Soft Landings

Parachute pants are a style of trousers characterized by the use of nylon, especially ripstop nylon. In the original loose-fitting, extraneously zippered style of the late 1970s/early 1980s, "parachute" referred to the pants' synthetic nylon material. In the later 1980s, "parachute" may have referred to the extreme bagginess of the pant. 

While they became a fad in US culture in the 1980s as part of an increased cultural appropriation of breakdancing, they have very little to do with parachutes, although they did slow you down when you tried to run...or so I have heard.

This week, a look at the history of the parachute.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful, and so are you." – The Beatles, "Dear Prudence" (Lennon-McCartney)

  Soft Landings