I attended Radford, an all-girls college in Southwestern Virginia, starting in 1968.? We were allowed to have slacks (not denim) but could only wear them outside the dorm with a knee-length coat freshman year.? I was in the band and we were getting ready for? Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.? Band was scheduled as an 8am class, but we were actually starting at 7:30 most days to get in the extra practice.? By mid-November it was cold!?? The only time we could wear slacks to class was if the Dean declared it a "slacks day" and she didn't announce that until about 8am!? Oh, by the way, our uniform was full Scottish regalia - kilt and all. ?
Sophmore year the rule was changed to letting us wear slacks and by senior year we were in jeans.? (The summer after I graduated the school went co-ed.)? Catherine -----Original Message----- From: Frank A Thallas Jr <[email protected]> To: 'Historical Costume' <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2009 9:47 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1960 hippie fashion We weren't allowed to wear pants unless the temp was 32F or below (and no jeans!). This doesn't happen that often in Corpus Christi, TX - but by golly that sea wind is blessed COLD at 33degrees... In my 9th grade year('68), most of the girls staged a pants-wearing "sit in". Didn't work, but there were too many of us to send home to change. Liadain cruisin' on the nostalgia train "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..." needleworks in progress- http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com freebie and pattern news- http://practical-blackwork.tripod.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/liadains_fancies _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
