Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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Stirrups, Jean Jackets, Oversized Shirts Are The age At PHS Fashion usually starts with the body. As everyone knows, thin is in. People who don't have the perfect body try to disguise defects through their fashions. This year there are many new styles. Why is fashion moving so fast? People want to look good! The fitness centers are making a booming business. When a girl loses a few pounds she wants to go out and buy a few new outfits! She also wants to look for the in” fashions. Shoes that are “in this year are high fashion boots, flats and white ten- nis shoes. The main shoe that guys wear are high top basketball shoes. The pant scene has become the rage. There are many different styles of pants and jeans. Cropped pants, flow- ered jeans, Levi’s 501 button fly jeans and the old faded jeans are back in style. Stirrups are also a favorite this year. Two of the main kinds of apparel girls are wearing these days are over- sized sweaters and shirts. The boys are wearing bright colored oxfords and jean jackets. Colors are brighter and pastels have become very popular. The TV show, Miami Vice,” uses strictly pastels for the two main characters, Philip Mi- chael Thomas and Don Johnson. In a “World Herald article, Thurs- day, February 6, experts say men will be wearing more citrus colors this spring. The citrus colors include: tan- gerine, lime, pink, grapefruit and lem- on. The new hairdos for 1986 are the bob, punk (spiked on top) and asym- metrical (one side shorter than the oth- er). Guys at PHS seem to be more outgoing with their hairstyles. For ex- ample, they perm their hair and also use mousse. Some favorite things that Heather Wilson, sophomore, likes to wear are jeans and boots. She usually buys a couple of things that are “in like stir- rup pants, but she’d rather buy more classic things. Things that don’t go out of style, three or four months later. Junior Tami McGowan said, My fa- vorite thing to wear is my favorite sweater and my hiking boots. But it really depends on my mood and the weather. I like wearing summer clothes best though because they’re so much brighter and more fun. Oversized sweatshirts were the in thing Cropped pants are in and they come in a this year. Shown above are Junior Tammy Clark variety ot fabrics. Shown above is Junior Heidi and Senior Mary Moorehead. Birdsley. 19

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Juniors Laura Williams and Missy McCor- mick along with Sophomore Tom Hyde are mo- deling the latest coats this year. Marvin Little and Vanessa Batemen, juniors, are praying for warmer weather! Hawaiian shirts were worn at the basketball games hoping to raise spirit and the temperature. Pat Babcock, junior, is wearing a rag wool sweater, which is popular nowadays. He also has an updated flat-top hairdo. Who's basketball shoes are these? Could they be the famous Kurt Johnson's? 18

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Science teacher, Tom Kappas, organized a field trip to the airport, where students could view Halley’s Comet. Senior Gary Kipp is shown. Mary Moorehead, senior, watches as one of the many speakers who visited PHS. performs a magic trick. Mrs. Paulette Tarnasky, of the Cass County Family Counseling Clinic, talks about mental health. A current event in ’86 is the repainting of the Plattsmouth water tower. No more graffiti! 20