Gus' sense of fashion

I was going through some pictures last week, pictures of me in high school. One of them was me as a sophomore, so I showed it to Gus who is entering his sophomore year himself. He laughed with appreciation at the differences, and then he said something that indicated how much styles have changed.

In the picture I was wearing rainbow-colored suspenders--which were popular at one time--and Gus commented that it "would be cool to wear suspenders to school," and he paused, "without getting beaten up." Hm-m-m, I guess they aren't acceptable now.