Olivia Newton-John wore were vintage 50s, and to avoid breaking the zip she was sewn into them each morning on the set of Grease.
How much did my friends and I love them? Let us count the ways. They were the opposite of our municipal school uniform, a shapeless thing in unflattering hues of maroon and grey.
They were far more enticing than the prosaic blue Oddball Stretch jeans we wore on weekends. They were excitement in trouser form, full of promise and adventure.
Wearing those trousers, we agreed, meant that you couldn’t fail to have a good time. So enamoured of them was one friend, and so frustrated by their absence on the rails of Clockhouse, that she once tried to colour her legs black with a marker pen.
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