I can’t remember how much coin I dropped in Structure back in the 90’s, but it was alot…so much so that even though I worked at the Gap back in 93-94, I spent most of my money at Structure…even with the sick Gap employee discounts!!

I think I discovered Structure in late 92 or early 93, when their clothing (and their stores) had a distinctly European flavor to it. I remember the very first Structure store I’d ever visited in downtown Boston, at the Faneuil Hall location. It was a 6-story building that housed Express on 4 of the floors, and Structure on the other two (i think). I remember being really impressed by men’s clothing for the first time in my life. Needless to say, I became a really big fan, and a loyal customer, from that point forward.

But then, a few years later, the styles changed and became alot more casual (read ’sloppy’), and fat horizontal stripes started appearing all over their shirts! That was probably around 98-2000.

i still have ONE Structure button down dress shirt left from my formerly-vast collection…one of the few classic styles still available during the later years (99-2000 perhaps), and it’s starting to fray around the cuffs, but I do still love it.

Sad to say, I don’t have the body, or the budget, to dress like that anymore, but it’s really nice to know that I wasn’t the only straight guy with ‘Queer Eye’ tastes back in the day!!

Just a note on shuffleboard. The term, used not only in West Chester (I currently live in Chester County) but also in NE Philly (where I grew up), is “quoits”, pronounced “quaits”. I’ve spent many hours in Jakes and many other shuffleboard friendly establishments, so though I’m no expert, I love playing the game. There are more boards out there than people realize. Keep sluggin’.

Jim