1. Mini-skirts: Girl's skirt lengths were measured
2. Girls' pants: When were girls' allowed to wear
pants to school. Pants-suits, hiphuggers?
3. Boys' Hair: Allowed to wear long hair
4. Boy's mustaches: When allowed
Center Moriches High School, Long Island, New York.
1971-72:
- mini skirts OK as long as no more than 3 inches above knee--I don't
remember any ruler fanatics, though, so that rule was quite often bent
- the first year that girls pants are officially allowed. The policy of
'slacks but no jeans' was challenged by Linda T., who wore jeans every
day in protest and who also challenged the policy that barred women from
taking shop or drafting classes (hoorah for Linda!)
- long hair? sure; side burns? absolutely; mustaches? well they tried...
- fringed jackets: worn by a few boys (and a couple girls) who aspired
to 'artistic/rebel' status
and another one:
transition from stockings/garters to pantyhose: 1968 or so
also:
who remembers the Sear catalog "choose your jeans" options: one, two, or
three inches below the waist--low rider jeans! I remember talking my Mom
into letting me get a '3 inch' purple corduroy pair! cool.
- Hope
P.S. Hey Rebecca, I left Long Island for Vermont 18 years ago and am now
at UVM! current craze: ugg boots, short skirts, low jeans...pretty much
the usual
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