Even in the public schools of hippy San Francisco (go Lincoln Mustangs!) we weren't allowed to wear pants until my senior year, Sept or Oct, 1969 and then only because we all decided to do it anyway. As Liadain said, there were too many of us to send home. Our Pant-In was on a Friday and only half of us wore pants again on Monday, but that was enough; we'd broken the deans' spirit and there wasn't another word about not wearing pants. (Of course, as soon as it was ok to wear pants, we went back to wearing skirts and dresses. Come on, we were 15-16-17!)
They still didn't like the granny dresses for another year or so, or so my younger brother said. He paid attention to fashions because I had been strident (I'll admit to strident, even harping) in trying to get more variety allowed in clothing at school - minis in 10th grade, maxis, grannys, and pants later. Yes, I was one of those fringe-wearing kids who asked how what we wore impacted how well we learned. LynnD On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Frank A Thallas Jr <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sharon Collier > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 1:12 PM > To: 'Historical Costume' > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1960 hippie fashion > > I remember freezing in skirts in the winter because we weren't allowed to > wear pants. In a class where the teacher wore a sheepskin vest (nice and > cozy) and kept the windows open for fresh air. Talk about a distraction! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 12:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1960 hippie fashion > > > In a message dated 7/6/2009 2:24:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > They called it a "distraction." > > > How is a maxi-skirt a distraction? I just don't get it. Mini...I can, in > disagreement, see it. But NOT showing your legs is a distraction? > > Of course I was told my hair was too long by my English teacher in > prep-school. I asked him "What does the length of my hair have to do with > my > ability to learn English?" I thought it was a good question. I wanted to > know the answer. I got sent to the Head Master's office. > **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy > Steps! > ( > http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377077x1201454398/aol?redir=htt > p://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jul > yExcfooterNO62) > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
