<<My students have been asking some really good questions. These questions I only know the answers from personal experience. I lived in Mississippi at the time and do not know if we were really far behind fashion or not. If you answer these questions, please let me know your location and the app. year you remember these fashions were worn to public elementary through high school:>>
Penny: I am a little bit older than you. In the sixties, girls weren't allowed to have skirts that measured more than 3 inches above the knee in my little town in California. This odious (?) task was assigned to a male staff member who the students referred to as "Swamp Fox". He ran around the corridors with a ruler. We shortened our skirts by rolling them up at the waist, so it was easy, when we saw him coming with his little ruler to roll our skirts down long enough for him to pass. Even so, my sister was sent home several times to get a longer skirt. I think she planned it that way. There were extremes of makeup involving eye liner and white lipstick which didn't seem to matter. And, of course, the hair towered above the head in a teased and hair sprayed helmet. Boys weren't allowed to wear blue jeans and their hair could not touch their collars in the back. I remember something about a coach who also roamed the corridors with a pair of scissors looking for long hair to butcher. Teachers could get away with more then. Cheryl Odom Formerly of San Luis Obispo, California ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
