“It's the little differences. I mean, they got the
same shit over there that we got here, but it's just...it's just, there it's a
little different.”
We’ll ain’t that true.
The US has people walking around in LL Bean and
Eddie Bauer windbreakers and the Czech Republic has people walking around in
Napapijri. They have windbreakers, they’re just a little different.
If I were a google history blogger I’d tell you
all about Napapijri. I did (curiosity killed the blogger and any sort of
written personality) and it’s owned by VF. Boorrinnggg! It also is a misspelled
version of Finnish for the artic circle [the company is Italian]. I don’t know
the slappies* that run this company, but if you look at the entire line it’ll
make you puke. Italians like mall-wear too. Shirts with large distressed
Norwegian flags and - oh gawd, I can’t go on.
Despite crappy shirts and bad sweaters, Napapijri
windbreakers are iconic. The classic look involves dirty khakis, Keen hiking
boots, and a grease-stained Napapijri – food shield indeed (self-referencing means that I'm washed up).
I saw a man wearing one in Berlin. He was either a dirty guy or homeless. I guess Europe isn't that different after all.
*Slappy is slang for slap-dick
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