Manchester High School - Anchor Yearbook (Manchester, MA)

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We have grown up in a time where the young Preppies of yesterday have developed into the notorious up-and-coming Yuppies in today’s business world. T rends come and go, so that the only consistancy about “the ‘in’ thing” is that it is always changing. As a group, we are not pre- occupied with keeping up with the fads. We are the generation of “Come on, Ma, this is the Eighties.” We are concerned with the modern day and the issues it presents. Fashion is dictated not by fad but by personal choice. Op and Jams represent surfing and summer sun. Esprit and Benneton popularize bright colors and prints. Suddenly it seems as though everyone is wearing Reebok shoes. Swatch comes out with colorful watches and then a line of clothing. Back from the past, paisley prints have made a comeback. Girls are wearing hair clips and banana combs. The 80’s has no music phenomenon like the Beatles of the 60’s. Instead groups soar to the top and then seem to drop off the charts. The “top 40” is constantly changing as we flip around the radio dial from ‘BCN to ’FNX to ’ZOU. Music of all kinds is popular from Madonna to Squeeze to the Violent Femmes. The enduring groups include music from the Talking Heads, Phil Collins, and Wham, and that of the Grateful Dead. When we go out to the movies it might be to see Rambo II, Top Gun, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or Stand By Me. Or perhaps we instead rent an older popular movie for the VCR such as Risky Business, Sixteen Candlesor Friday the 1 3th. If a movie isn’t in stock, maybe there’s something good on T V. Popular shows include, “The Bill Cosby Show,” “Family Ties,” “Cheers,” “Moonlighting,” “Night Court,” and “Hill Street Blues.” Nothing stays the same for too long anymore. The movies we go to see may only be on a limited run, the television shows we watch could be cancelled next fall, and the clothes that we wear might be unavailable in the stores next season having been replaced with something “bigger, brighter, or better. As we change, so do the fashions. While we might follow the trends today, the class of 1987 is destined to be the trendsetters of tomorrow.