The Starter Jacket
The day you decided you were too grown up to be practicing awesome Raphael moves, you needed something to display your maturity. This item was the Starter Jacket. You were now a 12 year old concerned with fashion and you needed an image. The bad-assed Chicago Bull or the teal and purple hornet showed your best friends you knew melodies from MC Hammer and Kris Kross.
Waking up on Christmas day to a jacket displaying just the Starter logo prominently on the back was the worst fate of any 6th grader. You weren’t going back to practicing nunchuck moves with your bejeweled jean jacket.
Glad you can go back to your North Face Jacket? Think again, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has signed a $10 million endorsement deal with STARTER, believed to be the biggest apparel deal in NFL history. Time to call mom and see if she still has your old one lying around.
I had the same damn jacket in middle school. Alonzo, Bugsy, and Larry.
Awww yes…Muggsy Bogues. That was the reason for it. 5′ 3″ NBA player. That coat was still huge on me.
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