How come denim never goes out of fashion? (1988) | RetroFocus

Tania Lacy took to the streets of Melbourne to ask people why they loved their #denim, and things got a little personal. This segment aired on ABC's The Factory, 20 February 1988.
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[@blauwtand65]

1:00 the spin, the awkward pause, the lady who tries to run off, the journalist proceeds, DENAM?, the loud noise, the grandma her cute lil face in the corner, SHE DOES NOT KNOW DENAM? So much going on there

[@margaritam.9118]

Ramon Vasbinder That looked like a Monthy Python sketch, so chaotic 😂

[@martinmoran89]

And there's a cool Volvo wagon in the background too

[@xxephyrr382]

"how do you feel in your jeans?" "um, pretty normal"

[@margaritam.9118]

the view from halfway down That guy was the only normal person there, everyone else including the host girl are obnoxious and thirsty 😂

[@waje107]

"how do you feel when you don't wear your denim jeans?" "Naked?" I lost my shit xD

[@arcturus3447]

1:35 “how do you know i am attracted to women” I LOVE HIM HAHA

[@hasekfan2450]

he was ahead of his time lol

[@dontlikemycomment5065]

I’m pretty sure he said “how do you know I’m attractive to women”

[@Lekirius]

The first SJW

[@hr1meg]

@@Lekirius Yeah, he seemed offended

[@Cassxowary]

@@dontlikemycomment5065 nope

[@um773]

lmao odds on that "I DON'T KNOW DENIM" chick is the mother of "I've never been to oovoo javer"

[@margaritam.9118]

DENIM? I DONT KNOW DENIM *runs away wearing denim*

[@izabelaR]

That could have been a language barrier. She sounded like she had an accent so maybe she didn't understand the word? Just a guess.

[@B_27]

@@izabelaR Yeah, she seemed confused and a little bit frightened!

[@ironsword7]

I think she thought the intreviewer was asking about a person called denholm.

[@uPenguin]

I love how she's hounding them like they're politicians xD

[@HGCUPCAKES]

Lack of boundary recognition

[@jessicao5592]

How do you feel when you don't wear denim jeans *naked*

[@jondoe4828]

Always asking the tough questions...

[@ccverdera6298]

It’s funny to watch this compared to the interviews from the 60s. Some of the people here seem like they’re in more of a hurry and not as friendly or open to talking. I wonder why.

[@hidof9598]

Economic conditions, maybe? As well as the time and place

[@canadiankewldude]

Social engineering, people are just not the same as they used to be, in general. They are very engendering today however, unlike any time I'm aware of in previous history.

[@accussednerfherder]

They need to bring this segment back

[@girmonsproductions]

They need to bring the 80s back!

[@fernandosanabria7669]

1:35 he was SO ahead of his time. LEGEND.

[@astral_ghxst]

gays weren't invented until 2014

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

It's a joke right?

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

Jeans are great because they are warm, comfy, protective & go with almost everything. The more you wear them the better they are. If you starch your jeans than you’re not enjoying them.

[@forestrot666]

Denim was everything in the 80s and 90s. So much denaaaanmm!

[@microfighterz]

"makes you feel like a sex god?" "No." "I don't know Denim" These bits killed me

[@Nattherat64]

1:58 real talk right here

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

I don't know Denim Honestly if someone asked me out of the blue on the street about Denim i would know what to tell them Who calls Jeans Denim anyway?

[@goonashwah6568]

It's the material

[@ngdukic]

Chapel Street was so much cleaner back then, I barely recognised it. I would give the rest of my life to relive 1988. I still had hope for humanity and the planet back then. Now all I can do is wait for the silent darkness to fall.

[@ngdukic]

@@throughthedesert6572 That would have saved us from global overpopulation, deforestation, carbon ommissions, global dimming and rising sea levels would it? Closing our borders?

[@ngdukic]

@@throughthedesert6572 Spare you the racist comments? I haven't mentioned race at all. You have. Go play the victim with someone else mate, I find it really really boring.

[@ngdukic]

@@throughthedesert6572 You will be releived to know then that Australia is lowering it's migrant intake as of next year. We also have made a deal with New Zealand to take alot of the asylum seekers that come to us. That is ontop of our border patrol policy that any migrants or asylum seekers who invade our borders will never be allowed to stay, they are held in detention centres and then sent to another country. It may be trendy to be racist or homophobic but I'm not. I treat people as I find them and I beleive if you're not hurting anyone else you have the right to live your life however you want. That is the beauty of being Australian.

[@50centgotshot9times]

We immigrated after the fall of the Soviet Union and in my experience what really made Australians suffer was outsourcing a lot of jobs overseas as well as factories closing down. Also the increase of methamphetamine production and use among the peoplle that came from familes that relied on those jobs. THAT'S where it went wrong. Not the intake of refugees or immigrants because a lot of those people come here to work and build new lives which greatly contributes to the economy however it has also driven a lot of Aussies away from major cities and into other places. That and the recent Chinese investors land grabbing and building ugly apartments around our suburbs that remain half empty for a year or two because a lot of ordinary people can't afford rent by themselves and living with others isn't too great for a young family...

[@yourstruly7086]

through the desert just because you’re Iranian with a Polish mother doesn’t mean you can’t be racist and hateful towards people.

[@alexissayegh2058]

Few years ago jeans were the hottest commodity, got replaced by the leggings but denim is eternally magical :)

[@MTChee]

The reason I am watching this is because I missed those shops, people of that time and atmosphere.

[@NeilBolandGuitaristWriter]

When folks used to be shy about being on camera. Now every nobody Instagrammer is a movie star...

[@jaroroytapel]

I still don't like being caught on somone else's Camera to be honest.

[@nathanmedina2809]

Neil Boland a lot still don't and there was another video just like this by the same program at the time that had everyone not shy and wanting to talk on camera so...

[@kookdo6741]

this comment is dumb

[@q_q123]

uhh, not true

[@brambam]

Crazy how much fashion I've now realised has beem brought back from the 80s

[@natemisaras4076]

She definitely knew who denim was she’s trying to hide something 😂

[@Pathrissia]

Haha the girl is cool

[@SlimbTheSlime]

1:00 They just ran into a foreign spy.

[@Lily-sy5gz]

I love the interviewer she's ‏hilarious XD

[@brandonhenry9846]

I bet you Aussies would say that is was sexual harassment if a guy ask those questions today.

[@aytansafarli7701]

0:31 the guy reappears later in the video

[@Quaronna]

Oh yeah lol

[@jyoungtricks]

This auto played from the 60's interview... Holy contrast

[@Alex-hu4jh]

the cure playing in the background 1:49

[@vasilisconstantinides4476]

Seems like men were way more honest back then

[@TheCleaner76]

I think the girl is Tania Lacy

[@TheAxelay]

I honestly don't remember The Factory segment at all but I was only 10 at the time, maybe it was 4pm-like show?! But true denim never ever goes out of style. I have a generation Z buddie that always wore a blue denim jacket and pants in the time I hanged out with him and he certainly would've stood out in 1988 let alone now. He looked really good in the attire as well, better than me and I'm a Gen X... well a Xennial etc.

[@muhandiram88]

It is still popular because other alternative are not very strong against it.

[@uberyoutuber3892]

I'm quickly falling in love with Australians.

[@Shnozzler]

The interviewer and the dude at the opening are kinda gen Z idk

[@WelcomeTooo]

Great seeing all the 80s stores on chapel street

[@jsmith6259]

Who are the presenters

[@HyperHorse]

j smith Cameron Daddo and Tania Lacy.

[@Lantern66]

@@HyperHorse Andrew Daddo

[@nathanmedina2809]

This video just shows me that there was a lot of changes from 1850s,60 to 1980s nothing compared that much to 1980s to today

[@Bro96101]

Jocks don’t feel comfortable under jeans 😩

[@beemo6221]

Where can I get a proper pair of denim jeans these days...!? 😭😭

[@arrowb3408]

At 0:12, the boy in 90s already had rag and bone style. I can see Australia Jean textile skill wasn't as good as the US ones that they had Hunter green, tan colored and velvet type of Jean. Australia most got bleach light color or black, not many options like Levis ... Oh, a pair of Levis Jean cost > $150 USD but some bought back 2nd hand Jean at uni for $50 while stone style was fashioned back early 90s. Got a lot of uni classmates mentioned about selling recycle Levis Jean

[@victortheewise]

oml i would love to do this in highschool and if I see my crush im going for it smh

[@jhopesstrawberry9707]

Denim is still in fashion the day i see it go out will be the day i die.

[@adaterlikci1655]

I thought that the first guy was harry styles for a sec i was soo confusedd lol

[@bernardmolan2976]

Cnr of Chapel Street and Commercial Road in Prahran, if I'm not mistaken, with the premises that was to become occupied by (the much missed) Hungry Jack's! (Closed down a couple of years ago due to health violations, they just _could not_ keep that toilet clean. Now you have to go all the way into bloody South Melbourne or the city if you want HJ's...)

[@E3kiel]

This is the opposite of the famously contrivercial GiIlette Ad.

[@mdmimahdi9180]

What did I just watch 🤣🤣

[@mzcrazyhunnii]

This is intense.

[@TheCleaner76]

I was hoping to see some double denim

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Loved Tania - grouse sheila.

[@T1000AX]

1:51 lol

[@retrofan2264]

1:47 is it The Cure playing?

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

yes

[@d7787]

Strangely like a youtube video

[@bnsyphotography2104]

Anyone in here know or are the people in this video? Even the blond dude with the fake glasses.

[@itsmetheherpes1750]

so is denim still a thing ? i mean i have 2 pairs, which i wear quite often. and... yeah i have worn jeans all my life. people wear them since 1800 i hear.

[@d947]

TOMMY HILFIGER DENIM

[@whatamachine89]

It's sad to see Tania Lacy here knowing what became her fate

[@cjkavy2299]

What’s her fate? 😳

[@patrickbonham949]

@ Irene Tanya Fate !! 😤Despite her coming out in 2014 with borderline personality disorder, I m aware she now lives in Germany with her husband and son.

[@BrendanMarshall]

Lawd. Is that Andrew Daddo?

[@izabelaR]

Yes he he. I can't find the other video where he interviewed people on the street about something. It's like that video is gone & I only saw it a couple of weeks ago.

[@loveyourself9017]

@@izabelaR look up " what not to get someone for Christmas" ... Maybe this is the video you saw

[@latenightlogic]

Andrew Daddo again?

[@liamwatson6789]

Who is the chick?

[@midderbean4021]

Darude Sandstorm

[@IdkYoYo]

The interviewer girl was doing the most imo, but it seemed like some of the people she interviewed were cool with her, or they were kind of just going along with it, like theyre already in the social situation and they're just talking. Idk how to explain it, and I feel like I see that differently than most, cuz when I bring stuff like that up people tend tp question me and I thought it mightve been relatable and it ends up not being relatable and people just, again, question it.

[@cluelesscortex5785]

How come YOU TUBE can TERMINATE ... FREEDOM OF SPEECH 👈🇺🇸

[@GG-ud8id]

OMG this interviewer is awful lol no one likes guerrilla journalism! Reminds me of ACA haha