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WHAT WERE LADS IN PENRITH ROCKING, 2015-2018

I feel like a lot of what we saw being worn by adlays in Penrith between 2015 and 2018 became the stereotypical image of an “eshay.” 

Now hear me out, what I mean by this is that I remember anytime Penrith was mentioned during then, it was always referred to as “eshays”. In 2020, whenever major media was publishing something about eshays, the photos they used always seemed to be of lads who lived in Penrith. I don’t know if I’m the only one who sees it this way.

What I found pretty cool was that lads in Penrith were rocking Trill, a brand you wouldn’t typically see on adlays from other LGAs. There was always a great volume of Trill and Stussy being worn around Penrith Westfield and the station. Yeah, there was Nautica, Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, Nike, Canterbury and Sergio Tacchini – Myer, InSport, Rebel, Foot Locker, Glue and SP Penrith had all of that covered. But groups of lads in long sleeve Trill tees, high Stussy socks and a gold watch? Honestly, I can’t recall seeing that anywhere else aside from Blacktown.

The Bieber cut was also quite common around the area. And so were mountain bikes – lads popping wheelies in front of school, out of uniform, telling their mates they were jigging for the day. Eventually, that mountain bike became a dirt bike, which led to cutting it up in the suburbs and then the trails.

The lasses loved Snapchat filters. Though I know I’m generalising here because filters defined all our teenage years. But looking back at some of my mates that grew up in Penrith, their social media pages have almost every photo between 2015 to 2018 with the flower crown or the dog filter on it. Lads, we were guilty of this too.

Shoe wise, I had never seen Nike AM Theas that popular with lasses anywhere else. It was AM90s, AM Theas, or Kmart thongs. The Nike windbreakers were always a super valid piece in my opinion. You know the colourful block ones where the top half was one colour and the bottom half another. And you can’t forget those tiny Nike bags from InSport.

But aside from all of this randomness, I know I’m missing a lot. Educate me by letting me know what I was missing out on from Penrith!

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