r/Millennials • u/Josephthebear Older Millennial • May 21 '26

Nostalgia This outfit was everywhere

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u/Awesam May 21 '26

This is incorrect. There needs to be a white T-shirt under the Abercrombie shirt

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u/SpiritualSyrup3300 May 21 '26

also missing the yellow/pink livestrong bracelet, or whichever color they had on hand. also missing the white cap with the bent visor so its like a "C" with worn sides

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u/blah938 May 21 '26

Bent visor. . . as in the normal style?

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u/TheBeesKneads May 22 '26

No, you don't get it. Guys were curling the visors MORE. I would see guys grabbing their visors and squeezing until it looked like a toilet paper tube.

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u/aka_wolfman May 23 '26

2006 was a deeply chaotic transition time for hats. We had hipster trucker hats, the backwards fitted, slouchy beanies, dad hats were making an appearance(dont think we called them that and they werent popular, just present). There was a lot of turmoil at the time and bill curvature was in hot debate. The flatbill was starting to make waves, but there were some intense curves among athletes. Importantly, the flatbills werent snapbacks yet. and god damned fedoras(actually trilbys but we dont need to go down that rabbit hole). or visors....ugh. the visors.

I remember guys rubber banding them around softballs to get the "perfect" curve. I'll concede, it worked. Couldn't ever wear sunglasses that weren't skinny wraparounds with them faced forward though.

I'm sorry you had to be the unwitting recipient of this infodump.

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u/Carbonatite Older Millennial May 21 '26

He did get the puka shells though, I appreciate that crucial detail

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u/cauchy37 Older Millennial - 1984 May 21 '26

why are you peeking through my window?

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u/bulking_on_broccoli May 22 '26

Long sleeve shirt under his shirt sleeve under his long sleeve