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Ireneparalegal
11-23-2007, 12:18 PM
wore something in particular; had their own style, etc.

FONZIE from Happy Days: Leather jacket, t-shirt and jeans with boots. He wore that ALWAYS unless there was a scene of him in the hospital as a patient, etc.

BTW, when did Fonzie go from wearing a white t-shirt to wearing a black one?


LAVERNE DEFAZIO from Laverne & Shirley: Always had to have the letter "L" on her blouses, shirts, tops.

URKEL from Family Matters: Wore those high pants (floods LOL), suspenders, over-sized glasses, dress shirt and bow tie.

DENISE HUXTABLE from The Cosby Show: I have no clue what she was trying to be but she looked like she got her clothes from a thrift store.

TripperFan
11-23-2007, 12:24 PM
PHEOBE (SP?) from Friends - again, like Denise, looks like Goodwill blewup!!
And I'd love to hear the metal detector at the airport go off with all those rings!! ;)

clj2
11-23-2007, 01:09 PM
Jeannie, from IDOJ - usually wore her pink 'genie' outfit

JT
11-23-2007, 01:09 PM
I read that all of the characters on the syndicated episodes of "Mama's Family" had a set color scheme for their clothes. Mama always wore shades of blue, Vint always wore brown/khaki, Naomi wore jellow, Iola had pink, and Bubba had green. Beverly Archer actually hates the color pink to this day because she had to wear it so much lol

Ireneparalegal
11-23-2007, 01:12 PM
Gilligan's Island: The Skipper, Gilligan and of course the Professor wore the same thing. Ginger wore glamor gowns. Mary Ann wore the infamous tight shorts. The Howells were always dressed up.

TripperFan
11-23-2007, 01:41 PM
Mork - his striped long-sleeved T-shirts and suspenders. Oh yeah, and don't forget the hightops.

JT
11-23-2007, 01:50 PM
On "Three's Company," Jack always seemed to be in yellow boxer shorts (with giraffes on them) whenever he wouldn't have pants on. Janet frequently wore oversized sweatshirts to sleep in, while Chrissy wore nighties. Mr. Furley almost always had an ascot on, usually with a leisure suit. Mrs. Roper was the muumuu queen, of course.

GARFIELDKOOL
11-23-2007, 03:21 PM
I will agree with Urkel and Denise, and Ralph Furley, also let me add Ed Norton to that bunch. Always had the vest and hat.

Ireneparalegal
11-23-2007, 07:54 PM
NELLIE OLSEN from Little House on the Prairie: This isn't clothing but she always had her hair in curls...ALWAYS!

The Laura Ingalls character always wore braids up until her character reached the age of maturity and she began seeing Almanzo, her soon to be husband.

bingbangbaby
11-23-2007, 09:08 PM
Endora from Bewitched...always bright, flowing and colorful :)

Nighthawk76
11-23-2007, 09:13 PM
Blair Warner from The Facts of Life- while the other girls tended to wear jeans, Blair always wore a skirt with boots or high heels.

Zebra 3
11-23-2007, 10:06 PM
Starsky & Hutch (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=556) - Dets. Starsky, Hutch and their informant, raconteur, but most importantly, the ultimate style guru, the one and only Huggy Bear.

dlemond
11-23-2007, 11:07 PM
Herb Tarlek - WKRP in Cincinnati

Known for wearing the most horrendous suits/jacket, slacks, tie.
Usually with white belt and white shoes.

episode: "A Mile in My Shoes"

Old man Juror: Why is this man in the ugly suit telling us what to do?

freshprinceofLA
11-24-2007, 12:50 AM
Will Smith on Fresh Prince: He had that hip-hop style going on. Flashy things, color's stand out stuff like that.

Carlton Banks on Fresh Prince: wore all those FUNKY nerdy sweaters.

comedyfreak
11-24-2007, 09:23 AM
The Golden Girls seemed to like the padded shoulder look.

sunshinefizzy
11-24-2007, 09:55 AM
Alice and her maid uniform.

waichingliu81
11-24-2007, 10:10 AM
richard karinsky from caroline in the city- i wouldn't say he has a distinct but a rather very unconventional sense of dressing and taste in fashion as he always wore black. the black clothes he wore denoted his dark but rather negative personality and sarchasm

AB
11-24-2007, 11:40 AM
Fran Fine from the Nanny always wore those trendy short skirts & dresses.

JT
11-24-2007, 01:04 PM
How could I forget the ladies of "Dynasty" and their disgustingly expensive, disgustingly extravagant, disgustingly campy, but delightfully gorgeous outfits?

88survivor
11-24-2007, 01:12 PM
Scott Baio's Charles In Charge syndicated look

Reebok shoes and The Gap clothing line. In fact, most of his clothes all came from the Gap. Gap was once hot back in 1987-1989. All of his clothes were primarily Gap material. He always worn Gap clothing...:lol: That's seem to be the only material available. That's why most of his wardrobe was provided by the Gap.

JulieSomoski
11-24-2007, 02:57 PM
Rhoda on MTM usually dressed in hippy clothing.

Mrs. Roper always wore the overcoat-dresses (can't think of what they're called at the moment :confused: )

Bill Cosby always wore different sweaters on The Cosby Show\

Ireneparalegal
11-24-2007, 03:02 PM
Mrs. Roper always wore the overcoat-dresses (can't think of what they're called at the moment :confused: )

Bill Cosby always wore different sweaters on The Cosby Show\
Mrs. Roper wore "mumus"...someone mentioned this on the previous page. ;)

Yeah, Bill liked to wear sweaters, especially the ones from colleges and universities.

JulieSomoski
11-24-2007, 03:10 PM
Mrs. Roper wore "mumus"...someone mentioned this on the previous page. ;)

Yeah, Bill liked to wear sweaters, especially the ones from colleges and universities.

Mumus . . . couldn't think of what they were called for a minute. I should have gone through the first page-LOL

Ireneparalegal
11-24-2007, 06:14 PM
Mumus . . . couldn't think of what they were called for a minute. I should have gone through the first page-LOL
That word makes me laugh when I say it and it is something I can't forget because my boyfriend told me a long time ago that he loved the way I dressed, even just for lounging around the house. I was perplexed at that comment and asked him what was so special abt how I dressed casually around the house. He said his first wife always dressed in "mumus" around the house and it was such a turn-off for him. :rofl: So I can only imagine a Mrs. Roper type woman that he had to come home to every single day. :rofl:

TripperFan
11-24-2007, 06:31 PM
The Golden Girls seemed to like the padded shoulder look.
:lol: EVERYBODY did back in those days! You couldn't get a t-shirt even half the time without shoulder pads. I'm surprised bikinis didn't end up incorporating them somehow! ;)

Ireneparalegal
11-24-2007, 11:44 PM
DARLENE - Roseanne: She was the tomboy who always wore pants and rarely dressed up in girl's attire. She even made a fuss abt wearing a dress to her school dance. We did see her later wear a dress (with boots :lol:) to the prom.

Classicshowsgurl15
11-25-2007, 06:38 AM
Angela Bower on Who's the Boss? she always wore the business suits or pants and stuff.

Ireneparalegal
11-25-2007, 05:56 PM
Flo from ALICE - She always had that beehive hairdo and she always wore those jumpsuit style pantsuits.

Mel from ALICE - He was almost always seen wearing that white cap and white t-shirt with white pants and black casual shoes.

tv star collector
11-25-2007, 08:19 PM
Even after the Clampetts struck oil and moved to Beverly Hills, they still
dressed exactly the same way (and even drove the same old truck!). You
would think that Elly May and Jethro would at least have bought a belt for
their jeans instead of tying them with a rope! :lol:

Ireneparalegal
11-25-2007, 08:41 PM
Archie Bunker - ALL IN THE FAMILY: He always wore that white shirt, black pants and when he left the house, he wore that red coat and hat.

catlover79
11-25-2007, 09:36 PM
Rhoda on MTM usually dressed in hippy clothing.

Mrs. Roper always wore the overcoat-dresses (can't think of what they're called at the moment :confused: )

Bill Cosby always wore different sweaters on The Cosby Show\
Yes, Rhoda had the bohemian look down. :lol: When she moved on to her own show, Rhoda began wearing head scarves more often, and wore more skirts. The clothes she wore really fit her outgoing, fun-loving personality. Don't forget she worked at Hempel's Department Store - I'm sure she took full advantages of her employee discounts!! :lol:

Gemini_89
03-18-2016, 12:33 AM
Tootie from the Facts of life- Roller-skates

Jo from the Facts of life- Flannel shirts, army fatigues, and Men suits.

bgva
03-19-2016, 03:23 AM
Henry Rush on Too Close for Comfort frequently wore college sweatshirts, sent in by viewers.

Ron Harris on Barney Miller and his snazzy suits, complete with snarky commentary on how he's trying to make it on a cop salary lol

Edward216
03-19-2016, 03:53 AM
Tim Taylor from Home Improvement too wore many sweatshirts of most of the colleges and universities here in Michigan. Because in real life actor Tim Allen is originally from the Detroit Michigan area. And of course the show was set in Detroit.

Al Borland on Home Improvement was always seen in a plaid flannel shirt. Always.

Frasier and Niles Crane on Frasier were usually seen wearing a suit and a tie.

Ed.