In the US... did the post-Kennedy era just come along and ruin everything? Did Ralph Lauren wield an awful amount of damage? Then there was Flusser and his crowd...
Hold that thought... while I think about something else...
I blame it on the forward pass.
Just fashion? Or something deeper?
Didn't they morph into the Flower Pot Men?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiK79FlEFAI