From the Mailbag: Buying Retro Cavariccis
Jason read a recent post “Cavaricci Redux,” and was inspired to write in:
I have been looking everywhere to buy a pair of
80’s/90’s Mens Z Cavaricci pants.Do you know where I may find some?
Thank you ,
Jason
Dear Jason,
In my opinion and observation, the style of Caviricci pants that you speak of have not “come around again,” so to speak.
The upside is that not “everyone” is looking for them just yet, so you won’t have as many people fighting you for them! There has not been a Hollywood Star or a musicians who has decided to wear them and create a trend for them.
The downside is that you won’t find that locating a pair is very easy. They are a little “too new” just yet for vintage shops and websites looking to stock them, aside from maybe if the store owner is about my age and buys them because they can’t believe that they saw a pair. Local auctions that will sell “lots” of vintage clothing consider them “just old clothes.” People aren’t fighting over them yet, but on the other hand they are “not coming out of the closets” where they have been forgotten to be offered for sale.
Don’t despair yet. Another note is that because this style didn’t “work” for everybody, there would be an equal number of people who would have put them back in the closet unworn or after just one or two wearings, so the ones that you find might be in “like new” condition. The other half, of course, wore them incessantly!
My best advice would be to keep checking Ebay. Reason being is that when no one else is selling them, people sometimes “test the water” by “trying” something on ebay first to see if it is worth putting something in an online shop. Or it may be something their customers wouldn’t normally buy. I have seen jeans in smaller waist sizes show up there periodically with the same high waisted style as the dressier pants. Also, your neighborhood consignment shop may carry them. It may be dicey as some consignment shops will carry anything that is in top notch shape, but some may reject clothing that they don’t fee is “in style” this minute.
Happy hunting, and I will keep an ear to the ground if I hear any news for you.
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There will be one more name to add to the annual Academy Awards “Parade of People who have Died,” segment. Charlton Heston passed away Saturday at the age of 84.
Heston was a childhood favorite of mine. I spent many a Saturday afternoon, sprawled on the living room floor with my dog watching “Planet of the Ape” marathons. Or, Ben Hur for the 5,000 time. There was something about his delivery that was always teetering and threatening to fall over into “B”moviedom even when many of his films were clearly “A” list, big budget, Hollywood affairs. I think what worked in his favor is that he did not tackle roles with a nudge and a wink. All characters were approached with seriousness. In fact, many of his films, if not put in the capable hands of the right director, could have easily become disasters because of their grand scale and the subject matters they tackled.
He delivered the highest number of effective lines through clenched teeth this side of ventriloquism, inspiring thousands of impressionists around the world. Sunday school was never the same, when the idea in your head of what Moses looked like was replaced by the likeness of Heston Somehow it seemed very strange to see him in such films as “Towering Inferno,” where he was dressed like an everyday person, as one just had come to expect that he was more accustomed to astronaut’s gear, or lace up sandals.
Though we haven’t heard much from Heston since his last public interview when he announced that he had Alzheimer’s, he never left the mind of the public.
In his own words: “I have lived such a wonderful life! I’ve lived enough for two people.”
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