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For me, a 43-year old man, Don Johnson as he looked during the first two seasons of the hit 1980's TV cop show Miami Vice is Metrosexual, Sensitive New Age Guy, call it what you like; he's the much needed alternative to the old-fashioned macho muscleman who has a body that is a grotesquely mishapen phantasmagoria of chunky, steroid-plumped, veiny and lumpy overblown fleshiness. But enough of THAT. Back to Don Johnson as he appeared in the first two seasons of Miami Vice which aired in 1984 to 1986. First thing you think when you look at Don is: WONDERFUL FASHIONS!!!! Forget the terrific pulsating pop and rock music, forget the cool, slick and excessively handsome (my one-and-only lifetime hero and idol) Don Johnson's too-quickly-over 1985 sex-symbol status, forget the flashy MTVideographic camera work--the ONLY reason I REALLY tuned into the show in the 1980's was because of Don Johnson's tropical-chic, casually elegant designer menswear ensembles--unconstructed sportjackets thrown over t-shirts and multipleated pants in pastel shades of pink, peach, aqua, lavender, fuschia and white. The show triggered a MAJOR fashion craze in menswear especially around 1985-86, and I was wowed over by the flocks of pastel sportjackets, short-sleeved button down campshirts and multipleated trousers in the department stores. I am a 43-year-old man who has always enjoyed wearing these styles, so when they fell out of fashion circa 1990, I went into a deep depression--solved only by teaching myself to sew my own pastel men's campshirts starting in 1993. I've since acquired (from exclusive menswear boutiques and from mail-order sources) some 60-plus pair of white triple-pleated pants just like the ones Don Johnson wore on Miami Vice, 11 fuschia wet-look velcro-closure camshirts, 9 turquoise wet-look velcro-closure campshirts; 22 pairs of pastel bubblegum-pink linen-blend triple-pleated pants, 30 hot-pink single-button lightweight big-shoulder-padded unlined and unconstructed sportcoats; many additional unconstructed Vice-like men's sportcoats in various shades of fuschia and pink and in fabrics other than linen; numerous unconstructed men's sportcoats in other hues--shades of white, pastel yellow, peach, teal, gold, plum and more; and over 30 printed woven short-sleeved pajama-collared shirts in bright and pastel splashy prints that I purchased one by one and that I DIDN'T create and sew up myself; and nowadays, in 2011, my typical daily ensemble consists of white triple-pleated pants, sockless white slip-on deck shoes, and pastel short-sleeved button-down straight-hemmed and spread-collared campshirts sewn myself--campshirts with printed paint-splashes, brushstrokes and splatters of vivid pastel Miami Vice color. I love the look, to me it will never go out of style. So what if no one else dresses like me anymore? I love being original, I love being an individual, and I love the self-confidence that Don Johnson's tropical-pastel Miami Vice look has always given me. I also love keeping alive what I consider a gorgeously stylish look, even if I'm the only one wearing it. To me the Miami Vice Look will always live!!!
For me, a 43-year old man, Don Johnson as he looked during the first two seasons of the hit 1980's TV cop show Miami Vice is Metrosexual, Sensitive New Age Guy, call it what you like; he's the much needed alternative to the old-fashioned macho muscleman who has a body that is a grotesquely mishapen phantasmagoria of chunky, steroid-plumped, veiny and lumpy overblown fleshiness. But enough of THAT. Back to Don Johnson as he appeared in the first two seasons of Miami Vice which aired in 1984 to 1986. First thing you think when you look at Don is: WONDERFUL FASHIONS!!!! Forget the terrific pulsating pop and rock music, forget the cool, slick and excessively handsome (my one-and-only lifetime hero and idol) Don Johnson's too-quickly-over 1985 sex-symbol status, forget the flashy MTVideographic camera work--the ONLY reason I REALLY tuned into the show in the 1980's was because of Don Johnson's tropical-chic, casually elegant designer menswear ensembles--unconstructed sportjackets thrown over t-shirts and multipleated pants in pastel shades of pink, peach, aqua, lavender, fuschia and white. The show triggered a MAJOR fashion craze in menswear especially around 1985-86, and I was wowed over by the flocks of pastel sportjackets, short-sleeved button down campshirts and multipleated trousers in the department stores. I am a 43-year-old man who has always enjoyed wearing these styles, so when they fell out of fashion circa 1990, I went into a deep depression--solved only by teaching myself to sew my own pastel men's campshirts starting in 1993. I've since acquired (from exclusive menswear boutiques and from mail-order sources) some 60-plus pair of white triple-pleated pants just like the ones Don Johnson wore on Miami Vice, 11 fuschia wet-look velcro-closure camshirts, 9 turquoise wet-look velcro-closure campshirts; 22 pairs of pastel bubblegum-pink linen-blend triple-pleated pants, 30 hot-pink single-button lightweight big-shoulder-padded unlined and unconstructed sportcoats; many additional unconstructed Vice-like men's sportcoats in various shades of fuschia and pink and in fabrics other than linen; numerous unconstructed men's sportcoats in other hues--shades of white, pastel yellow, peach, teal, gold, plum and more; and over 30 printed woven short-sleeved pajama-collared shirts in bright and pastel splashy prints that I purchased one by one and that I DIDN'T create and sew up myself; and nowadays, in 2011, my typical daily ensemble consists of white triple-pleated pants, sockless white slip-on deck shoes, and pastel short-sleeved button-down straight-hemmed and spread-collared campshirts sewn myself--campshirts with printed paint-splashes, brushstrokes and splatters of vivid pastel Miami Vice color. I love the look, to me it will never go out of style. So what if no one else dresses like me anymore? I love being original, I love being an individual, and I love the self-confidence that Don Johnson's tropical-pastel Miami Vice look has always given me. I also love keeping alive what I consider a gorgeously stylish look, even if I'm the only one wearing it. To me the Miami Vice Look will always live!!!
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I credit Don Johnson's look during the first two seasons of Miami Vice as the ONE THING that LITERALLY saved me--back in 1984 when I was only 16 years old and the show was in its first season--from ACTUALLY COMMITING SUICIDE because I did NOT want to be the sterotypical image of what a man was supposed to look-like, lumpy and muscley, hulking bluejeaned and flannel-shirted buzz-cut haired ugliness. I even hated the word "man" because I equated it with burly/ugly machismo-oriented horror. I did not want to be a "man" if that's what a man had to be, and at age 16 I was quickly nearing the age of adulthood and "manhood." I kept thinking of ways to kill myself to escape becoming a scuzzy adult macho "man"--and then I saw my first episode of Miami Vice. I INSTANTLY fell in love with Don and his image--an alternative image of what a man was supposed to be like, with the idea that males could have a "softer," more undifferentiated look, and that males could express themselves through the language of pastel-shaded fashion and still be called a "man." Yes, I credit Don with saving my life--otherwise I would have been long-dead now--and for that I shall be everlastingly grateful to Don. I'm not sure if I'm actually gay because I am a 43-year-old never-been-kissed male virgin, but I do feel a strong sort of...ah..."romantic?"...attraction to Don Johnson. My ultimate fantasy would be to both look EXACTLY as he did during the first two seasons of Miami Vice and to meet ANOTHER male like myself who looks exactly as Don did during those first two seasons of Miami Vice, a man with whom I could bond as we became each other's soulmate. I dream of this fantasy coming true, though I doubt that it ever will...but I can still dream at least, can't I?
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En jaksanut lukea kuin pari ekaa virkettä ja totesin, että kirjoittaja on homo.
Don Johnson on muuten aika macho tuossa sarjassa alligaattorilemmikkeineen. Pinkki pikkutakki ei viittaa herkkään new age metroseksuaaliin vaan kuvastaa vain kokaiinijuppiaikakauden tyylitajua/tyylittömyyttä.
Kasarin machoimpia tv-tähtiä oli juuri jenkki kyttä Sonny Crocket. Vaikka Lacosten väri oli pastellin sävyinen ja lipokkaissa ei ollut sukkia, Crocket luotti Colttiin, nyrkkiin, Lycky-Strike tupakkaan, ja Bourdon-viskiin. Miami Vice vain yhdisti muodin poliisi sarjaan ja teki käänteen tekeviä Mtv-tyylisiä musavideo kohtauksia joka ei ennen sitä olisi poliisisarjassa tullut kysymykseenkään, mutta Vice eli ajanhermolla tyylillä- vain se tyyli oli jolla sarja lukittui aikaan ja muotiin. Sarjassa vieraili toinen toistaan tärkeämpia elokuva- ja musiikkimaailman tähtiä, Jan Hammerin kuolemattomien syntikka-kappaleiden ohella.
Ei millään tapaa homoa, kuten 2000-luvun metrot tv:ssä! Vicessä oli itse asiassa aika homoseksuaalisuuden vastainen ilmapiiri, vaikkei asia ollut enää niin tabu.
Mies ei ole hetero jos ei haluaisi ajelemaan avo-Ferrarilla Miamin bulevardeille tsiigailemaan biksu-muijia!
Vaikka s24 deletoi tämän pian linkkaan erään kaikkien aikojen klassisimman takaa-ajon tähän, enjoy:
http://youtu.be/QUQLIrEe7Gc