Wested perceptions

Michigan Smith · Post by **Michigan Smith** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:50 am

For the second time in about the past year now, someone has referred to or thought my Wested was a "Members Only" jacket?!?!? The first time it happened was really bad, fronted out by the comedian on stage at the comedy club (that's what I get for sitting at the front stage side table). Now, I'm old enough to remember (O.K., I admit it, I had one) "Members Only" jackets. I don't remember them even being in leather, they were always some fashion colored fabric. How can "our" jacket be that mistaken? Uh, I furgetted, peeples is stoopid.

IndyBlues · Post by **IndyBlues** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 8:21 am

Actually, if I recall, the more elite "members" could afford leather versions of that very 80's jacket.

The Indy jacket looks NOTHING like a members only jacket, except for it's waist length fit
He probably had a handful of different jokes to use for different situations that pop up in the audience, and he just used you because you were as close to a M.O. jacket as he could find.
What did he say, BTW? Something like:

"A Members Only jacket??? What are you, the LAST member???"

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:07 am

I haven't seen a 'Members Only' jacket in years. Nope....never had that occur. Regards. Michaelson

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:28 am

I haven't heard that either. Members Only jackets were made of that really light airy nylon. I could see confusing a Wested with a bomber jacket, but a Members Only is a leap.

I think the best come-back there is to feign ignorance and force the person to explain to you what a Members Only jacket is (was).

"A Members Only jacket, you say? Hmm. What is that? I've never heard of it... Oh, you say it's a jacket from when? And who used to wear them?... Huh. And how do you know so much about these?"

Trevelyan · Post by **Trevelyan** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:17 pm

Would someone clue me in on the "members only jacket". I'm picturing the satin jackets of the 80's, but I really have no idea what you guys are talking about.

Scandinavia Jones · Post by **Scandinavia Jones** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:22 pm

I'm curious too. What's a 'members only jacket'?

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:25 pm

All the members only jackets that I remember were like a cotton waist length jacket. I don't remember them being made out of nylon.

Feraud · Post by **Feraud** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:28 pm

Hey Michigan Smith, did you heckle the comedian? I hope so!

The guy took a huge leap in logic to get from Wested to Members Only. I too remember them in a "windbreaker" material/style.

So who was the other brain surgeon to mistake your Wested?

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:29 pm

Sure, Trevelyan,
Try this:
http://www.vintagedesignerclothing.com/5881172.html
Or this:
http://www.hottopic.com/Assets/product_ ... 118_lg.jpg
http://www.vivalavintage.com/store/prod ... DmbrJK.jpg

I hope this helps, and I hope it doesn't give you nightmares.

Trevelyan · Post by **Trevelyan** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:37 pm

Thanks Hemingway, everything makes sense now. I never knew those were referred to as members only. You guys are right, they don't look at all like a true bomber jacket, let alone a Wested Indy. I like in the first link how they describe it as belonging to a former male model...and that's important because? Insert your favorite Zoolander quote here.

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:39 pm

Yep, that neck strap is the dead give away of a 'members only' or wannabe jacket of it's ilk.

Regards. Michaelson

Feraud · Post by **Feraud** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:41 pm

because members only jackets belonging to former male models make you look "really, really, ridiculously good looking".

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Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:44 pm

"Members Only" was the brand name and the company that designed and produced these.

Insert your favorite Zoolander quote here.

"I was... bulemic."
"You mean, you can read minds?"

Michigan Smith · Post by **Michigan Smith** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:06 am

The second time was the other day at work, a co-worker was telling a tale of a group of us and a night at the Al Bundy Memorial Gentlemens Club last year. And, I still deny I was present that night, since there are no photos to prove otherwise.

Cooler King · Post by **Cooler King** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:31 am

When I was a kid, I wore a Member's Only Jacket for an Indy jacket...

There, I said it, are you happy?

Indiana Jerry · Post by **Indiana Jerry** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:32 pm

You are a brave kid.

I wore a box and pretended I was a computer. Hey, it was all mainframes back then...

Kentucky Mason · Post by **Kentucky Mason** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:35 pm

I had a Members Only jacket as a kid too...I put a Ghostbusters patch on the arm and wore it with a proton pack. Theit were epaults I think, where I threaded the pack's straps...ah those were the days. Seems like they may have had an inside pocket just large enough to hold an Atari 2600 cartridge...