The One
24th June 2008, 03:30 AM
Dapper brand of 'cool' still suits Time
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Back in time: The Time shopped in thrift stores for their retro threads in 1990. From left are Terry Lewis, Jellybean Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Morris Day, Jimmy Jam Harris, Jerome Benton and Monte Moir.
By Edna Gundersen (http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=187), USA TODAY
In the '80s, when backdated attire turned a handful of street-wise musicians into sartorial hipsters, fans nationwide struggled to keep up with The Time.
Inspired by zoot suits, bygone Hollywood glamour and underworld cool, the band scoured hand-me-down shops for designer castoffs to enhance their image as swaggering funk kingpins. Porkpie hats, pleated trousers, wide-shouldered long coats, Morris Day's gold jacket with the tiger-print lapels. OK, not every outfit screamed panache. Some just screamed.
Little has changed, except now they can afford new threads.
"Our first clothing budget was $100," Jesse Johnson remembers. "For all of us."
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Photo: Aaron Rapoport Warner Bros./Reprisehttp://i.usatoday.net/_common/_images/clear.gif
Back in time: The Time shopped in thrift stores for their retro threads in 1990. From left are Terry Lewis, Jellybean Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Morris Day, Jimmy Jam Harris, Jerome Benton and Monte Moir.
By Edna Gundersen (http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=187), USA TODAY
In the '80s, when backdated attire turned a handful of street-wise musicians into sartorial hipsters, fans nationwide struggled to keep up with The Time.
Inspired by zoot suits, bygone Hollywood glamour and underworld cool, the band scoured hand-me-down shops for designer castoffs to enhance their image as swaggering funk kingpins. Porkpie hats, pleated trousers, wide-shouldered long coats, Morris Day's gold jacket with the tiger-print lapels. OK, not every outfit screamed panache. Some just screamed.
Little has changed, except now they can afford new threads.
"Our first clothing budget was $100," Jesse Johnson remembers. "For all of us."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-06-22-time-side_N.htm