University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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If siyle IS diaaied pimely by opwicit, Then ivasTf open no Tiwe m pKeseininc our pomr of view. runway I h AtvbeR Wnhycoo ke remember when parachute pants were the thing. And jelly bracelets, and and crew cuts, and Body Glove. When I was ten I begged my Mom to let me s»ej the bottom of my tee shirts and add matching vents to the sleeves. That would have looked too cool with a banana clip and a pair of pegged acid wash jeans. ♦ 1 have friends today who would still kill for that outfit, only a pair of platforms and a Texaco mechanic ' s jacket from Wasteland would be thrown in to give the ensemble a nineties flair. ♦ I ' ll admit to owning my own share of cat eye sunglasses and chokers. I ' ve got Birkenstock ' s and a backpack bigger than any twelve textbooks I ' ll ever be carrying around at one time. I ' ve even got a pair of ancientOsh Kosh overalls. Sure, I might have looked upon these items with disgust five years ago, when Cap and penny loafers were the onlv three words I knew, but today I ' m a liberated, freethinkingcoUegestudent. Thus, I ' m free to don my Dad ' s corduroy bell bottoms with a stained thermal and feel it ' s the Hippest thing since velcro ' Roos with the side pocket for milk money. Has the fashion world been thrown into a subterfuge or have I just lost all sense of style? A little of both, I guess. Of course, as I get older I care less and less of what others think of my clothes; function before style, if you will. But the quest for individuality among 30,000 other fashion slaves has spumed most of us to dress as much for shock value as personal satisfaction and affirmation of our attractiveness. Standing out in a crowd has a good deal to do with diverging from the crowd. So every pierced lip, tattooed wrist, unshaven leg, pair of Docs and string of love beads contributes a little to forming our own identities, and ensuring that they ' re obviously separate from everyone else ' s... U Student Life

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The kmle over the use of People ' s Park is perhaps Berkeley ' s larg- est producer of free ex- pression sculpture and graffiti. This recent dis- play, constructed in Oc- tober, argues the con- struction of two unused vollevhall courts. Photoby Dehhic Yuan GRlippTl doesnt al- ways express negativity: this message, scrawled on a campus road, is a testa- ment to the benefits of perseverance. Photo by Kim Stcitihachcr yeAI«: ATCAL. Free Expression ♦ I.t

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ConVeKSe and jeans lire a staple to those stu- dents who place comfort on par with fashion. Pliolci by Amir Rafi LCIL paraphernalia has always been popular at- tire for students, particu- arly during Big Game Week. Photo by Amir Rafi HillK is just as impor- tant as what vou wear: the quest for individual- ity sprang up in dozens of forms around campus, from eyebrow rings to Kool-Aid dyed locks. Photo bif Amir Rafi Fashion ♦ 1 7