X-Works Jeans

maquiladora · 12-09-2005 9:26pm #1

Remember that mindless craze?

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

What were we thinking...

byte · 13-09-2005 12:14am

I think there was a thread on "X-WORX" jeans a month or two ago here.

Yes, they were dreadful things, though I never liked them and never bought a pair.

JungleBunny · 13-09-2005 7:15am

OMG!! Can't believe I actually forgot about them. But tbh I am probably trying to repress the memory

Larianne · 13-09-2005 12:17pm

.........we don't need to remember these articles of clothes!! Yuk yuk yuk!

Blisterman · 13-09-2005 1:52pm

What are X Works jeans?

Nightwish · 13-09-2005 6:25pm

X WORX with NAFF jackets.......the shame

OLDYELLAR · 13-09-2005 6:45pm

Oh god my dad used always buy those bloody yokes for work , flips sake!!

Oh god those naff jackets jesus H christ!

Blisterman · 13-09-2005 8:52pm

I'm really curious, about these jeans. Google doen't provide any images. What were they?

whiskeyman · 13-09-2005 10:05pm

LOLOLOL!!!
This was the funniest ever!!!
X-Works (pronounced "X-Wurrrrrrrks") and then NAFF.
I think we came to the conclusion, in the schoolyard, that NAFF stood for "Nackers Asking For Food"..... (yeah, I know theres no K)
These were the chav articles of clothing for yester-year.
thanks for the reminder!

Basq · 13-09-2005 10:14pm

I remember my first and only pair... thought i was the feckin' biz-nesss!

Nightwish · 14-09-2005 12:42am

kNackers Asking For Food Caravan NO. 54

20 Times 20 Times · 14-09-2005 3:42am

i was quiet young when these came out but hell nearly all of us had a pair and a few at that as well , there was also a another brand called ecilspe anyone remember them ?

AlienGav · 14-09-2005 3:48am

Nightwish wrote:

kNackers Asking For Food Caravan NO. 54

Oh jesus!! I nearly forgot all about those Jackets!! Nightwish?! Was that saying a southside thing or what? I remember all the kids in school slagging those poor bastids everyday with that saying! LEGEND!

Ry · 14-09-2005 10:54am

F*ck X-Works I was hardcore with my Eclipse Jeans man!!

Had the Lil DJ dude on my ass to boot!

The baggy jeans revolution pioneers!

Ry

Nightwish · 15-09-2005 1:48am

AlienGav wrote:

Oh jesus!! I nearly forgot all about those Jackets!! Nightwish?! Was that saying a southside thing or what? I remember all the kids in school slagging those poor bastids everyday with that saying! LEGEND!

Southside? I'm from Kilkenny my darling. We had that saying down here too, you know

[Jackass] · 19-09-2005 2:21pm

Haha...X-Worx, with the handle thing on the side of the leg!! WTF was the for?

On a typical day in the 90's I wore those Jeans, my eclipse T-Shirt with the yellow smiley face on the front, my curtain hairstyle and listening to "No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No ,No No, No, No, there's no limit!" by Gena-G on my walkman!!

Haha

Thanks for the memory!

LoneGunM@n · 19-09-2005 3:25pm

DubGuy wrote:

Haha...X-Worx, with the handle thing on the side of the leg!! WTF was the for?

On a typical day in the 90's I wore those Jeans, my eclipse T-Shirt with the yellow smiley face on the front, my curtain hairstyle and listening to "No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No ,No No, No, No, there's no limit!" by Gena-G on my walkman!!

Haha

Thanks for the memory!

Are you sure wasn't 2 Unlimited you were listening to

mr_angry · 19-09-2005 3:29pm

Surely someone has some embarrasing pics hidden around somewhere?

[Jackass] · 19-09-2005 3:43pm

LoneGunM@n wrote:

Are you sure wasn't 2 Unlimited you were listening to

Haha..That'd be the one!

Then who the **** is Gina-G??

whiskeyman · 19-09-2005 4:02pm

DubGuy wrote:

Haha..That'd be the one!

Then who the **** is Gina-G??

Didnt she sing "oh ah, just a little bit" for the UK in the Eurovision?!?!
The thought of someone singing that wearing X-work jeans is scary.... very scary indeed!!
More likely 2-Unlimited or Scooter!... or maybe the Outhere Brothers.... "I say boom boom boom... let me hear ya say wwwayooh! wwaayyoohh!"
Or better yet... Kriss Kross!

CiDeRmAn · 22-09-2005 11:01pm

Tut Tut, its just you kids, no appreciaton for fashion!
Loved baggy gear, remember in 90 a guy came into lecture hall in college with a pair on, everyone was fascinated, then I went to Sligo to study nursing the whole thing took off, Naff Jackets, Joe Bloggs jeans, X-Works came a little later, but the Joe Bloggs stuff was great, Georgio Armani tops, Big White Trainers! Sweet, as for the music, still have most of my cassettes from the time, Heavy D and the Boyz, PM Dawn, the Deep Heat series, Prodigy, Kriss Kross, DJ Jazzy Jeff and teh Fresh Prince etc, looking for an Altern8 cd if anyone has one! They were the days! Before the dark times, before fatherhood!

120_Minutes · 23-09-2005 12:32am

reading this thread brought back a few memories. I never wore bloggs or naff or x works, cos even back then we thought they were tacky! myself and two mates used to model ourslelves after "Parker lewis cant lose" so it was paisley shirts, baggy slacks and air jordans when we got dressed up the school disco, i'd be rocking my KLF or EMF t shirts with pride, we thought the compliation "rave 92" on cassete was deadly with SL2 and the prodigy on it, then nirvana hit and that was all she wrote...it was jeans and flannell shirts and pearl jam haircuts all the way!

jaysus turning 30 in a weeks time brings it all back....

ianmc38 · 26-09-2005 4:39pm

XWorks, petro Motion and Eclipse. Deary me.

whiskeyman · 26-09-2005 4:43pm

120_Minutes wrote:

myself and two mates used to model ourslelves after "Parker lewis cant lose"

wow!! This may need a thread all by itself!
Syncronise watches!!!

120_Minutes · 27-09-2005 1:57am

Swatches bud, swatches.

Coolness.

Fabritzo · 27-09-2005 3:57am

X-WORX are so old....they've even stopped wearing them down the bog, unless someone can prove me wrong.

Ry · 27-09-2005 9:25am

PETRO MOTION LOL!

Ry

minnie_mouse · 27-09-2005 10:18am

anyone rember eclipspe jeans!!? like xworks but without the handle on the side. Also i can rember around the time, fruit of the loom sweatshirts were very in..

CiDeRmAn · 30-09-2005 8:16pm

But isn't skateboardin' styles the same bloody thing as all that baggy goodness of yesteryear, sure the labels have changed but the look is pretty similar.
If you have a wander around TKMaxx you will see a lot of the USA clothing lines are still in that 90's frame of mind, Ecko, Phat farm etc, lots of baggy jeans with oddly positioned pockets and straps. Still comfy though! The Antifit stuff now isn't a million miles away either, although the ass of your britches isn't down at your ankles, while the waistband is at your hips.

Used to get all that stuff in Hairy Legs on Talbot st or Liffey St, what do they sell now?

Nightwish · 30-09-2005 10:07pm

CiDeRmAn wrote:

Used to get all that stuff in Hairy Legs on Talbot st or Liffey St, what do they sell now?

Susst, Nope and Cinch

cianr · 04-10-2005 7:29pm

You weren't cool unless you know what the extra pockets on X-Works were for!! You had a long one for your "chisel" and then the strap for your "hammer" . . .

Yes that's what I was told, and yes that's what I believed . .

.

BobTheBeat · 04-10-2005 11:22pm

AlienGav wrote:

...Was that saying a southside thing or what?... LEGEND!

It even made its way to Limerick.... the NAFF knows no boundaries my friends

BobTheBeat · 04-10-2005 11:24pm

minnie_mouse wrote:

anyone rember eclipspe jeans!!? like xworks but without the handle on the side. Also i can rember around the time, fruit of the loom sweatshirts were very in..

Further to that, anyone for a solid pair of Petro-Motion? Barcodes even?
Sweet Jesus

ferdi · 05-10-2005 10:41am

oh my god, PETRO MOTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i remember all this so clearly, xworks, eclipes, petro...classic 90s fashion, oh the memories.

It was 1993 and smiley faces were on everything and tie-dye had made a comeback. The youth stomped around in baggy xworks jeans and doc martin boots with a flannel shirt tied around their waist. With a vacant look in their eyes as they listened to a mix tape of seattle bands on their Walkman while sucking on a push pop.

much love goes out to those days from me.

20 Times 20 Times · 29-01-2010 3:54am

Massive bump for pictures that i cant find :-(

nkay1985 · 03-02-2010 3:29am

Sarge wrote: »

Massive bump for pictures that i cant find :-(

Yeah I find it very difficult to think that nobody has an old picture of these. I never actually wore them (either I didn't like them or my mammy didn't

) so I can't be of assistance but surely someone can!

larchielads · 03-02-2010 4:54am

found this on ebay think its a girls naff jacket by the style of the writing or maybe it was the cheap version of them not sure. didnt the boys one or epensive one have a more square style to the writing? cant remember but anyway its the only pic i've found. scroll down on the page. http://http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-JACKETS-BLK-NAFF-SIZE-30-LILAC-LEATHER-LOOK-14-BLK-12_W0QQitemZ220518127139QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGirl_s_Clothing?hash=item3357e79623

seanybiker · 03-02-2010 4:57am

x works and eclipse ruled. Although I thought I was the coolest person ever when I got my pair of pedro/petro motion jeans.
Used to love going to Dublin and going to hairy legs, think thats what it was called anyways.

pow wow · 03-02-2010 6:34am

Gravity jeans ftw.

EraseAndRewind · 08-02-2010 1:05pm

Ah the Naff Naff jackets
Most people i knew had ones that had 'NAFFCO54' written across the back
We used to say 'Nanny annie fcukin fanny condoms only 54p' God we were so cool and origina l:cool:

Rainbow_brite · 09-02-2010 3:06pm

ha completely forgot about all those jeans the LA Raiders/Miami Dolphin Jackets were all the go back then 2!

we'llallhavetea_old · 09-02-2010 3:11pm

seanybiker wrote: »

x works and eclipse ruled. Although I thought I was the coolest person ever when I got my pair of pedro/petro motion jeans.
Used to love going to Dublin and going to hairy legs, think thats what it was called anyways.

god, thats exactly where i used to go! feckin loved it in there.

i was an x-works wearer myself, and use to borrow my sisters eclipse jeans.

all the lads round where i lived use to go around with their jerseys tucked in on one side of their jeans, just above the eclipse pocket, so everyone could see they had them. oh swoooooon we did!

we'llallhavetea_old · 09-02-2010 3:39pm

this is the best i can find, the eclipse t-shirt on the right

Everett · 09-02-2010 4:18pm

x works and a ben sherman shirt

Naked Lepper · 10-02-2010 11:47am

that thing on the back of the x worx was a hammer holder

some of them also had a little leather thing down the back of the leg and that was a knife holder

or so i was brought up to believe!

Josh_Calvert · 06-01-2011 3:27am

I'd kill to get some new petro motion with the barcode pockets and some x-worx with that awesome strap...and an eclipse hoodie with a **** off ? logo :-) So many awesome brands and no-one sees fit to bring it back....

Jesus Wept · 06-01-2011 3:31am

I thought they were awful and never got any.
I feel smug now.

kelle · 06-01-2011 9:12am

They were a craze in the early 90s - I was too cool for those (more like too old!)!

I remember my younger cousins wearing them.

insomniac32 · 09-10-2011 9:51pm

Josh_Calvert wrote: »

I'd kill to get some new petro motion with the barcode pockets and some x-worx with that awesome strap...and an eclipse hoodie with a **** off ? logo :-) So many awesome brands and no-one sees fit to bring it back....

You know they're all sitting in a warehouse somewhere waiting to be re-released!They're going to make a comeback in the next 2-3 years. If you have originals that fit your going to be cool.....once again!

alwaysadub · 10-10-2011 7:45pm

I wasn't allowed get a pair of x-works

Had to settle for Joe Bloggs ones. Did have an Eclipse top though alright. Also remember the Georgio(sp?) tops, a different colour on each side. Ah such fashion!

sensibleken · 12-10-2011 2:00pm

yiz are all a bunch of ravers. i was a rocker so it was wrangler jeans, check shirt, nirvana t shirt and docs all the way!

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