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The very idea of time travel has long captivated people's imaginations. Who among us wouldn’t want to go back in time and see what, for example, Napoleon Bonaparte or Julius Caesar really looked like? Or fast forward a year (and then bet all your money on the future Super Bowl winner...) Pretty darn tempting, isn't it?

However, you need to travel through time secretly, without giving yourself away - which means it will be incredibly important to choose the proper costume for the chosen era. Wisdom Kaye, a famous model and influencer, does just that in his viral series of videos on TikTok, and we present to your attention an impressive selection of his historic outfits.

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Paul C.
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can stop there, I don't think your going to improve on this.

H_NGM_N
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a dapper gentleman!🎩

Tamra
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is one of my favorites.

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    Moë
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 1977 I wore diapers

    Blyss Blyssylb
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looking Good! (PS: add Afro to top off ensemble)

    Tamra
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, he looks amazing in this.

    Bananaramamama
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I stopped scrolling....this is my winner

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    Let's make it clear right away, Wisdom Kaye is not a fashion historian, but a model, whom Vogue aptly called the "best dressed guy on TikTok" a few years ago. Well, perhaps these outfits may not seem so historically consistent to some of you, but in any case, they are very colorful, impressive and reflect the specifics of each era chosen by the original poster.

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    zububonsai
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love spinning yarn by hand (no not on the spinning wheel. With various methods involving sticks and stones). Do you know how long it takes to make fine yarn of the size of a handkerchief (if woven), let alone this Big Wave of cloth?? He wouldhave been the emperor of the king of the chief of everything to wear this size. (And don't get me started on the colouring 😂)

    Julia Nolan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or that velvet didn't exist until the medieval era. But...it's still a pretty cool costume. (If not at all historically accurate.)

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    DefinitelyNotTheDuolingoOwl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, yes, the garments woven by Sir Nike, the finest weaver in the land :) Jokes aside, nice outfits!

    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about that awesome blouse?

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    Ash
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to go swing dancing with him in that outfit.

    Faye Drewit
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think i have a picture of my great grandpa in that outfit

    Blyss Blyssylb
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Steve Urkle never looked this handsome

    Yes, some elements of the author’s images look like obvious anachronisms (for example, these stylish sunglasses for the year 1700 outfit), but all these costumes really look very nice, and Wisdom Kaye can now easily claim the unofficial title of “best dressed guy of any era.” Although, if you look at the costumes that the author predicts for the next centuries, they look, in my opinion, a tad bit overly eclectic.

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    Jay Scales
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, I remember this look.... any number of male singers (esp groups) dressed like this

    Tyranamar Seuss
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pants need to be tighter up top and more flared on the bottom.

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    CrunChewy McSandybutt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is obviously after the great collapse and AI uprising.

    Marie Clear
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like it, but sadly the footwear is not appropriate for running away from the killer drones.

    Jay Scales
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think he wants to kill me....

    v
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like sagging is going to make a strong comeback.

    EP
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it’s a long tunic over Pants

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    Bored Trash Panda
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love this one. Would totally wear it now. lol well... maybe not the boots cause I would break my neck.....

    Francois
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate to say this but maybe Kanye West is on to something.

    Blyss Blyssylb
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Killing it with the Assassin's Creed look

    BoredBranzino
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope that's all lined with body armor, my dude.

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    Lyoness
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every guy in my 90s high school had this outfit. I still hate it but have to give the man props for accuracy.

    Darren Bounds
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are the same sneakers from the 1985 photo.

    Katherine Forest
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would switch 1996 and 1991 around. This look is more coming off the 80s, like the early 90s were.

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    And what personally has always touched me about people who seriously dream of going back in time is their absolutely concrete confidence that, having found themselves a couple of centuries ago, they will be among, let’s say, the powers that be. The 18th century, in the perception of these people, looks like a whole series of romantic balls and love affairs (yeah, tell that to all the victims of the guillotine during the Great French Revolution), the Middle Ages are tough knights and nothing more, ancient times are wise philosophers talking about the eternal...

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    Stop! And who can actually guarantee that our brave time travelers will not turn out to be ordinary peasants or workers somewhere in countless copper mines of the past? Moreover, such a probability is much greater (if, of course, the very word “probability” per se is at all applicable to such a concept as time travel)! So the outfits from this collection are simply beautiful, but nothing more than stylish.

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    CrazyKnitter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Super long *skinny* scarf. There were also the large square scarves draped around the neck.

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    Huntress
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No brands on this one ? 😂

    Fergus Corgi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably because you can still find similar stuff all over the place 😘

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    Lavern Defazio
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The scarf is too small. Think Lenny Kravitz and his throw blanket scarf.

    Tamra
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Classic, casual, lovely.

    BoredBranzino
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must be from GAP, no designers are named.

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    zububonsai
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This outfit looks not too tight, not too wide and looks as if one could spend a veeeery long working day in it without the need to get rid of it. Classy, IMHO.

    ohjojo (you/your's)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We should have kept this one. Classic casual.

    Bettye McKee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow! I love this look. Very clean-cut.

    DarkViolet
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kind of reminds me of Stevie Wonder.

    Faye Drewit
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why does it give jurassic park vibes?? Is it just me and my last braincell?

    Party Pooper
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fit of the shirt is spot on!

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    Be that as it may, perhaps some travelers from the distant future (when the time machine has long been invented) are already among us, and are reading this collection, smiling slightly to themselves. If so, then please write to me in private messages who won Superbowl LIX in 2025 and with what score (I really need this, just believe me!) and the rest - just scroll this list to the end and please leave your comments here and below the post.

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    Tracy Wallick
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This dude is a master at pulling off skirts

    Ash
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's also a master at putting them on!

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    BoredBranzino
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where's the wine??!! Why are we always out of wine!!

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    zububonsai
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But again: no hat. Practically indecent. (But I loooove the outfit of this time, at least the men's)

    BoredBranzino
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From "The Time Machine", set in the late 1800's: Alexander: (pointing to the masses all in bowler hats) Look at them, all alike, everyone just....identical. Philby: I would hope my students emerge with [critical thinking skills]. Alexander: I don't [wait]. I want them to run along this street and knock off every bowler they see!!

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    Jay Scales
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gorgeous jacket & boots - shame about the pants

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    CrunChewy McSandybutt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's funny how everyone assumes we'll wear shiny Mylar in the future.

    Matthews
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like 2099 from 1999. All so shiny and transparent!

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    JM
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love. The Hat/Eye Shade Combo.

    Veronica Jean
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I predict no plastic in future clothing. I think we will begint I realize how deadly it is

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s exactly what I was thinking. It will be all linen, cotton, maybe wool. I don’t know if it will happen in our lifetime, but maybe in future generations when I imagine they discover how many diseases are actually caused by microplastics in our bodies.

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    Amanda Rose
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Note to self start collecting shower curtains for use in future jackets.

    BoredBranzino
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I should hope that we'd have stopped using plastics by then. And the outfit is just more plastic polymer, spray painted with "silver sheen 101".

    ohjojo (you/your's)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this what we get after years of wearing aluminum hats?

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    Corvus
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yikes, there's enough space to hide another person in those pants :D

    Faye Drewit
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The puddle stains are gonna be all the way up to his knees tho

    JM
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd forgotten about the big, wide pants.

    Tyranamar Seuss
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We all tried to forget about them. I tried to forget about them while they were happening.

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    Bettye McKee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is terrible but we had to live with it while it lasted.

    EP
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t think these were 2000. I say 1993-1996.

    LapCat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn’t see anyone start wearing these until the late 90s.

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    H_NGM_N
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those shoes look... fun to walk in! he is slaying them tho!

    CrunChewy McSandybutt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It will be nothing but robot strippers in the future.

    EP
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the boots would have a combat sole instead.

    Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah. sorry. I'm not buying the so-called future garb. People are going to be thread-bare, starving, and hot.... or so I'm told by the time travelers. more mad max-ish

    BoredBranzino
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope you don't have to run from anyone...or anything.

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    Jay Scales
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those furry boots gonna be caked in mud....

    BTDubs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just missing the apple bottom jeans...

    Blyss Blyssylb
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm about to club him and drag him off to my cave 😘❣️

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    Arlene Harris
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now this is a Happy Days reboot I would watch

    Bettye McKee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nailed it except for the sunglasses,

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    EP
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    100% would be sandals. Very sheek look for the year. What style!

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    BoredBranzino
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a LOT, LOT of clothes for the implied desert.

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    zububonsai
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A "Schamkapsel" (codpiece) would highlight the outfit. (As it did back then ❤️‍🔥👀🤯🥵)

    Lavern Defazio
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could also be 80s with the New Romantic vibe goin on.

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    Jaya
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, people can stop trying to look cool. Because no-one will ever look cooler than this.

    D W
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He got 1980 badly wrong, with the bandana and combats 🤣

    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The shoes look like Docs, which became popular in the 80's punk scene. Not so sure on the bandana though.

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    v
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one has late 80s to early 90s Milli Vanilli vibes.

    Tyranamar Seuss
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No plug for the clothes on this one?

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    ojjunior
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    U can't touch this. Yes you are mind singing it now.

    Beck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doo doo doo doo, doo doo, doo doo 🎶

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    Brazen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get Nirvana/Kurt Cobain feels from this, it's probably the t-shirt-sweater combo.

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    Marie Clear
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a midwest Miami Vice vibe from 1990. And yes, I do remember outfits like this.

    Tyranamar Seuss
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK. I don't remember anything like this. Thank God!

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    Starthief
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems really comfy, but does it have pockets?

    Ash
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No need: if he's rich enough to wear that, he has servants follow him around and carry his stuff FOR him!

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    zububonsai
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, it reminds me of some mosaic portraits (Ravenna/Byzantium....)

    zububonsai
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The white top looks soooo comfy and "inhabitable" 😍

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    Matthews
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 2020 all I wore was pjs, sweatpants and t-shirts. And a face mask if I dared to go outside.

    Cassie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, 2020 we were all wearing sweatpants and slippers with whatever we would wear to work on top where the Zoom camera could see.

    Marie Clear
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe from covid lockdown when no one could see your fancy shoe-belts on zoom?

    EP
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So far this is the only one I am Not feeling.

    Tamie Hamilton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Missed opportunity - should be wearing a blue mask over his mouth and nose