Wordy

I'm still behind......it's been a busy week. All day long I thought it was Tuesday!

I do have one wordy which I found interesting. In the book Rabbit Run, Harry has to return home to pick up some clothes. One of the items mentioned are "suntans". I wondered, are "suntans" khakis? I googled. And found this article from The New York Times circa 2000. The whole story was about flat front verses pleated front pants. Really, who knew??

From the article: "Looking for a little historical perspective, I asked John Weitz, the 77-year-old designer, about pleats versus flat-front.
''Obviously, it all goes in circles,'' he said. ''The modern-day circle started after the war, when the men came back wearing what are now unfortunately known as chinos but were then called suntans, because they were a tan pant and they were flat.'' Until then, Mr. Weitz continued, ''the only people who wore flat pants were the upper classes. You saw them in Brooks Brothers and the Ivy League. The rest of the country wore great big pleated pants in a rather bad imitation of the Duke of Windsor.''

So, now you know. Aren't you glad?