Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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n n.:h , Illnu. 1;;f Even Though Ihe Punk and New Wave srwes didn't take over rhe fashion woer, rhe Cogs fill the bleach, ers om'red m the forour sTyXes. which emcouroge indi- viduohry 0nd definirer cremiviry. This Cabbage Patch lookrorUke is o pocketbook server or Chr'srmos time, yer most children srm 05k for the red rhing. Photo cowesy o! Kuy-Oee Toys. Scum Pork MaH Guys us well 05 girFs keep up with the fashions by wearing rhe new rrends. Here 0 suede and Xeorher vesr, leather lie, reverse cobredjeans, and o fashionr oble belr make up a display or Chess King in Sourh Pork Moll

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International Horvesrer, which is pictured here from on Old Main window and across me overpass, shut down in 1984 Xeoving thousands jobXess 0nd wirh nowhere ro rum The ogncuirurd equfpmenr plum was 0 mcgor Quod-Cmes business. On January 21, 1985 President Ronald Reagan repeared rhe ocrh of office of the presidenr os hlS wwfe Nancy holds the Bible Phoro Courtesy of APlWide Worm Phoros. Democratic presidenncnl condwdore WoWrer Mon- dale and his female running more Gerddfne Ferraro celebrate in the 1984 DEMOCYOTiC Vicror ry Golo Photo Courtesy of APlWide WoHd Photos.

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ginw' wry; Every year rhor goes by seems To increase rhe number of new fads and fashions, Losr year we sow rorn swearshirrs 0nd mini-skirrs, while rhis year the fashion marker swirched r0 Ieorher ourfirs and wild accessories. Bur how could This be helped when the country's rop performers were headed by Michael Jackson, Sheila Es, Madonna, and Prince? Losr yeor Mi- chael Jackson woiked away with olmosr every musical oword there was, bur rhis yeor Prince plunged inro rhe movie world wirh his box office smash Purpfe Rom. His music and sryie affected nearly everyone wherher posirively or nor. Anorher musicoi performer, Madonna, olso wenr over big rhis year 05 well as Bruce Springsreen end his rop of rhe charts hir Born In The U.S.A. Meonwhiie, beds in rhe fashion scene, Punk and preppie were Terms Thor jusr seemed to fade away in 1984. No exocr rirle was given to The new rrends, bur rhe big hiTs were jean These oversized sweolers come in on army of coiors, and could be worn wirh rhe Veneckline either in from or buds. Photo courresy of Ups And Downs, Soulh Pork Mail. Another dispioy from Chess King shows rhe rwo mos! common coiors available in leorher wirh This. ourfir consist- ing of 0 leather hur. tie, ondjociser. Prince rocked the music worid with his movie and sound- rrock of Purple Rain wirh such songs as When Doves Cry, iiLer's Go Crazy, and iiEroric Ciry. Feds And Fashions World Sees Leather And Musical Masters jockers, oversized shins 0nd sweorers, reverse coloredjeans, and pumps. Leather ourfirs done up wirh accessories such 05 handcuffs, open- iingered gloves, boors. bracelets, and bangles wenr over quire well also The eoring craze emerged even forrher rhis year wirh wild sryles 0nd of course, one hole in each ear srill wosn'r enough. Chrisrmos time flared up rhe demand for Cabbage Porch Dolls and ourhenric odoprion papers and birrh cerrificores. The Toy manufac- rurers rook grear odvonroge of creoring similar copies of rhe dolls, however most peaple srili srood in lines, entered contests, and lireroliy foughr over gerring rhe rrue Cabbage Porch. Ir was amazing how imporronr being in style was for mosr peopie in 1984, and it was equolv iy astonishing how many people feil prey TO rhe new feds. Don'r forger, rhis is 0 world of socieries srriving r0 express rheir individualiries. Fods And Fashions 21