Male Rompers are Not New

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I keep seeing everyone carrying on about "male rompers" on social media, like this is some new concept that has never existed before. I generally have been seeing gay men taking credit for this "new" creation. Sorry to break it to them, but the male romper has existed for a while already. Davy Jones wore one covered in happy faces in the "Regional Girl" video from the "Hey Hey It's the Monkees" special that aired in 1997. I'm pretty sure other dudes were seen sporting those back in the day too. So I don't know why the Internet has blown up all of a sudden as if this is some new, original piece of attire. It annoys me when people act like things are completely new and original when they aren't. Everyone's going nuts over these things -- either because they're dying to wear them or vowing to kill anyone they see wearing one -- but it's not even a new clothing item. My sister used to wear one in middle school -- granted, she's not a man, but it was an adult sized romper (or jumpsuit as we used to call them) and you really couldn't tell what gender it was intended for. It's like in the age of the Internet, where we have so much info so easily at our fingertips, people conveniently forget that things already exist. You can check out Davy Jones in his happy face jumpsuit here (you can see it best at the 1:40 mark):