FabSwingers.com forum: Cool item of clothing

By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago

somewhere

So we all reached an age where we saved for something special to wear, it felt great and we hoped it made us look cool.

For me...a black leather jacket from a shop in The Ilac Centre

Soft black leather that look like bat wings under my arms and patterned all over....went great with my baggy jeans at the time

Wore it with everything...no matter the occasion ...I lived in it....I loved it

Then last night I dreamt about it and I can't remember what happened to it .....

What was your favourite item of clothing

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By *rmrs1234Couple
over a year ago

Waterford

Pair of tommy hilfiger jeans that i still have and ill fit back into them one of these days.

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By *amsevenMan
over a year ago

cork

Mid 80s cork city fc Jersey I bought off a guy for a tenner in 90s I saw wearing it in the street. That jersey is pure sex

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By *eard and BoobsCouple
over a year ago

Portstewart

Hub likes his sketchers slipons and gets years outta them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tight white sasperilla jeans with a white blouse that tied above the waist…always scored a slow set with those

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Not something I bought but was given a wool coat back in the 80s by a great uncle who had it hand made in Philadelphia in the late 1940s or early 50s.

Calf length but the sleeves are just slightly too short for me.

Didn't stop me wearing it every Saturday night and always got compliments on it.

Still hanging in my wardrobe in good as new condition and still fits apart from the sleeves obviously.

Haven't worn it in a few years though but I'll never give it away because it has so much history.

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

"Hub likes his sketchers slipons and gets years outta them"

I have a couple of pairs of them. God bless Costco!

They're the most comfortable things I've ever put on my feet.

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By *leasurer77Man
over a year ago

Athlone

Black Barbour Steve McQueen edition jacket. Every man should have one!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Saved up my grass cutting money one summer to buy a pair of them massive New Rock boots with all the steel bits

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By *llthewaysMan
over a year ago

Naas/City centre

I had a hat that I had through most of my teens, flat top baseball cap style. Sadly no idea where it is now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My favourite was an Aviator Bomber jacket with fur lining and collar my cousin in the USA sent me when I was about 15. Had to wait a couple of years before it fitted me but boy was it worth the wait!!

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

A pair of Patrick "Keegan Gold" football boots.

They were so light and felt incredible to wear. The only problem was that they were obviously soccer boots and because they were so light and fit like a glove, the ould O'Neill's size 5 stung the foot off you when you got good contact as it felt like you were kicking it with your bare foot. Beautiful boots though.

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By *ural delightMan
over a year ago

Enniskillen

Xwork jeans they where so comfy. All the rage back in the day

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By *otownkid1967Man
over a year ago

Portlaoise

Wrangler denim jacket

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By *electableicecreamMan
over a year ago

The West

A pair of white xworks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

God so many over the years but notable ones were the full length leather coat - double breasted, nipped in at the waist and flared out to just below the calf; a pure silk padded bomber jacket in a coral colour that was so soft and light as air; and an off white silk sleeveless swing blouse with a little rounded collar that I ended up buying twice because my mum put the first one in a boil wash

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They’re used to a shoe shop in the ilac centre back in the day “80’s” that sold way out there cool shoes can’t remember the name of it. Something mark I think and I love the shoes there

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By *oxyvixen99Woman
over a year ago

Newtownabbey

Oxblood red zip up DMs. Worn them until the sole fell apart. They were the softest leather ever

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By *s LollyWoman
over a year ago

The pub then supermacs ...

Chocolate brown Uggs boots that i bought in Canada a good few years ago wore them all year round till they fell off my feet was gutted but my brother went to Oz and brought me back the exact same pair a few years later alas over wearing them they to got old and battered

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I was a teenager my relatives in the states sent me over a jacket. Similar to what tom cruise wore in top gun. Soft leather, badges stitched all over it and fur on collar. I was the evvy with all the kids in school.felt super cool wearing it

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By *astelloWoman
over a year ago

Far far away

Paisley print jacket. Must have it 18 years now, everyone compliments me on it. Multi coloured so wears with everything. Bought it out of my first wage packet in Cork city in a boutique.

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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago

somewhere

"They’re used to a shoe shop in the ilac centre back in the day “80’s” that sold way out there cool shoes can’t remember the name of it. Something mark I think and I love the shoes there "

Was it Simon Hart

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They’re used to a shoe shop in the ilac centre back in the day “80’s” that sold way out there cool shoes can’t remember the name of it. Something mark I think and I love the shoes there

Was it Simon Hart "

That’s the place

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cream/off-white wrangler knitted jumper. Got it as a Xmas present off an aunt in my late teens, still get compliments

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By *affa31Woman
over a year ago

Galway

Anyone that still has their “cool” clothes and they still fit should do a fab pic with them

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By *adger BrocMan
over a year ago

Co. Cork

"Anyone that still has their “cool” clothes and they still fit should do a fab pic with them

Most of my "cool clothes" would probably not fit comfortably but I don't have them to try on for a pic as I tend not to hold onto things I no longer have much use for.

Oh.....except for my "birthday suit".

That still fits perfectly...(see my friends only pics).

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By * la carteCouple
over a year ago

Dublin

A pair of black knee high "riding style" boots, laces running full length of the shaft, bought in Arnotts in the 90s. I got a couple of decades out of them and believe my sister still has them to this day

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By *ot neuteredMan
over a year ago

Kildare

I still have the black leather jacket I bought when I was 17, and it still fits. but the 2 items I most fondly remember were a long sleeved french fisherman's top, blue and white striped, and a white t-shirt which looked a bit like the old type wool vests, as in Long John's, both appearntly showed off the wide shoulders I had, but I hadn't realised that girls liked, but I always shifted wearing either

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I gave up on being cool longer ago than I care to remember

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By *oo32Man
over a year ago

tipperary

"Tight white sasperilla jeans with a white blouse that tied above the waist…always scored a slow set with those

And what about cat

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By *oo32Man
over a year ago

tipperary

16 hole docs...

Black leather jacket

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had a wee part time job as a waiter and saved up my meagre wages to buy a pair of Bay City Roller jeans and white short sleeved shirt - both edged in red tartan. Fuck I walked around the place as if I was Eric their lead singer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Simon Hart

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My mother's cousin gave me a pair of doc Martins he had modified, steel rings, studs, buckles. The lot. They were 15 years old when I got them in 2001ish.. I wore them everywhere for years, got slagged to fuck over them. Still have them somewhere but my taste in clothes evolved with my grá for cailíní

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Black suede over the knee boots from biba in Kensington high st

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By *-4pleasureCouple
over a year ago

Belfast

"Mid 80s cork city fc Jersey I bought off a guy for a tenner in 90s I saw wearing it in the street. That jersey is pure sex

Is that the one in the style of the west Germany top ? If so it’s brilliant!!

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By *electableicecreamMan
over a year ago

The West

Last year I bought a pair of Blundstone boots with my first post packet from the biggest contract I ever landed. They are my favourite thing I wear

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By *adger BrocMan
over a year ago

Co. Cork

"Last year I bought a pair of Blundstone boots with my first post packet from the biggest contract I ever landed. They are my favourite thing I wear"

Bought a pair of Blunnies in Hobart years ago. Best boots ever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My Bros Shoes with the bottle tops, saw them in the Point was my first concert

I thought I looked to cool with them lol

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By *ri382Man
over a year ago

cork

I had the xworks dungarees back in the day no one else had them thought i was the biz, then got my first shift at a disco wearing em

slaggers weren't long with their bottom lips turned out! still rock em maybe not as cool anymore

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Ok. Cool item new pic up.

Guaranteed to make you moist so get fabbing when you recover.

PS. Slight amendment to the original post. It was tailored in Rochester New York in the late 1940s.

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