Naff Jackets. Did you have one?

this is arse

Has anyone seen these new Naffco54 jackets. Saw an urban trendsetter wearing one of these on grafton street a few days ago. The logo is similar to the NASA one, silver and futuristic looking.

MrStuffins

(K)Nackers are Filthy F*ckers!

al28283

I can't remember having a Naff jacket but I did have a pair of Xworx jeans

Saila

Knackers are fuckin faggots was our version of the acronoym

Saila

al28283 wrote: »

I can't remember having a Naff jacket but I did have a pair of Xworx jeans

oh the memmories of cringe! , and no I didnt have either :cool:

LambsEye

Nope but I did have an ENORMOUS Kappa puffa-jacket. A Nope and a Susst Hoody and Roads jeans.

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Dravokivich

a what?

Saila

Dravokivich wrote: »

a what?

if you're under 20 or even 25 maybe, you wont know

Latchy

Naff

British slang, today meaning uncool, tacky, unfashionable, worthless... or as a softer expletive, in places where one might use "****" as in "naff off", "naff all", "naffing about".

Origins of the word are disputed, but it appears to have come from Polari (gay slang), used to dismissively refer to heterosexual people.

It was introduced as a less offensive expletive verb ("naff off") in the '70s UK television show, Porridge. "Naff off!" was famously used by Princess Anne in 1982.

Honey-ec

Never had a Naff jacket but I did have both a Chicago Bulls and a Miami Dolphins puffa.

And I wore Eclipse jeans for my confirmation. I thought I was the shiznit.

Ruu_Old

Nope, had X-Works jeans though. :cool:

Turtyturd

Nope but I had British Knights runners.

Saila

Latchy wrote: »

Naff

British slang, today meaning uncool, tacky, unfashionable, worthless... or as a softer expletive, in places where one might use "****" as in "naff off", "naff all", "naffing about".

Origins of the word are disputed, but it appears to have come from Polari (gay slang), used to dismissively refer to heterosexual people.

It was introduced as a less offensive expletive verb ("naff off") in the '70s UK television show, Porridge. "Naff off!" was famously used by Princess Anne in 1982.

true but he's talking about an actual brand name of jacket called NAFF, they were jet black shiny tracksuit type material and rainbow coloured lettering

RichieC

No, and i despised them too... proper scobie styling.

Latchy

Saila wrote: »

true but he's talking about an actual brand name of jacket called NAFF, they were jet black shiny tracksuit type material and rainbow coloured lettering

Just as a the slang term suggests , it sounds Naff and Embarrassing to be seen wearing one

But I'm over 35 so it doesn't really matter :cool:

Radharc na Sleibhte

Yeah, but i got bullied about it at school so only wore it once.

Super-Rush

Yeah i had one. A lot of people in my school had them and carpet coats.

Hooked

I see your Naff jacket and raise it with...



Chicago bulls puffa jacket. (I still have it and I'm 32 - cost my parents a small fortune about 18 years ago and I was the biggest Michael Jordan/bulls fan and it was the icing on the cake that Christmas).

joe bloggs jeans with the leather patch.

LA gear tackies (runners/trainers to anyone outside of Limerick)
which had 2 sets of laces in each. One perpendicular to the other, weaved like a chess board.



Oh Christ, the shame of it!

stovelid

I'm caucasian and not american so have never craved or worn the clothing mentioned in this thread.

Voodu Child

Were they black with a grey hood?

Metallitroll

NAFF?! i remember em.. on what appeared bosnians. often torn with the stuffing hanging out. declaration of the disenfranchised i had Slayer on the back of mine; and Kreator and Voivod. it were leather

had one o them millits bomber jackets though.. close enough.

mrsdewinter

I certainly did not. They were for the tragic younger kids who back-combed quiffs into their hair and wore leisurewear as going out clothes. Urgh.
Thanks for reminding me how horrific they were.

Dravokivich

Saila wrote: »

if you're under 20 or even 25 maybe, you wont know

im 26...

to me a coat is a coat...

Metallitroll

were total bargain basement, i thought only the most impoverished had em. sure as hell don't recall local townie slickster JT investing in a naff jacket.. flamboyant shellsuits were his game. these things had a bad rep

Aoifey!

I'd never heard of them before, but just looked them up.


Shame on all of you that wore them

El Weirdo

They were just cheap knock-offs of Naf Naf jackets IIRC.

Nackers Asking For Food
Never had one in but in fairness from what I remember they were decent enough as a coat so lots of folks' parents didn't object to their kids getting them.

chillywilly

Yep I remember myself and my brother had just gotten them(probably around 10 and 12 at the time). We were little messers back in the day and were in a bush lighting a fire. Someone came out of a near-by house and chased us, unfortunately we left our NAFF jackets at the scene of the crime! My mother went ballistic we just lost our new coats.

Also, (K)Nackers Asking For Food.

Here's a pic of the beauty:

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs247.snc1/9431_136216596714_704486714_2726793_346425_n.jpg

Edit: Great minds, RoverJames!

Metallitroll

RoverJames wrote: »

Nackers Asking For Food

yeah; that was it, most fitting. i recall how the most impoverished family on the street's kid would appear at the door in his naff jacket, asking "have ya any chocolate biccies"

jayteecork

Jesus, naff jackets are the ultimate mark of a complete scumbag in Cork in mid-90s.