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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
The Films of 1982 Fashion Trend Alert: Fold Down/Open Tunics
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Yeah, I remember this fashion trend of long ago. Adm. Kirk started out in ST:TWoK all buttoned up. Then, when all Hell breaks loose, down comes the tunic fold ;-). Fun post, John.
ReplyDeleteHi Le0pard13,
ReplyDeleteIt's weird that this fold-down flap design suddenly took prominence in genre movies...in at least three of the year. I wouldn't mind having one of those Megaforce uniforms...for Halloween, of course. :)
Best,
John