The Trad: Army Issue 1964

21 June 2012

Army Issue 1964

Was Dad a Hipster?

11 comments:

Anonymous said...: Yes, dad was totally a hipster, just 48 years to soon!; 21 June, 2012 08:08
JKG said...: Knee jerk was to say "no." But based on the stuff you've posted I'm going with yes and, in the ultimate sign of hipster cred, waaaay before it was cool.; 21 June, 2012 08:26
M.Lane said...: Super glasses. I would say "yes", but I would not have called him that to his face.

ML
mlanesepic.blogspot.com; 21 June, 2012 09:07
Anonymous said...: At least they weren't called "birth control glasses", otherwise a whole bunch of baby boomers wouldn't be here.

My dad had also an army-issue pair, in black. I think he was hip enough to pull it off. Then again, he really didn't have a choice.

Clip-ons look great on them (see first pic in Fathers Day post, below).

-DB; 21 June, 2012 10:03
GSV JR said...: And he's like drinking Carling (or at least around people drinking Carling) in one of those shots. So retro...; 21 June, 2012 10:52
gentleman mac said...: No, he was the pure aspect that the hipsters want to be but simply corrupt by trying too hard.; 21 June, 2012 11:17
cc said...: haha i was just admiring a similar pair of specs the other day.; 21 June, 2012 11:38
Anonymous said...: They're called BCGs for a reason ...; 21 June, 2012 18:47
Oyster Guy said...: Your dad was not a hipster...just hip.; 22 June, 2012 10:02
Brett Smith said...: http://www.flickr.com/photos/10643097@N07/7422419490/

here's a photo of my dad (and me). He's sporting those glasses. He wore them from probably around mid 50's up until around 1970, when he finally switched to contacts. I think this photo was taken around 1968.; 22 June, 2012 18:50
tintin said...: Brett- Beautiful picture. Thanks for sharing. I love it when people share these images.; 22 June, 2012 18:58

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