal...all the zippered pockets, which is kinda what the pants were known for...as well as that nylon material. But it's whuffos that determine fashion, and as you know, what we do/wear in the sky is sometimes COMPLETELY different from what non-skydivers think we do or wear in the sky... Then again, my Fashion 101 teacher was a freaking airhead herself, so who knows where she got that from... -Yeah, I had a crush on the boy across the street who wore black parachute pants in the early 80's... Parachute pants are making a comeback, and I might have to get some just because of this thread... -That and I can tell whuffos that I just walked off the DZ. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #15 November 21, 2004 I'm stillwaiting for the '90s style of huge-baggy jeans-sliding-halfway-down-your-ass-w/-your-undies-showing to go out of style. does anyone even now actually think this looks good?? or do we have to wait for two decades for people to finally wise up & think "damn, what were we thinking?" shit if I had gone to school dressed like that I'd have been laughed off the bus. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakyrat 1 #16 November 21, 2004 "I'm still waiting for the '90s style of huge-baggy jeans-sliding-halfway-down-your-ass-w/-your-undies-showing to go out of style". Actor Denis Leary has some fun with this on his CD "Lock and Load". The cut is "Coffee". Chrsi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #17 November 22, 2004 Yep and Look where it got MC HAmmer He still owns a pair and goes by the name: "M.T. Pockets"_______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
