THE gallant guy

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(1951-2003)

A number of factors contribute to the whole that makes up Jack Tripper’s fashion sense. In many ways, Tripper’s clothes are emblematic of the era and setting of the series he was mainstay on, Three’s Company. Certainly, his style epitomizes 1970s, American sportswear, but what makes Tripper stand out as a fashion icon is the casual nuance, boyish charm, and California cool that he imbued into each outfit. The result, for over eight seasons of Three’s Company, Jack was the informal, but ubiquitous, clothes horse of the series.
Jack’s breezy casualness was chic, smart, and timeless. Tripper was always dressed in classic separates, natural toned clothes that were modish in their simplicity. Often donning solid color polo shirts or sweaters over hip hugging pants (not as exaggerated as bellbottoms, but not as slim as boot cut), his timeless looks and unpretentious charm remarkably stood out against a cast that included the ornate caftans of Ms. Roeper and the Technicolor leisure suits worn by Mr. Furley.

Jack’s clothing style was much like profession. As the series began, Jack was a cooking student who eventually graduated into becoming a chef. While his clothes don’t directly reflect this gradual assention up the restaurant food chain, his style does reflect a unmuddled ease and California nouveau style that is part Meditation, part South Western, with natural/fresh overtones.Regardless of what precisely Jack wore, it usually retained the same rudimentary ‘disco’ cut throughout the show. The torso is cut slim, while the pants begin to flair at the knee. While this is influence of the era of the show and elementary demonstrates Tripper’s keenness to stay atop concurrent East Coast and West Coast trends of the late 70s.