Now, this is a story all about how…TV dads of the 90s were steezier than we ever realised. Looking back, fondly might I note, it’s easy to see that like any fashionista, they crafted an identity for themselves through their clothes. Ask yourself this, what would Ray Barone be without his flannel shirt? And, who would Homer be without his true blue jeans? Like any style icon, their look was made apparent through a few key items, like Tim Taylor’s workmen boots and Jack Gellar’s penchant for cashmere. From their New Balance sneakers to their V-neck sweaters, here are the iconic dads we spent our weekday afternoons binging on…
1. Homer Simpson
Before Mark Zuckerberg made normcore cool, there was Homer Simpson. Many have tried to make jeans and a white tee their own * cough James Dean cough * but no one has managed it quite like Homer.
2. Philip Banks
Can you say suave? Against Will Smith’s hyper-coloured 90s wardrobe in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Philip Banks cut a GQ shape in his sharp suits.
3. Jack Geller
Like the sophistication of ordering a whiskey with a cigar in hand, Jack Gellar probably shopped at Saks and had a healthy number of leather brogues. Never caught off guard, this man knew how to pair a cashmere jumper with a camel coat and how to knot a bowtie without Googling it.
4. Tim Taylor
All lessons in how to wear plaid should be taken at the altar of Home Improvement. Tim Taylor’s flannel shirt collection is what aspirations are made of.
5. Danny Tanner
For no other reason than his by proxy association with the style savants Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in F_uller House_.
6. Alan Matthews
No one did American casual wear quite like the chino-wearing, rolled-up sleeves dad in Boy Meets World.
7. Ray Barone
Name someone who made an open check shirt and white tee more iconic?
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.