Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for August 15, 2010

Why? That’s what they were wearing when you were young. You’re talking about your generation.

Shades of the late 60s, early 70s.

Coyoty - I think you are off by a few years on Tia’s Age. Back when she was around 10 or so the clothes coming out of what are now called Vintage Clothing shops would have been from the 30’s and 40’s and funny clothes would have been considered to be costumes. At least here in the US that would have been the case. I can’t speak for what the situation would have been in Mexico.

^I’m trying to do the math. Baldo’s what, 17? Which would make Papi somewhere in the 45-50 range. If Tia Carmen is Papi’s tia, that would put her in the 70ish range. 70 years ago was 1940, which would mean that Tia Carmen was a teenager in the 50s and a 20something during the 60s. This is definitely her era or just past it.

I came from that generation, and I NEVER dressed like that. In fact, most of my generation didn’t either. Only those pathetic losers who tried to be “Groovy”, “Hip”, or “Far Out”.

Too many people have watched “That 70’s Show” way too long! Now, they’re believing that garbage?

Vintage clothing? Don’t you mean Goodwill?

Baldo, wipe that smirk off your face and quit staring at that girl.

I don’t know, jkoskov, I was looking at my old yearbook….

jkoskov,

Someone once told me I wasn’t “hip” because I wasn’t wearing the right clothes! The sad thing was that he was serious.

I grew up in rural america. No one around here wore clothes like that! Didn’t see that until you went off to college!

Papi and his tia could be a lot closer in age than 20-25 yrs apart. That is especially true in larger families.

Because my dad came from a family of 9 children, and his eldest sister married young, I have first cousins who were 25 yrs old when I was born.

Conversely, one of my husband’s aunts is only 9 yrs older than he is.

And, yes, some of us dressed that way in the late 60’s - well, not exactly that way - but long hair, hiphugger jeans and bright colors.

My best friend’s boyfriend liked to wear 1940’s style pinstriped suits.

ElDo, Baldo was the first one in his family to have been born in the U.S. When Tia Carmen tells stories of her own youth, they are set in Mexico.

i still see folks dressing up like 80’s punks odd, it’s like if it became hip to dress like a flapper

That looks like Meg from Family Guy