![]() There exists somewhere a photo of little round-faced Eric, grinning like he’s high on catnip in that jacket with a yellow-and-gold striped hoodie sticking out from beneath the poofy hem of the coat (because I was just fashion forward like that) all topped off with a Chicago Bears stocking cap.īut why all this talk of winter coats as the temperature climbs into the ‘90s? Well, because there’s an incident involving Starter jackets that I can still remember clear as crystal to this day. It was a garish, teal-and-purple mid-’90s mess… but it was MY mess, and I loved it. I do remember, a little later, getting a Pro Player branded jacket (which was sort of like the RC to Starter’s Coke, and after a quick search I see that they’re still in business, look at that) for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a joint venture between the National Hockey League and Disney. Things like Disney vacations, the newest video games and, yes, Starter jackets were simply out of the question. Nowadays, with the way things like food have gotten more expensive while wages are frankly still insultingly low, I’m pretty sure we would have been called flat-out poor. I was one of five kids in what was in the mid-’90s considered a lower-middle class family. ![]() Oh, man… now here come all the Eastbay memories!Īlas, I knew my place. Anyway, I remember being desperate for one of those jackets, combing through the Eastbay magazine every time it came in the mail for my older sister, a heck of a left-handed softball catcher, seeing what unique styles and teams they had in those jackets. Remember those? Big, puffy, in bright colors with the half zipper that meant you had to slide them on over your head and mess up your hair because you were, like, the only boy in fifth grade whose hair wasn’t straight and never looked cool and… well, maybe that was just me. I can’t even remember last week that well, but some things always stick with you… like Starter jackets. It’s amazing the things that stick in your head sometimes, isn’t it? I mean, 1995 was 24 years ago and I can still remember certain days from it clear as day.
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