[heavenlyblue]

>> It all started with some engineers at commodore trying to show how fun loving they were and quickly became a fool's fashion show of kitschy tired old rags

This just goes on to show how badly you are familiar with fashion.

Fleece vests come from the 90s trading floors. The traders would use shirts, then management started to reduce the temperature on the floors to make the traders more efficient. Vest was a great way not to get cold or too hot on the floor. Thus fleece vests are now associated with finance people.

[artsyca]

Funny enough I found an article on vests just this morning on digg -- do you ever experience these weird synchronicities?

https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/monc...

[artsyca]

I'm talking about the original nexus of homebrew computing and gaming that brought us tech fashion, but this is a very interesting tidbit of esoterica I will cherish