It started near the beginning of our time in Romania. I casually pointed out a fashion trend among older Romanian men.... The vest. I had a student last year who wore a vest everyday. His daughter claims that he sleeps in the vest. I believe it. She snuck one of her father's vests to school the other day so we could all have our pictures taken in it.

After showing this trend to Dana, we started pointed out vest-wearing men when we saw them. It is sort of an easy version of Where's Waldo. There are hundreds of styles here. We have seen vests in camo, pink, grey, blue, yellow, mauve, green, and so on. They come in various lengths and with differing numbers of pockets. While most vests are worn by older men, we have also seen them on women and younger men. We have also seen "Trainer" vests on little kids. I guess there must be a good reason they wear them. We sure have fun looking for them and commenting on their quality and style. Maybe I should consider getting one.