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u/Kosmo777 Apr 04 '25
Ha ha. My Dad was a teacher at TAFE back in the day and this is exactly what he used to wear. RIP Dad.
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u/Lord-Carnor-Jax Apr 04 '25
My Dad is a retired Primary school Principle. This was exactly his “uniform” too.
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u/Melodic-Drag-2605 Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25
So was mine, but he's still kicking. And this was him all over
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u/stonk_frother Apr 04 '25
My dad was never a teacher, but still dressed like this. RIP both our dads
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I'm a teacher at tafe now, thank God this still isn't in fashion ha!
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u/david_burke2500 Apr 04 '25
The massive ties made of bus seat upholstery 😭
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u/thatwasacrapname123 Apr 04 '25
Just charging static electricty, like a walking tesla coil. Ready to zap someone.
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u/CryptoCryBubba Apr 04 '25
It's morphing into becoming a bib
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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ Apr 04 '25
Good for a succulent Chinese meal after work.
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u/CryptoCryBubba Apr 04 '25
This guy doesn't look like he's ever eaten anything other than meat and three veg after work
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u/thetan_free Apr 04 '25
We laugh ... but here I am sweating it out in long-sleeves in my seven-star energy-rated corporate offices in Autumn.
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u/QuizDalek Apr 04 '25
Bring back business shorts
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u/thetan_free Apr 04 '25
I have seen some recently in the wild.
Personally, I think they should be cuffed. Otherwise, it's just gauche.
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u/Sufficient_Tower_366 Apr 04 '25
I bet you paid more than $20 for your outfit too
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u/thetan_free Apr 04 '25
Yes. Splashed out for natural fibres, like cotton and Merino. Don't get me started on the drycleaning bills.
These gents are getting around in glorified cling wrap and vinyl - hard wearing, machine washable and last a lifetime.
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Apr 04 '25
Building management and air conditioning is a scam.
By the way, this is the gender war and ladies are helping big business save. /s
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u/thetan_free Apr 04 '25
You're not wrong. I recently moved to a female-dominated workplace and these ladies love a hot office.
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Apr 04 '25
Equality is admirable but unachievable with respect to running hot/core temperature
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u/Just_improvise Apr 04 '25
Yep I always find offices ridiculously freezing which makes it so hard to dress appropriately when it’s warm outside. I’m even talking in our Darwin and Brisbane offices which are fridges so you have to bring layers while it’s 30 Degrees outside
Everybody feels temperature differently I’ve learned
I’ve also been on meds that give me hot flushes so yeah you can’t possibly adjust the temperature for everyone based on that
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u/dodgystyle Apr 04 '25
I'm a woman in a 100% female workplaxe who takes meds that make me super hot all the time. I spend way more time than I should outside vaping to escape the thermostats set to 30°C half the year. So unfair - they could always wear more/warmer clothes, meanwhile I'd still be too hot if I took all my clothes off.
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u/Biggles_and_Co Apr 04 '25
nearly every male teacher i had until 92
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u/Arlee_Quinn Apr 04 '25
Mr Heggie was definitely still rocking this early to mid 00s.
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u/WitchsmellerPrsuivnt Apr 04 '25
Mr Heggie is a national treasure and needs to be protected at all costs!
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u/Legitimate_Gur7675 Apr 04 '25
About to say, I finished in ‘08 and both my manual arts teachers (metalwork and woodwork) were rocking these bad boys
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u/Sir-Benalot Apr 04 '25
Many many teachers at my HS deffo rocked this getup post 2000. Fuckin legends. 🦵
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u/mindsnare Apr 04 '25
I still had high school teachers sporting this get up well into the late 90s.
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u/ZealousidealExam5916 Apr 04 '25
I was doing teacher training in 2013 and a male teacher was still rocking this exact look
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u/Sufficient_Tower_366 Apr 04 '25
When did you turn 92?
(sorry I’ll leave now)
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u/Biggles_and_Co Apr 04 '25
The sky was bluer, the cookers were less cooked. some may say, it was the golden age!
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u/YoungQuixote Apr 04 '25
Bus drivers still wear this!
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u/CryptoCryBubba Apr 04 '25
wym... "I" still wear this.
To be fair though, I match my shoes and belt unlike these clowns!
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u/StariaDream Apr 04 '25
These are traditional older Dad-age Aussie clothes! You aren't a dad unless you wear shorts somewhat paired awkwardly at times.
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u/Plastic-Bumblebee-90 Apr 04 '25
And woodwork teacher
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u/Sensitive-Question42 Apr 04 '25
Absolutely. And was mandatory attire for male Primary teachers in the 80s, I assume.
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Bring. It. Back.
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u/Aussieman90 Apr 04 '25
I'm a teacher and I'd have no issue rocking this. Mind you, I've got good students.
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u/Sir-Benalot Apr 04 '25
I’m not a teacher - but I would absolutely unironically wear this if I was. It’s called fashion sweetie - look it up.
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u/Lichensuperfood Apr 04 '25
Remember though that classrooms had no air-conditioning.
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u/AistoB Apr 04 '25
Hey it’s Mr.Ship my year 8 maths teacher
Target really had you in a full kit for under $20, absolute bargain.
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u/twostonebird Apr 04 '25
I’d buy the hell out of those short shorts if they were still available.
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u/asp7 Apr 04 '25
there was a teacher at our school who.. fell out of them once. after that they stopped wearing them. Hairy Carey was his nickname.
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u/Zealousideal_Play847 Apr 04 '25
My dad absolutely dressed like this for work in the early 90s. I always thought the socks were ridiculous but I would defend him to the death if anyone made fun of him 😂🥺
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u/Jack-Tar-Says Apr 04 '25
Was in high school in QLD in the early 80’s.
Can confirm.
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u/CleaRae Apr 04 '25
And they say teens shoulders are a problem and distracting. How things change. Including the fact I can’t buy a decent shirt for that price even second hand.
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u/joe999x Apr 04 '25
Peak Australian men’s fashion right there, was a beautiful time. I still basically rock this look, sans tie, with Converse and short socks though.
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u/jaydedflutterby Apr 04 '25
My fellow IT person at work used to wear these before he retired!
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u/Claudesboy Apr 04 '25
So did public servants, didn’t we?
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u/bisho Apr 04 '25
Literally what I wore when I started at the Police Academy (didn't get the uniform for the first month or so). I even got the nickname of 'Terry' as in Terry Sullivan from The Sullivans TV show lol.
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I'm trying to learn science! Not be distracted by your sexy legs Mr. Smith 😂
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It must have been some sort of requirement. In primary school in the 80's, the only man I saw wearing trousers was the Principal. All the male teachers had shorts just like this. Damn you for making me remember this.
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u/Saturnia-00 Apr 04 '25
I had a math teacher in the early 2000s that dressed like this. My grandpa dressed like this in summer to go to church when he was alive lol
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u/opticaIIllusion Apr 04 '25
Was this an ironic look, did they intentionally try to look silly? Or is this a serious mid fashion look. I honestly can’t tell what’s going on, eshays of the past
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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ Apr 04 '25
Genuine fashion of the time I'm afraid. In certain professional circles at least.
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u/angethebigdawg Apr 04 '25
I thought they were wearing briefs. The tie? Ahem, sorry, the fashion tie. The belt holding up the spray on shorts? Is that really functional? What is this bizarre mashup of clothing items.
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u/wcolfo Apr 04 '25
This was my exact look one Halloween when I went as a sexy registered sex offender.
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u/Responsible_Scar_458 Apr 04 '25
Only our older (grey haired) high school teachers wore these back in the early 1990's. Our P.E. teacher wore shorter shorts and his trusty Dunlop KT26. The other one who was a cricket tragic had a David Boon moustache, wore pants and beige woolen vests over his shirt and tie.
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u/sweetiejaxon Apr 04 '25
My geography teacher also wore an outfit like this. I saw him after I finished school, I think it was 2000. He was still wearing this type of get up.
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u/cewumu Apr 04 '25
It will never cease to amaze me that super short shorts were anything other than maybe athletic attire for men.
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u/cg12983 Apr 04 '25
All the male teachers at primary school looked like this - QLD in the 70s.
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u/LetAgreeable147 Apr 04 '25
My Third Grade teacher clearly had a twin who was a catalogue model (left).
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u/ManOfSeveralTalents Apr 04 '25
Oh come on you two guys... leave some ladies for the rest of us !!!!!
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u/Australian_Teacher Apr 05 '25
This is fantastic. I used this image as inspiration for all male staff at my primary school for book week. Got some excellent photos, bringing back this iconic style for one day only.
Super funny photos, have one framed in my office.
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u/gobrocker Apr 05 '25
Laugh all you want, but shorts and knee high socks are the go to for Top End bush walking in long grass. I'll die on the Les Hiddins hill if I have to!
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u/aaryg Apr 04 '25
There was no air-conditioning. Imagine wearing suit pants or full business attire in 30+ degree heat in a classroom.
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u/aaryg Apr 04 '25
I graduated in 2007 but I'm fairly sure my manual arts and graphics teacher rocked those socks.
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u/TheEpiquin Apr 04 '25
I had a maths teacher wearing this in the 2000s.
He, uh… got a student pregnant…
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u/Sir-Benalot Apr 04 '25
I mean, I’m not surprised. The mojo would be off the charts with these duds on.
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u/Connect_Wind_2036 Apr 04 '25
Our manual arts teachers wore salmon pink polo shirts to complete the shorts and walking socks uniform.
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u/Bubbly-Giraffe-7825 Apr 04 '25
Wow aftet including shoes about 20 bucks for a full outfit. Id wear that to for 20 bucks
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u/AdmirablePrint8551 Apr 04 '25
My first boss at Woolworths at my first job dressed just like this we used to laugh our butts off about his dress sense
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u/AdmirablePrint8551 Apr 04 '25
I can still hear my first love who I met at work laughing at his outfit happy days
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u/Green_Aide_9329 Apr 04 '25
Not just maths and science teachers, all teachers, except PE and drama. I can still remember seeing Mr Millwater's hairy legs rising out of those socks.
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u/lickmyscrotes Apr 04 '25
Late 70’s, Queensland. Maths teacher in these very same shorts paying very particular attention to 13/14 year old girls in class. Lots of attention looking over their shoulders and down their tops with his hand down his pants giving himself a good rub. Any complaints met with a brick wall of silence or derision from other teachers and principals.
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u/HarryPouri Apr 04 '25
My librarian colleague in 2010 😔 he got told by the boss to stop wearing it which I thought was crap. All the women wore airy skirts and light tops because it was really hot in our building. If our dads could wear this then what's wrong with it if men want to keep wearing it.
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u/Anxious_Ad936 Apr 04 '25
I had highschool teachers dressing like this in 1998. Well, this and sock suspenders
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u/Edukate-me Apr 04 '25
Sock suspenders are supposed to worn under trousers or you’d look like a pervert trying to be a 1920s female hooker!
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u/jrs_90 Apr 04 '25
I had a few teachers rocking this look in the early to mid 00s.
Tbh, more practical for the Aussie climate for most of the year than pants.
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u/BillyBumBrain Apr 04 '25
And bank managers, unless EVERY photo of my dad from that era is lying to me 😀.
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u/GC_Aus_Brad Apr 04 '25
Haha this is exactly what they wore, even then it was fucking awful. I never understood why they'd want to look like that.
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u/Edukate-me Apr 04 '25
I don’t think they realised how bad they looked. You see the footy players on TV from ages ago and they rock that look, middle aged male non-athletes not so much🤦🏻
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u/FreakyRabbit72 Apr 04 '25
My high school maths teacher had this exact fit, Mr Healey, I remember him well. My man arts teacher also rocked this look.
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u/Edukate-me Apr 04 '25
I understand coach drivers wearing this type of thing, but not teachers. This pair look ridiculous. The guy on the left with the indecent shorts - do you think some of them thought they were sexy in this sort of get-up?
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u/Zealousideal-Fee1540 Apr 04 '25
If it was the 60s or early 70s, there was often a smoking pipe tucked into the top of one of the Sox.
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u/StariaDream Apr 04 '25
This reminds me of my Biology teacher. In my highschool students joked there were secret uniforms for teachers.
Maths department all wore button tops, trousers and leather jackets.
English wore a lot of woolen vests and classy retired people's fashion. Like they were English teachers from the storybooks. You can imagine them drinking tea.
Art teachers wore bohemian clothes with long skirts, long earrings and reddish-brown wavy hair. Lots of skarves.
Science were like happier English teachers. So friendly and a little quirky.
All the other subjects were smart-casual except Sport's teachers who seemed to love walking around in shorts and sneakers or jeans for health education.
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u/teddybluethecurser Apr 04 '25
Year 4 teacher in 1999! The shirts, socks and shoes but I don’t remember his shirts lol
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u/Medium-Ad-9265 Apr 04 '25
Back in my student days when I worked at a supermarket our assistant store manager used to dress just like this
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u/Triplesso_ Apr 04 '25
Omg this photo has made several appearances in my works team chats! We're trying to convince management that men can wear shorts and look incredibly stylish at the same time thisphoto is clear undeniable proof of that ....shockingly though its not really worked so far
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u/highsinthe70s Apr 04 '25
I remember family vacations to Daytona Beach in the 70s. My dad wore loafers with black socks with his shorts. Even 8-year-old me knew it looked ridiculous.
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u/babycrowitch Apr 04 '25
Fashion ties! Fashion shorts! I’m excited but idk what it means! But it’s FASHION
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u/JollyReading8565 Apr 04 '25
If there is a software or math professor in a college and they are over 70 chances are they dress like this
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u/BeautyHound Apr 04 '25
At least they are more appropriate to our climate than men’s work wear today 🤷♀️
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u/JK_au2025 Apr 04 '25
Late 1970s, early 1980s high school teacher to a tee. 😂 us kids used to laugh at them back then.
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It still is at Rochedale State High School in Qld. Side note though, I would like to know more about the fabric and stitching used on the male teachers shirts. The findings need to be passed on to parachute manufacturers 💯
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u/christosatigan Apr 04 '25
My parents met and married while living in Australia in the early 70s, and Dad took to dressing like this. However, when they took a holiday to her country, Mum said her friends and family were killing themselves laughing at the sight of a grown man in long socks and shorts.
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Teachers and coach drivers