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That Seventies No-no

By Izzy

1970s Tom Cruise

The wide collar, fat tie, and three-piece suit—please say the seventies aren’t coming back…








14 Responses to “That Seventies No-no”




  1. Hutch Says:

    Bad hair too. Looks like all one length right from his crown, kind of like putting a mop on your head and trimming it just above the eyes.




  2. BunGirl Says:

    Get used to it Katie… This is what happens when you marry someone old enough to be your father.




  3. Ed Driscoll Says:

    “Get used to it Katie… This is what happens when you marry someone old enough to be your father.”

    But who still combs his hair–and believes in apocalyptic sci-fi visions–as though he were still 15 years old.




  4. Ed Driscoll.com Says:

    The Decade That Never Ends…

    “The wide collar, fat tie, and three-piece suit?please say the seventies aren?t coming back?” The seventies took a brief vacation from 1980 to about 1989 or to 2002 if you’re really feeling charitable. Other than that, when did they ever……




  5. La BellaDonna Says:

    But … but I like the three-piece suit! Does the Izzy dislike the waistcoat?? But why? The three-piece suit, it is a classic, regardless of the age of the male. And it is not the additional years that make the crazy Cruise look so unkempt. Perhaps Santa will bring the crazy Cruise a comb for Christmas, in his spaceship drawn by eight tiny aliens.

    (I did manage to restrain myself from asking, “Do waistcoats give Izzy a hissy?” – almost.)




  6. Jeff the Baptist Says:

    The matching three piece suit is bad. All you add is yards more of the same fabric you’ve already seen in the rest of the suit. In dark colors it all blends together and looks flat. All it says is I’m dull and I can afford an additional piece to my suit.

    This isn’t the 1800s when we didn’t have central heat. You don’t need the additional layer of a vest to keep warm. If you want to wear a vest/waistcoat then it needs to bring something to the table to justify its presence. Perhaps a light gray suit with a dark gray (or black) vest and a colorful tie. Perhaps the vest could match the tie in shade (but don’t overpattern) to bring color and depth to the ensemble.




  7. Phyllis Says:

    Set the Way Back Machine! He’s perfect for an appearance on “The Mike Douglas Show.”




  8. Suzie Says:

    I agree with BunGirl. :) and about the hair…..awwwww. It’s too bad.




  9. la petite chou chou Says:

    She looks like a monster.
    And on a separate/related note, she towers over him.




  10. bb Says:

    Nothing wrong with the 3 pc suit, its the way he wears it with the sloppy hair and dare I say the gut. Dark three piece suits are beautiful when worn correctly. Tom doesn’t do “correctly” very well.




  11. The Pitts » Manolo for the Men Says:

    [...] With his bangs, patchy goatee, and ill-fitting disco-era suit (note the shirt peeking under the vest, the pants pooling at the ankles, and the wrinkles in the trousers’ crotch), has Brad Pitt ever looked worse?  Tom Cruise couldn’t get away with this look either. [...]




  12. mynameisgoor Says:

    You are not right.




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