Girbaud shirt found in Father’s closet

Posted by NorseYeti@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 40 comments

My father passed away on Tuesday morning. My momma asked me to help her clean out his closet, take what I want, and let her know what to donate. While going through his shirts, I found one of mine that I wore in Junior High. This would have been from somewhere between 1988-1990 era. He had kept it all these years! It brought back many memories, and made me smile that he had kept some of my things.

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Acceptable-Stable-36@reddit

Sorry about your dad, nice to have his old Tshirt

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Grimegirls@reddit

It’s her tee shirt. I’m often confused why someone would post on something that they so clearly did not even read!🤣

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tultommy@reddit

Relax... maybe use that energy on a post where it actually matters. I'm often confused why people need to be rude for no reason.

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Affectionate-Copy-27@reddit

I've always assumed that their small wiener anxiety is to blame.

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Alovingcynic@reddit

Seeing Girbaud takes me back. Sorry for the loss of your father.

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JadedAd6614@reddit

Girbaud’s were mainstream popular? In Cincinnati in the late 80s/early 90s, when I was in college, the only people that wore them were edgy, alternative people. Bugle Boy and Levi’s were more mainstream here at the time.

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skatecrimes@reddit

Not in Texas. Anyone who could afford those had them. Pretty mainstream in my high school.

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NorseYeti@reddit (OP)

They were kind of Alt back then. I found them at “Merry Go Round” or “Gadzooks”. For a couple of years, my entire wardrobe came from those stores. I guess it was kind of alt. I was listening to Alt Rock, makes sense I would wear alt clothes.

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Creative-Ad-9489@reddit

cuz they were EXPENSIVE for its time. I settled for Bugle Boys. From Caldors. 😆

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JadedAd6614@reddit

I found at pair at the Lazarus (now Macy’s) basement (where all the close-outs went to live & were discounted more each week) for $19.45. I wore them until the zipper stopped staying up and still have them in jeans drawer 36 years later. lol. And I was an alternative kid.

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temporalcupcake@reddit

There was a sweater my sister got in the 80s. Then I wore it as a hand me down when I was 8 years old. After that my grandma got it somehow, and wore it for years. When she died in 2010, I found it in her things. And now I wear it again.

I love little pieces of family history like this!

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NorseYeti@reddit (OP)

It is truly awesome!

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prttyprttyprttygood@reddit

I remember kids in middle school looking for the zipper tag (girbaud) or triangle on the back pocket (guess) to see if you were fancy pants or not in our area.

I was glad to see that fad pass quickly. $70+ is a lot now for a pair of jeans - even more so in 90s dollars!

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