Hey everyone, this is a companion thread to your first Shape mask thread. We all had to start somewhere. My first pair of coveralls I ever had were navy blue dickies, purchased a month after my first mask ( Don Post THE MASK) in September of 1988…I would love to hear what your first pair of coveralls were and also what are your favorites that you own…
Hmm… my first coveralls were my Dad’s old navy blue dickies work coveralls when I was young. I bought my first pair at a local thrift shop and they are dark brown but still looks good with the right lighting. I’m hoping to find a pair of olive green coveralls.
Mine were an oversized pair of navy blue dickies coveralls that I had to roll the sleeves and legs up and stitch them because they were too long. My spruce green red kaps do serve me well now, but these were my first and I still have it hung up in my closet. (Pic with the dog is from a contest, and he’s wrapped up like that because he did it himself trying to get out from the leash to chase people.)
Dang, alot of us are in the same boat! My first pair were navy blue Dickies as well. After those, I got a pair of brownish-green Big Macs that are way too big on me. Now I wear vintage Montgomery Wards
Wow lol I guess the majority of us broke into the coveralls game with the navy blue dickies… they are probably the easiest obtainable coveralls I’m assuming . I bought mine at army and navy a few blocks from where I lived and all those army and navy type stores carried the dickies I remember. My first pair was also over sized by the way
My first pair were shite, they were navy blue but made of a plastic type material like a windbreaker.
I dont why theyre called welders coveralls, its the material if it caught fire it starts dripping the molten globs of plastic.
They looked okay, my first mask was the Don Post chalkface
Mine were some navy blue coveralls, they were far too big, then got the same brand in Australia in a green which were really heavy and big, now I own 2 pairs of vintage Big Macs in Green and Grey and Montgomery Wards in Green