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TEXAS CHILDREN’S DONORS MODEL “BAD PANTS” AHEAD OF 20TH ANNIVERSARY GOLF TOURNAMENT
Are these golf pants goofy or ironically cool? Does it matter? Probably not.
Ugly fashion is having a moment. As the popularity of “normcore,” “dad jeans,” and “athleisure” reaches logic-defying heights, here’s some fad food for thought: Did Houstonians embrace the unsightly trend first?
Long before high fashion houses like Celine sent designer Birkenstocks down the runway, or Balenciaga sold platform Crocs with $900 price tags, Texas Children’s Hospital supporters voluntarily wore dreadful pants for the not-forprofit’s annual golf tournament.
Also of note, this year’s 20th anniversary Bad Pants Open is completely sold out. Not only are the Bayou City’s best golfers and worst dressers two decades ahead of the curve — #sorrynotsorry, New York and Paris Fashion Weeks — there’s a waitlist of anti-fashionistas ready and willing to put their most unstylish feet forward in the name of charity.
Over the years, outrageous head-to-toe getups have ranged from “Happy Gilmore” and “Caddyshack”-inspired threads, to full-on costumes a la Richard Simmons and Axl Rose.
So if anyone stumbles across hordes of #Pinterestfail golfers near the Clubs of Kingwood come Thursday, don’t panic.
Where fundraising for Texas Children’s Newborn Center is concerned, it’s definitely good to be bad.
COMMITTEE MEMBER DR. DON COHEN AND BAD PANTS OPEN CHAIR ROB COOKSEY MODEL “BAD PANTS”