everytime u see a old photo of a snazzy 1920s dude in a suit remember what lurks beneath
okay why are you guys reblogging this and tagging it as reference do you plan on drawing 20s gangsters in their underwear i better see these
I couldn’t help myself
To be fair, underwear that fully covers the body from neck to knees makes a lot of sense when you’re wearing a dry-clean-only suit as your everyday outfit; it prevents sweat from soiling the garment’s inner layer, and thus lets you go longer between launderings. The development of modern underwear tracks pretty much directly with the shift to washable daywear, which removes much of the need for such extensive protection.
The part that makes least sense is how it’s sleeveless and thus doesn’t protect suits from armpit sweat. Surely the armpit is one of the most important places to put this kind of undergarment? T-shirts were originally designed as an undergarment that does protect clothing from armpit sweat, but they weren’t popularized yet in the 20s.
Most union suits did indeed have full or partial sleeves; the ones pictured in the original post are more fashionable than functional, probably intended to be worn with eveningwear.
i know i’ve talked about the candlestick and the clock from beauty and the beast, but have i mentioned chad danforth and ryan evans from high school musical because wow was that one gay dance number and then they swapped clothes and cuddled
it contains the lyrics “show you how i swing” i shit you not
@symbolicanus THE SEXUAL
TENSION! AND DICK IMAGERY! WHEN THEY THEY DID THE BAT TOSS THING! MY
GOD I THOUGHT THAT MOVIE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RATED LIKE PG! TROY AND
GABRIELLA BARELY EVEN KISS! AND CHAD AND RYAN ARE LIKE GRINDING AT EACH
OTHER AND STROKING BASEBALL BATS SUGGESTIVELY!
a summary:
i’m telling u this is not pg
also the lyrics to that song? so gay subtexty and also wildly sexual, starting with the title “i don’t dance” from chad and what always follows from ryan “i know you can” (like wow that’s not even a little gay? particularly with baseball as “straight” and dancing as “gay”) and moving on to “slide home you score swinging on the dance floor” and “you’re talking a lot, show me what you got”
also my fave:
ryan: you’ll never know
chad, angrily pointing at him: oh i know
ryan, smirking: cuz you’ll never try
chad, moving his hips extremely suggestively: there’s just one little thing that stops me every time
yeah wowie a real stretch to read that as about being closeted and pissed off about it
just go ahead and have a link bc wow yep there is not one thing in that song/dance that can’t be easily read as gay and sexual
thank you, bless you
a fair number of people noticed the outfit change i think but not as many noticed the “show you how i swing” and other suggestive lyrics
and as a side note, i just really can’t believe disney made a clearly gay character with ryan (his hats alone!) and then had the gall to pair him up with kelsi in hsm3. kelsi deserves better than that.
i always find the bit with kelsi hilarious because since hsm1 i 1000% assumed kelsi was a lesbian, it never really occurred to me she wasn’t canonically supposed to be even when she was dating guys
lavenduers 