Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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qa eee ee “To stay in style, I like to roll up my jeans. -Senior Chad Wade Looking for the latest trends, junior Manali Barua checks out the newest pastels at the County Seat. (Photo by Erik Munson) Denim ` Student Life Call ingenuity Faded, bleached, torn, colored, decorated and rolled cuffs were some of the styles of jeans which were worn in the halls. In the mid-1980's, students became cre- ative with denim and found new ways to wear their favorite Levi's. | have always liked colored jeans. They are so colorful and they go with everything, soph- omore Laura McKlveen said. The torn look was popular and for some, exposing a knee was just what they wanted. “I fell and tore the knee out of my jeans. I liked the way they looked so I kept wearing them, senior Angela Simons said. But for others, the Salvation Army look wasn't the right Another of the many trends was overalls. Freshman Jessica Miller stays in style when she wears Pasta over- alls in school. (Photo by Stacey Morri- son) “ ص‎ em ` e P style. Instead, they chose to dress-up their ordinary denims. “Whenever I wear a jean outfit, I like wearing a lot of silver jewel- ry and my silver metallic shoes. Then I don't look so ordinary and casual, junior Jodi Bergan said. One popular brand of jeans was Guess. Both guys and girls got into the Guess craze but they chose their own way of wearing the popular brand name. “Tve seen a lot of people wearing the Guess jeans with the zippers at the bottom. Sometimes they wear them tucked in their socks with tennis shoes or they'll even wear loafers or flats to dress them up, freshman Sarah Git- chell said. Metallics, such as silver shoes, made a big comeback along with tightly laced boots and loafers, making ordinary jean outfits look more unique. a EE EE M. E EE r Guys, on the other hand, still tended to sport their favorite a = zone zs كمه‎ Ar c n. = | | 8 gu e mp Levi 501's with faded jean jack- 1 ets. “The only Levi's I like are my 501's and my jean jacket, and I always wear them together, ju- nior Mark Urick said. — - ( + sme o No matter what the style, people! liked experimenting with their jeans. However, some seemed a little more daring than others. The results were different with people spicing up their jeans. I didn't want to look like every- one else and I still wanted to Men di. wear my jeans, so | gave some? new things a try. I used bleach on some pairs. They weren't as boring once I changed them, junior Lisa Banitt said. a e da سے بي‎ - -Jil Dasher | Jean jackets and flannel shirts are still in style. Junior Tim Gouran and senior Colleen Crow both sport theirs. (Photo by Stacey Morrison) —-— - iim WW D - v sf F PA Ki Po J ١ c-—. e e جر‎ e c ا الي‎ a

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With different colored pieces of material sewn to the top of a pair of jeans, English teacher LoAnn Camp- bell was creative with her “trash skirt. (Photo by Erik Munson) Torn clothes, such as jeans, shirts and sweatshirts proved to be pop- ular. Junior Tara Twait takes time out at home in her torn outfit. (Photo by Erik Munson) Boys usually preferred to wear Le- vis 501 blue jeans. Freshman Matt Clark looks over the latest selection at County Seat. (Photo by Erik Munson) Denim Student Life