CHARLES BARKLEY IS LOOKIN FLY
11.21.08Charles Barkley makes a living speaking without a filter, usually while wearing a mock turtleneck with a blazer. But back in 1992, his style was even better. Better than mock turtlenecks? Oh yes. Better than mock turtlenecks. Just look at those pants. They don’t make pants that color any more. And that shirt. Try to look away from that shirt. It’s not easy to do. There are so few clothes inspired by medieval tapestries these days.
Anyway, this is a follow-up to how much I love the LIFE Magazine photos on Google. Some people are thrilled about access to iconic images of the Vietnam War; others enjoy the glamorous stills of film legends from the ’40s and ’50s. Me, I’m all about Planet Hollywood openings, baby. Where else are you gonna get Sly Stallone wearing a chain restaurant-themed two-tone leather jacket with a Hemingway title on it? That’s an acid trip’s worth of ’90s merchandise right there.


Sly looks like he smelt it and indeed, dealt it.
Someone needs to tell Chuck that just because it’s a button it doesn’t need to be buttoned.
Barkley wears his pants like my grandfather.
I will not be ashamed to admit when I was a high school junior and senior in 93 and 94 I totally rocked a purple suit (with matching purple tie) at my catholic school. I was attemping to prove my alligence to Tribe, De La, and Das EFX.
Needless to say, I failed, and everyone called me Barney.
Check out the stud in the background on the left – is that a denim shirt worn with a tie? The early 90′s were an amazing time.
Bark’s the only guy cool enough to wear those blue Homer Simpson dress pants un-ironically. I can’t knock that.
What about when you were a high school junior and senior in 92 and 95?
Is Ahnold standing on a box or is Charles the shortest NBA player of all time?
In retrospect the 90′s could have been the worst decade EVER!
Did anyone else just have a slight seizure?