The stoner dude is more 90's

Yeah, I was wondering about that. Those hats were definitely not a "thing" in the '70's. Well, you might see some older dude wearing one, but he wouldn't be wearing it backward, and he'd be driving a sports car or something.


Class of '75

I always kind of thought that too.


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Agreed. Those baggy pants were of the time period that the film was made (early 90s), NOT 1976. The hat was too I guess, but it didn't bother me.

Nailed it for the rest tho.

Well stated. It seems that the scriptwriter was a fan of the Grunge scene that was all the rage at the time. The stoner guy wouldn't be out of place in Singles.

After all... tomorrow is another day.

If that hat wasn’t in style, then a burnout of Slater’s magnitude would be the one to wear it. “Whoa man that’s a cool hat. Unique. Think I’m gonna buy it.”

As far as the baggy pants go, yeah they weren’t the most popular style out at the time, but they existed and people wore them.

Not sure about the hat, but probably right about the pants. This was my HS era, and most of it is exact. But different people would rock different styles. I had one friend who liked to wear a nice pressed dress shirt and a cool looking vest, while the rest of us were pretty indifferent in our style choices. I had another friend who always liked to wear a little cap, kinda like a stevedore thing, and that was rather unique. But yes, pants were a different item. Slim around the waist and hips and a nice flare at the bottom of the leg. I don't think they sold baggy pants back then, or you would have to buy something 2-3 sizes bigger. Didn't happen.

I don't think the fashion sense is wrong, what's missing is the cultural association that went with it -- the Grateful Dead.

A guy like this would have definitely been a Dead Head, and his look was totally in line with the Dead Heads I knew in the 1980s before grunge was even a thing.

I think this look was just part of a slice of the counterculture that grunge emerged from. And clearly, most of the grunge look was just vintage store blue collar chic, not this hippie look.

To be fair, when this movie was made in 1993, it would be like someone making a movie today (2022) set in 2005, which is difficult to really pinpoint in fashion so some actors are probably bound to wear more clothes common of the time period. It is interesting though how in 1993, the 1970s as a setting for movies was relatively new in terms of defining what represents that decade. I mean there have been so many ‘70s-themed movies and TV shows since Dazed and Confused such as Boogie Nights, That ‘70s Show, Almost Famous, and Licorice Pizza.