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Tracksuits, when did so many teenagers just stop bothering with individuality?

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    #92
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    If you want to see a lack of individuality among the Irish male look no further than the polo shirt.


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    #93
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,234 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Kids these days and their parachute pants!
    Fúck everyone else, it made me laugh.


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    #94
    Ruudi_Mentari
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    i remember i saw a few emo kids huddled, waiting for the bus and they looked like miserly shivering ducklings with cars like pihranas snapping, as they passed and it was so uneasy to watch.

    I think instinctively nobody wants the heat of the public, we'd sooner the law and the middle ground is in not looking too conspicuous to either. Like that painter decorator, out for a pint look. Simple yet exhuberant


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    #95
    club goldgrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭club goldgrain


    my son wears track suits most times, maybe just the bottoms,
    he lives in them, he is an athlete so it make sense and before anyone says dumb ass he also is studying fainanial mathematics, he is very much an individual so i believe clothes are for comfort, dress up when you going out dress down if not.
    not wear PJ out, that gets me


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    #96
    Jonny7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,696 ✭✭✭Jonny7


    Sulla Felix wrote: »
    Every generation of teenagers look the same.

    No they don't, I live on the continent and teenagers here wear normal teenager ****e.

    I go back to Ireland and its tracksuits... tracksuits as far as the eye can see


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    #97
    club goldgrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭club goldgrain


    Jonny7 wrote: »
    No they don't, I live on the continent and teenagers here wear normal teenager ****e.

    I go back to Ireland and its tracksuits... tracksuits as far as the eye can see

    would our sh1t weather play a part in what they wear??
    you get up it rainning ,,ah tracksuit
    you get up it cloudy,,, ah tracksuit
    you get up it might be sunny ,, ah tracksuit


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    #98
    club goldgrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭club goldgrain


    has anyone seen the price of tracksuits now,
    i think it would be alot cheaper for teens to go casual,
    i think back in "the day" tracksuit, runners/sneakers/trainers whatever
    carried a cheap,what did you call them "skanner" parsona
    but not anymore.

    now put one on and go on a jog, this "boards" is making us lazy


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    #99
    alphabeat
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    ooonlyyyyy meeeeeeeee


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    #100
    CrabRevolution
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    Jonny7 wrote: »
    No they don't, I live on the continent and teenagers here wear normal teenager ****e.

    I go back to Ireland and its tracksuits... tracksuits as far as the eye can see

    Would every teenager wearing tracksuits not make tracksuits the norm, and so 'normal teenager ****e'?

    Or by 'normal teenager ****e do' you mean 'what i want teenagers to wear'?


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    #101
    OnTheCouch
    Registered Users Posts: 526 ✭✭✭OnTheCouch


    I don't think tracksuits look particularly good style-wise, but it wouldn't really bother me seeing anyone, irrespective of social background, wearing them.

    What I would object to is the notion that they were always fashionable for teenagers. I remember for a while in the early 1990s those awful shell suits were fairly prevalent - I owned one even. However, later on in the decade, when I properly hit the teenage years, wearing a tracksuit outside of sporting activities was a total no-no, as it was associated with having no taste and being a little juvenile.

    Jeans were far more widespread then than now when it comes to what people wore on their bottom halves, as in pretty much anyone who was anyone chose them. Now at least you have a few choices: tracksuit bottoms, chinos, jeans, khakis, cords, even leather sometimes.


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    #102
    fussyonion
    Registered Users Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    My tracksuits do promote my individuality, from the personal apliqued statements across my ass.

    "Juicy"
    "Angel"
    "Horny"

    There's one for every occasion.

    Velurebabe4lyf
    :D:D


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    #103
    Jonny7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,696 ✭✭✭Jonny7


    club goldgrain wrote: »
    would our sh1t weather play a part in what they wear??
    you get up it rainning ,,ah tracksuit
    you get up it cloudy,,, ah tracksuit
    you get up it might be sunny ,, ah tracksuit

    The only reason I wear a tracksuit is the elasticated waistband

    no belts, buckles, buttons, zips.... pure unadulterated laziness


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    #104
    Jonny7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,696 ✭✭✭Jonny7


    CrabRevolution wrote: »
    Would every teenager wearing tracksuits not make tracksuits the norm, and so 'normal teenager ****e'?

    Or by 'normal teenager ****e do' you mean 'what i want teenagers to wear'?

    Oh I thought I was arriving back to a nation of scallies - didn't realise it was the great teenage tracksuit trend of 2013


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    #105
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    who was it who invented wearing sportswear as leisurewear.....who was it......oh yeah!

    Jimmy Savile !


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    #106
    Son Of A Vidic
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    Sulla Felix wrote: »
    Every generation of teenagers look the same.

    Rubbish. You obviously weren't around when we had New Romantics, New Wave, Goths, Cure Heads, Metal Heads with a sprinkling of punks still hanging around. To name but a few.


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    #107
    theUbiq
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    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    Im 27 and still wear tracksuits, well tracksuit bottoms and a hoody or jumper every day apart from at work (unless its Friday) and if im going out pubs/nightclubs etc....

    People who see people in tracksuits as scum, or see it as chavy looking are in my opinion ****

    Luckily your opinion only matters to you then...:D


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    #108
    NotVeryHappy
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭NotVeryHappy


    I don't see a problem with it. I'm absolutely loaded (seriously), pure class, and the complete opposite of a scumbag.

    When I'm sick of wearing a suit or tux then I love wearing a a tracksuit around the house.


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    #109
    gurramok
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    FTA69 wrote: »
    . If you would term any youngfella in a tracksuit as a "skanger" then you're simply adopting a prejudice, regardless of where you're from. As for looking good? If I'm on a day off and doing the shopping or going to the cinema what defines "looking good"? Primark boot-cuts and a check-shirt?

    Wearing a tracksuit outside sports outdoors is not looking good. If you like looking like an Anto from the flats, go ahead but don't get upset when people judge you for lack of clothes etiquette.
    FTA69 wrote: »
    As for "skangers", I don't give a f*ck what other people wear for the most part, not in any serious sense anyway. Neither am I ignorant enough to label anyone in sportswear as a layabout.

    Wearing a tracksuit outdoors as part of your attire every day is indeed a sign of being a lay about up to no good just like their pyjama wearing sisters. Its unreal that you are not trying to better yourself in society by disassociating from skanger attire.


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    #110
    Duck's hoop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭Duck's hoop


    This thread has lost direction.

    While I see a huge amount of teens wearing grey tracksuits and white runners, I'm not judging them. I'm not lumping them all into some 'skanger' pot, and I'm definitely not some old fogey shaking his head at the folly of today's youth. Exactly the opposite is nearer the truth.

    As has already been asked, where are the sub and counter cultures? The psychobillies, punks, goths, hippies etc?

    One thing about Ireland, and Dublin in particular during the eighties and nineties, there was a thriving alternative scene. Now it's just one homogenous, elasticated, grey flannel puddle of banality.

    I think it's a shame.


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    #111
    Vicar in a tutu
    Registered Users Posts: 901 ✭✭✭Vicar in a tutu


    Duck's hoop wrote: »
    This thread has lost direction.

    While I see a huge amount of teens wearing grey tracksuits and white runners, I'm not judging them. I'm not lumping them all into some 'skanger' pot, and I'm definitely not some old fogey shaking his head at the folly of today's youth. Exactly the opposite is nearer the truth.

    As has already been asked, where are the sub and counter cultures? The psychobillies, punks, goths, hippies etc?

    One thing about Ireland, and Dublin in particular during the eighties and nineties, there was a thriving alternative scene. Now it's just one homogenous, elasticated, grey flannel puddle of banality.

    I think it's a shame.

    Take a walk through temple bar on a saturday and you'll see plenty.


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    #112
    FTA69
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    gurramok wrote: »
    Wearing a tracksuit outside sports outdoors is not looking good. If you like looking like an Anto from the flats, go ahead but don't get upset when people judge you for lack of clothes etiquette.

    It's gas like, you say you're from a working class background yourself and then you bang on about "Anto from the flats" as if you're Ross O'Carroll Kelly or someone. Many, many working class people (and as I've said above, middle class people too) wear tracksuits while doing casual activities. Most young people in working class estates today wear some variety of sports wear. I know plenty of hard working plumbers, carpenters, factory workers, nurses etc who'll wear sports wear while popping out.

    Again I'll ask you, what's "looking good" in your eyes? Most Irish people have sh*t fashion sense aside from tracksuits anyway.
    Its unreal that you are not trying to better yourself in society by disassociating from skanger attire.

    Not that I need to justify myself to you or anything but I got a good leaving, got a first class honours degree from university and now work in a decent, professional job in London. I don't need to be lectured on "bettering myself" considering the fact I achieved a lot for myself in my opinion. I'm far from a layabout. As I said I couldn't give a f*ck if some space-cadet starts tut-tutting about me wearing a hoody while doing my weekly shop. If attire is your only perception of being a worthy individual then I would suggest you open your mind and stop being a judgmental old biddy.


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    #113
    hfallada
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    I dont see anyone from a middle class background wearing tracksuits. They are so common and expensive. You can buy a pair of quality jeans in ZARA that makes you look slim for €20 whereas a tracksuit bottoms are €50.


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    #114
    fussyonion
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    I do wear a hoody or sporty top with trackie bottoms at home, or if I'm nipping to the shop-once I'm comfortable I don't care, and my clothes are always clean and in good condition (not tatty or stained or anything).

    I wouldn't live in tracksuits, but that's not because I have anything against them-I like all sorts of clothes and like I said, comfort is paramount.
    I wouldn't be wearing one to the pub, though, cos I love dressing up :)

    I also wouldn't judge someone who wears them all the time.

    I know a woman who always dressed glamourously, i.e dresses and well-cut jeans and boots, but she's had back and foot problems in the past few months and feels more comfortable in a tracksuit.

    Wear what you want, I say..................once you're not showing off your breakfast, lunch and dinner :P


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    #115
    Miss Lockhart
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    hfallada wrote: »
    I dont see anyone from a middle class background wearing tracksuits. They are so common and expensive. You can buy a pair of quality jeans in ZARA that makes you look slim for €20 whereas a tracksuit bottoms are €50.

    What a stupidly pointless post.

    You can buy tracksuit bottoms for €20 lots of places too. You can also spend €50 (or hundreds) on jeans if you like.


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    #116
    FTA69
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    hfallada wrote: »
    I dont see anyone from a middle class background wearing tracksuits.

    If you've ever been to UCC or UCD you'll see a rake of them, men and women alike. However they usually wear Abercrombie or rugby-themed ones.


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    #117
    cometogether
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    I'm a teenager here, think its a bit of a shame to see masses of people going around in tracksuits like clones when there's plenty of other cool options. Although having said that, maybe that's just me, and other people are happy enough wearing whatever


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    #118
    Vicar in a tutu
    Registered Users Posts: 901 ✭✭✭Vicar in a tutu


    cometogether wrote: »
    I'm a teenager here, think its a bit of a shame to see masses of people going around in tracksuits like clones when there's plenty of other cool options. Although having said that, maybe that's just me, and other people are happy enough wearing whatever

    But what about the black masses in their generic marilyn manson hoodies? or the punks etc? they all look the same as eachother as well.


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    #119
    gurramok
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    FTA69 wrote: »
    I know plenty of hard working plumbers, carpenters, factory workers, nurses etc who'll wear sports wear while popping out.

    Don't think i've ever seen any, they usually have work overalls on. I've never seen a tracksuit wearer in my workplace(employs hundreds) and if they did wear a tracksuit they would be escorted off the premises promptly by security and rightly so. Business Park security would bar them too.
    FTA69 wrote: »
    Again I'll ask you, what's "looking good" in your eyes? Most Irish people have sh*t fashion sense aside from tracksuits anyway.

    Simply, don't wear a tracksuit "to look good" as you will simply not look good. Try an alternative look.
    FTA69 wrote: »
    Not that I need to justify myself to you or anything but I got a good leaving, got a first class honours degree from university and now work in a decent, professional job in London. I don't need to be lectured on "bettering myself" considering the fact I achieved a lot for myself in my opinion. I'm far from a layabout. As I said I couldn't give a f*ck if some space-cadet starts tut-tutting about me wearing a hoody while doing my weekly shop. If attire is your only perception of being a worthy individual then I would suggest you open your mind and stop being a judgmental old biddy.

    Never said you were a lay about, it was more aimed at the "non-working class" who wear tracksuits every day. I felt that you were letting yourself down dressing like them as you say you're a hard worker.


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    #120
    wicklowstevo
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    the defining style these days appears to be to try as hard as possible to look like you've just been released from Mount joy , there are significant sub cultures and the very best of luck from them , they should have embarrassing photos to look back on in a few years just like we did ,

    some one over thirty who usually wears a track suit and isn't playing sports at that time does have a problem though


    nothing wrong with hoodied at all though, its properly something to do with global warming or something


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    #121
    old hippy
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    hfallada wrote: »
    I dont see anyone from a middle class background wearing tracksuits. They are so common and expensive. You can buy a pair of quality jeans in ZARA that makes you look slim for €20 whereas a tracksuit bottoms are €50.

    "Common"? What is this? Enid Blyton?


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