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Originally Posted by iheartthed
Every millennial had a Charlotte Hornets nylon jacket in the 1990s... And no one knows why.
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For most of us, it was the colorway. Teal and warm purple, accented with white and pinstripes. The Memphis School's design language realized perfectly in an unlined nylon shell for $120 at Foot Locker. Think of the
iconic Jazz cup, but wearable!
(I just had a Hornets Starter fitted cap; you could only get away wearing
one non-New England piece of kit before getting bullied).
But when I tell you that in 1992, you'd see more Charlotte Hornets gear on middle school kids in suburban Boston than you'd see Celtics or Sox gear, I'm not exaggerating. Phoenix Suns gear was also surprisingly popular. I think we all loved vivid purple.
All that being said . . . none of us knew where Charlotte was. Most of us still don't.
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