Lynn said:
you were stealthy!?! I should have tried that; maybe my mother and the
principal wouldn't have been on a first-name basis.
Oh, yes, when you're Fighting The Man, Sneaky is Good. Also saves energy for the
important stuff. I had AMAZING freedom of movement because I was _such_ a
Besides, admit it - it was fun.
Patty
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Lynn Downward
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:28 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1960 hippie fashion
you were stealthy!?! I should
Besides, admit it - it was fun.
The 60s were where I discovered ethnic garments and embroidery, thanks
to Cost Plus and the Pier One that existed back then (not the Yuppie
thing it turned into later). I got interested then, started
researching, and here I am today - one of the few historical
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I attended Radford, an all-girls college in Southwestern Virginia, starting
in 1968.? We
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To: 'Historical Costume'
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] On
Behalf Of Sharon Collier
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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
Michelle said:
LynnD, apparently you and other uppity girls of your generation are
responsible for the comfort my generation enjoyed in our school days.
Thanks.
You're welcome. We worked at it.
Mary Piero Carey, aging hippie high school stealth subversive
you were stealthy!?! I should have tried that; maybe my mother and the
principal wouldn't have been on a first-name basis.
My mom - bless her - said that as long as my grades were good I could wear
whatever I wanted within the sense of decency (although she would have kept
me in the sweater sets
I graduated from High School (in the South, which tends to run late in fashion
trends) in 1968. I remember one girl being sent home from school two days in a
row - once for wearing a mini-skirt which was too short (It had to touch the
floor when we knelt.) and the next day for wearing a
In a message dated 7/6/2009 2:24:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dela...@yahoo.com 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
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In a message dated 7/6/2009 2:24:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dela...@yahoo.com writes:
They called it a distraction.
How is a maxi
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!
In Indiana in the mid-1950s we got to wear trousers under our skirts
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
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To: 'Historical Costume'
Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1960 hippie fashion
I remember freezing in skirts
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To: 'Historical Costume' h-cost...@indra.com
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
...@indra.com] 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
Man, imagine being forced to wear a skirt all the time! Especially with
these brutal Michigan winters. B.
After seeing how SHORT skirts got, I find it quite boggling that schools
objected to the full-length ones! You'd think they'd be relieved at all
the covering up. LOL
LynnD,
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