looks like the same pair of pants to me.
Note the belt buckle worn to the side.
Explains his Coonman nickname.
I’m thinking the KKK outift wearer is his date. See how short she is.
It must have been a favorite pair, to show up in two photos taken at different times. Or, plaid pants were far more "in" than I ever remember them being.
“...same pair of pants.”
...exactly. “Tacky britches” since it’s 5 years later. So they were funny in college. That pattern will never come back. I had them too.
Same belt
but not the same person. that is probably the guy on the right. Northam is taller.