There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
A polo shirt under a button-up shirt was at least at one time a fashion trend. From comments on The Cut:
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tracyd6 Sep 18, 2017
When I was in high school and college in the 1980's we would wear a polo shirt under a button up shirt. It was fashionable.
wizards3 Sep 17, 2017
Layering was a 1970's trend.
I did it in again in the late 80's, and was asked, "why are you wearing two shirts?".
cash23 Sep 17, 2017
He's dressing the way preppies did when he was in high school and college.
Lacoste shirt with popped collar + pink Brooks Brothers button-down + LLBean down vest = Andover/Exeter circa 1972.
killerbee0925 Sep 16, 2017
"...the shirt thing is something he picked up at military prep school, and....he refers to it as beach fashion."
That's exactly right. When we did a college tour at University of Miami with our daughter some years back, all the student tour guides wore white button down shirts over white polo shirts. A couple of years later JC Penney mainstreamed the look in its mall stores. It's like saying, I'm a sharply dressed preppie, but I'm also a beach bum.
marji80 Sep 16, 2017
I have a vague memory of double polo shirts being a thing during the Reagan era, at least in Ralph Lauren ads. I believe collars were upturned.
RaviSingh Sep 16, 2017
@marji80 You are absolutely correct. The preppy look was popular in the early to mid 80's. Polo was the thing to wear after Izod shirts fell out of favor. Then came the doubling of Polo shirts with the collars turned up. I also remember the madras pants for men and women.
yllehs Sep 16, 2017
@marji80 A patterned turtleneck under a button down shirt under a Fair Isle sweater was big in those days. Luckily, I think the trend died by the time I was 8th grade.
shanavelour Sep 16, 2017
@marji80 Yes, it was a preppie look in the '80s to wear two shirts (not three). They were supposed to be bright colors: a pink knit polo shirt under a pale green Oxford-cloth button-down shirt. Or royal blue and coral, etc. Collars turned up. Khaki trousers or "chinos."