Sorry don't know how that got out twice.
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Lynn Downward <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. 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 grad, maxis, grannys, > pants. Yes, I was one of the fringe-wearing kids who asked how what we wore > impacted how well we learned. > > > 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
