Brookfield Central High School - Legend Yearbook (Brookfield, WI)

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A N W Aww Wgve A HQWQWWQVQ A NEW LUCK New wave is a new look at the 1980's. This new style means a lot of things, new wave means not con- forming, being original, and wearing hightops and bermuda shorts. To some people, wave, as it is called by its aficionados, is a way of life. Never before have there been so many places to go and so many bands to see. Never before have there been so many ways to dress and act, because that is exactly what new wave isg dressing as you want to, whatever that may be. Kim Sphar, pictured, sports clothes in the new wave style. A few of the more popular outfits include army fatigues, brightly-col- ored hightop tennis shoes, jackets covered with saftey pins and buttons, psychedelic shirts, and tight straight- legged pants. Top sellers in the New York fashion scene of Macy and Bloomingdale's are reported to include minidresses, pedal pushers, futuristic jumpsuits, and space boots. Accenting the diversity of this new wave is the fact the old clothes have been updated, but used in a new sense, so whatever anyone wears, no one can say whether it is right or it is wrong. Wave people not only dress with originality, but their hairstyles show a lot of creativity also. The Spike, bet- ter known as the Brush Cut, is extremely popular among new wave fans, but brightly colored hair is even more of a trip. It is not unusual to see someone at a wave bar with pea- cock blue, Chinese red, deep purple, and wicked yellow patterned in their hair in all shapes, ranging from rain- bows to hearts to the person's ini- tials. As senior Lisa Tannert says, Being original is all it takes. 12 X A New Wave a 3 S l L l .. . l

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A NEW MUSIC A new sound for the 1980's is - new wave, an experimental music with a definite beat that can always be heard, and an enthusiasm that can't be ignored. Just as the look of new wave I exemplifies the movement's originality, so does its music. With a diversity that is seldom I seen, new wave deals with many types of music, giving them a sound that is unique to new wave. Rock and Boll popularized by I Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis has been combined with wave's own definitive sound, I while rhythm and blues domi- nated Jamaican soul have been blended in to give a strong dance beat which is known to wavers as Ska. For the discrimi- nating waver these is the tech- nopop, which sports a more I sophisticated electronic sound used by the musical greats, Gary Numan and the B-52's. While listening and dancing I to new wave music senior Scott Slaughter explains the feeling New wave is a hig1h energy, fast paced music to w ich you can't control yourself. New wavers express this energy in the spon- taneous manner in which they dance. One of the most popular forms of dance is the Pogo, where the dancer jumps up and down in an attempt to look like a pogo stick. Beach dancing is also popular, with many 1960's dances intermingled with other bizarre forms of dance. Every- thing done by new wavers is high energy, but not violent like punk. The new wave music that we hear becomes more fre- quent each day and is defintely a new wave of styles for the 198O's. A NEW LCZDK AT THE QLD Preppiness , a style that has recently swept the country's high school population off their feet, origi- nated in California about 1953. From the West Coast, the sporty Oxford shirts, cotton, straight-legged pants, and wing tips were quickly adopted by the Eastern United States. After two decades of near dor- mancy, excepting the Eastern sea- board, the prep style has surged for- ward once again, seizing nearly every high school in the nation. The wing tips have been replaced by Dock- l sider deck shoes, but the Oxford shirts and straight-legged pants remain as part of this cleancut fash- ion. Senior Ed Luterbach explains why he likes the preppie style, lt's a little better than being slobbishg its casual but classy. This easy-going but neat look of prep styles has catalyzed the reacceptance of this old fad. Button- down collars and Docksider deck shoes are a commonplace sight because of their comfortability and ease to wear. Summing up the preppie fashion, Senior Jody Breckenridge says, They're good because they are practical and comfortable. You can wear the same buttondown collared shirt with jeans or with good clothes. I think this fad will stay around for a while because it is practical and clothes are getting so expensive that you need something that you can wear with everything. The prep fashion is here and is strong among high school students once again, it is a new look at an old style. A New Wave f 13