Suave - the word itself kinda sounds old school to me, so I dial in to era of the lime green leisure suit with suede elbow patches on the sleeves.
And frilled pockets...
SO:
Ed Straker (played by Ed Bishop) in the 1969 TV show
UFO.
(Brought to you by the creators of The Thunderbirds)![](https://www.kumoricon.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fshadolibrary.org%2Faspects%2Fed3.jpg&hash=f6df288a5d8e7a56cdeb4863666c41b7c89e6b34)
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And don't forget his "cool" car with the gullwing doors:
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Hey, it's "Hot Wheels" - IRL !!
And they even had electric-purple haired "bridge bunnies"
DECADES before most people alive today had heard of anime:
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The hair in their wigs was kept so straight that you actually see the
same crescent-shaped highlights that you get in anime.
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