I love the Design-A-Sweater contest!

With the Project Runway season over, surely it's up to us to keep the indie-fashion-forward discourse alive?

When I saw Noah and the Whale, a UK folk pop band that played at Chop Suey last month, 3/4 of the guys were wearing plaid. I hadn't seen so much plaid since the 90s.

Maybe...the decade recycling is starting early and Ben didn't want to wait until 2010 to re-rock the 90s? Are 80s-themed clothes/music/recession over already?

I've been sportin' the flannel for a while now. Flannel and Carharts. NW roots all the way.

plaid != flannel, sometimes but not always.

There's nothin' wrong with flannel. I wear a flannel shirt most days of the week. It's comfy and frankly I don't care if people think i'm "grunge" or whatever.

I love the design idea as well!

Plaid shirts I think made the comeback long ago...I mean BOAT almost always has plaid.

I say band with the best style: Tullycraft. Because I am a HUGE sweatervest enthusiast.

What needs to go out: Indie-beards. I'm sick of that trend.

(Also, what is UP with Ben's hair??)

my bandmate and i have been playing shows in plaid and flannel lately. we also made grunge and Nirvana jokes but we secretly wish we were in Seattle anyway.

Dude, beards should NEVER go out of style. That's totally man-hotness.

IGshr*e

I am pro-plaid, neutral on flannel, pro-Ben's hair, anti-beards, pro-sweaters and sweater vests... and I vote.

There are a couple of very grungily dressed mannequins in the window at Crossroads on the Ave., and I can't tell if they're ironic or not. Or whether it matters. If a grunge clothing revival sweeps this ridiculous 80s revival (see American Apparel) under the rug, that would be just fine with me.

If the dress-code here at HereJam is any indication, flannel pajamas are a noteworthy trend in Seattle's underground experimental psychedelic post-punk scene ;-)