Good Memories Gone Bad
I love how past memories continually become corrupted over time. This time it has to deal with Op. You remember Op don't you? It was surfer clothing for everyone who didn't surf and for a time in the 80's was the thing to wear even if you lived in Topeka. Nothing like sporting a pair of board shorts in December in Topeka. Chicks loved it. Now though Op has become a brand of Wal-Mart or some pseudo corporate cousin of theirs and the fun is no longer. To make matters worse, a group of B listers is attempting to make the brand seem cool again. Forget the fact they wouldn't wear any of it outside the commercial or ever stepped into Wal-Mart. Oh, and any street cred Pete Wentz has? Gone. OK, he really didn't have a bunch anyway, but you get the point. Oh, and make sure you have not eaten. Rumer Willis in a bikini warning.
OP at Walmart? Sell outs.
ReplyDeleteLOL Ent, we wore our OP year round too... here in the land of ice and snow - where it's the end of April and still snowing!
i'm seeing video error messages.
ReplyDeleteahhhhh OP and the 80's - we used to go to Sea Isle NJ every summer and OP shorts were all you saw on the beach -cause u know the surfin in Jersey is totally rad dude! LOVED THEM.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, in the pictures I've seen. Rumer doesn't look awful. Just plain.
ReplyDeleteShe's turning into Gretchen Mol to me. The 'it girl'/wannabe that they're forcing down our throats and no one's buying it.
OP and LBI .. wouldnt be summer at the jersey shore without OP's on .. shirts, bathing suits, jams .. you name, we wore it ...
ReplyDeleteI'm from Jersey too! OP's and Camraros heading down the Parkway to Lavalette listening to Journey. Don't stop believing!
ReplyDeletewe went down the sure too! margate, stone harbor, and yes, i'll admit it WILDWOOD!
ReplyDeleteGotta get some OP to go with my Jordache Jeans - Holy Crap!!! Remember the Gloria Vanderbilt jeans with the swan on the front pocket? I gotta get a time machine so I can go back and relive my teen years. Where's Marte McFly when you need him?
ReplyDeleteI remember Op the first time around. Jeesh. Such fond memories of Op and boys dousing themselves in Polo cologne.
ReplyDeleteJLB I here you on the snow thing. We've still got it here too.
I actually still have some daisy-duke blue Op shorts. Because they're the original they still look hip. It's crazy. But that's also like saying Mossimo original pieces are still hip.
ReplyDeleteI'm a dying breed, this child of the 80's.
damn what's next lilo for Body Glove? Joel Madden for T&C?
ReplyDeleteohh them were the days..high top converse, an Op shirt and board shorts..even for us chicks. the good ol days of watchin Thrashin',Rad and North Shore for the 300th time on saturdays.
We are NOT a dying breed BSE'08! We are karma chameleons. We are young, heartache to heartache, we stand, no promises no demands. We're the kids in America!
ReplyDeletesister christian oh the time has come...
ReplyDeletewe did belmar....Bar A, DJs, Mont-guido Bay....
oooh yeah baby!
We need a road trip. My best friend has a house on LBI. Come pick me up in Austin. We can swing by and get everyone else. I'll bring my Duran Duran cds.
ReplyDeleteCrap OP is what made Millers Outpost in the 80's. I wore all my OPs in the middle of the desert.
ReplyDeleteI don't know which video you wanted us to see, but I just watched a hilarious video about inner core muscle strength from getexercised.com!
ReplyDeleteWhat ever happened to the clothing line Hang Ten?
ReplyDeleteAh, Wildwood. Mack and Mancos pizza, Johnson's popcorn (oops, that's Ocean City), and, wait for it..
ReplyDelete"Watch The Tram Car, Please!!"