About
I am an elderly (feeling young) professor in Northern Norway, working with document theory and doing research in medical documents and artistic documents, especially large multimedia document like a large display wall in a hospital or a screen in an opera studio. I have started my own opera company, The World Opera and then as you already have noticed, I am an addict to coffee, cafés and last but not least OVERALLS, and I have a lovely wife and 2 great sons and last but not least a wonderful grandson, soon ready for overalls, feeling very lucky about life, even if I often feel I am not working enough, making foolish comments etc. , so I am sort of an ordinary man wearing bib overalls almost all the time taking the bus, drinking coffee and working on projects, when not blogging with wonderful friends.
Hi,
I live in Ontario,Canada. I have been wearing bib-overalls since I was a kid in the 1970’s!
Here,bib-overalls are fairly commonly worn by people so it hard to understand this strange feeling of embarasment and fear of wearing them as “just another pair of pants” that is heard from people in other countries on the net. I wear them a lot. I wear them to work even.
My favorite brand is IKEDA.
Because I have worn overalls through-out my life, I have many experiences that I can share if you like.
Thank-you for providing this site. I’ll bookmark it and return often!
Hi
Thanks for your comment. Yes, I am right now sitting in Palo Alto in california and here as well it is not that unusual as in Europe, so I really like to be here in California and tomorrow I am going to Mission thrift and buy some “new” overalls, well worn by somebody else and now fitting for me, so let us keep in touch and please share your experience, I am sure we are not the only one who have been wearing for many years
You are not the only one; here is another middle-aged academic with a bib overalls fancy, still using bibs frequently, but more under-cover these days.
I still agonize myself over the continued absence of any overalls revival, having looked in vain for another overalls fashion rage every spring.
Should I just reconcile myself with having enjoyed the overalls for so long, that it is a thing of the past? I have used overalls on and off since 1973, seen the rages come and go; now my old 1995-vintage overalls are getting worn by the year, with no replacement in sight.
Nothing can really thwart my joy of taking on an old Levis or Dickies or Lee or Crocker. And today I realized I was not the last on the planet.
Old Hippie & I are VERY DEAR FRIENDS on Yahoo! & a Number of Sites; ANY FRIEND of HIS is a FRIEND of MINE!!! How do I Join Your Friends’ List on This Site!? I, too, LOVE BIB OVERALLS & Wear Them ALL the TIME!!!!
Also, Andre Gerow & I are DEAR FRIENDS!!!
Okay. I have to admit that a blog entirely based on the wearing of overalls is one I had not considered. But I like it! As you know, I am a fan of overalls myself.
Ms. Moon
thanks a lot, yes, I am crazy about overalls, nothing to do about it, fortunately !:), but the fantastic thing with blogs is that you are sort of allowed to do what you like ! I also love your blog, I can tell you and will follow it, see you all the best from the North to the south !
Dear fellow overall fan, Thank you so much for visiting my blog (araratacres.blogspot.com) today. Overalls may come and go (stylewise) but they are always first and foremost, my first pick in the closet. Glad to hear there is a stalwart band of brothers (and sisters!…myself included) out there. Keep in touch, as I will be adding your blog to my list. Many blessings from north Texas! ~ liz
I also am a fan of overalls. As a result, my girlfriend has about 20 pairs, I have 35 pairs, some are women’s which suit me well, others are men’s. It is a very tiring fetishism and obsession. Ispend all my time looking after news, new pairs, new pics that I collect. I have a pics collection of about 55 000 pics of people wearing overalls, and most of these pics are clean, some were taken or paper scanned by me. I have sorted them in style groups. Sure the “classical” file is the biggest by far (about 7 000 pics alone).
Hi:
Thanks for your comment on my blog! I have a whole series of embroideries on overalls. I wear overalls to paint and wipe my brushes on them, and now I have begun embroidering truths about the art world on the paint covered overalls. You can see more at
http://www.katekretz.com/truths.html
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katekretz/3008665371/in/set-72157608720690681/
I will be showing them framed behind plexiglas as artwork.
feel free to contact me about the book at kkretz4art@aol.com
I am so happy to have found your blog! I never realized that there were other people out there who shared my fondness of overalls! My mom introduced me to my very first pair when I was 14 (I’m 44 now), and I have loved them ever since! My closet is full of them — most of them bought second-hand, and I wear them almost every day. Overalls are my trademark. I don’t see too many other people wearing them, and sometimes my family is embarrassed by my choice of attire, but I continue to wear them because comfort is key for me. Plus, overalls also speak to my “overall” quirkiness in general!
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