Dress Trackies
I have owned one particular pair of trackpants for some time, and they have started to show their age: They have been used for pre-game warm-ups for as long as I can remember; had many a lazy Sunday spent in their warm confines; I even had to sacrifice them to a week’s hallway painting. That was a dark day.
Anyway, memories aside, I was catching up with some of my friends a week or so ago, when I noticed that all of us were wearing trackpants. This is a testament to just how important trackpants are to the millions of students around the world. They have an elasticised wasitband for overeating; they are comfortable for protracted study sessions; and they are cheap. But whilst looking around at my friends’ trackpants, I realised what a poor state mine were in: They have paint all over them, they are at least two sizes two big (it’s comfier that way), and several rips from various escapades.
Not wanting to be shown up, I immediately decided that I needed a pair of ‘dress trackpants’. Now this may seem a contradiction in terms, but bear with me. My trackpants of the time were unsuitable for anything but loafing around-the-house (mainly due to the fact they are a couple of sizes too big…the paint stains don’t bother me too much), and yet I wanted to be comfortable whilst going around to see my friends.
Two days, and a stop at a cut-price menswear outlet (a pair of trackpants for $29.99, who’d a thought?!), later and I was all set. I had rediscovered the wonderousness of wearing trackpants out in public. They’re comfortable, affordable, and practical, all the things that students love.
So, if you see me over the next couple of months wearing trackpants in lieu of jeans or trousers, forgive me. I am simply making the most of my new pair of trackpants. Just be grateful I’m not wearing the old pair.
July 21st, 2007 at 4:45 pm
*cough* bogan! *cough*
July 21st, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Are you telling me you don’t own a pair of trackpants Pete?
July 21st, 2007 at 6:02 pm
I don’t think so at the moment, at least none that have been worn in some time
July 21st, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Strange…very strange!
July 25th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
You wear your trackpants out in public? Oh, engineers…
July 28th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Hey, they’re comfortable and practical, something us engineers value!
July 29th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
OH NO!!! I wear my trackies to uni occasionally!! Spending long hours at uni gives preference to comfort above all other factors (excluding food)!!! It might be an engineering thing, but it’s simply due to the demanding course and the ridiculous hours we put in! Compared to law students who have…what… 5 contact hours? We’re just practical!! Who are we trying to impress anyway!? Go the (comfortable) engineers!
July 30th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Well I’m pretty sure I have seen some ultra cool commerce students poncing around in designer trackies at uni. Clearly they spend more time in the mirror than in the classroom, so whats their excuse for wearing Will’s favourite fashion article?
August 1st, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Ah, but Pete, designer trackies are another thing entirely. Many people from more affluent faculties than us do occasionally wear trackpants, but this usually to show that they went to an equally affluent private high school. And that, they believe, is reason enough to lower themselves to the level of our beloved trackies.
Couldn’t agree more MeEp!
August 2nd, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Please tell me you kept the palamino trackies?! I liked them.
August 4th, 2007 at 1:16 am
It’s okay GeM, I kept them. They are now relegated to around-the-house wearing only. But they are still one of the most comfortable pairs of pants I own.:-)
August 19th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
hey will,
Thanks to you i now am going crazy trying to find that perfect trackie…the one that can be worn at home and in public, one that is neither dagy or snobby, one that isn’t $100… do you know that watergardens shopping mall, highpoint and essendon DFO do not have it! *sigh*