Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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▼ ♦ O O • O A ♦•■0 °|QB|D ► O I °t O • v • ► o ♦ O O 3 i • °-° ♦ A O a 3 O V • ■ O • • O « The Right Stuff BOOKS. What? Well, OK. sometimes. MODEL: Senior Mike Biafore. The Makings of a Polar Bear DENIM JACKET. If one piece of clothing could be named the most popular for this year, the denim jacket would probably be it. Collar always up, too-long sleeves cuffed up. CANDY BAR. No matter what club you were in, it probably sold candy. Usually Katherine Beich, but sometimes Snickers — al- ways 50 cents. NOVELS. Usually left with half of the night’s reading assignment done, so Cliff’s were always handy for before class studying. BANDANNA. An all-purpose item. Tied around the head as a sweatband or babushka, around the leg or dangling from the neck or back pocket. JEANS. Levis, all cotton, red tags, usually unbelted, worn at almost any occasion. A pair was owned by almost everyone. NIKES. Standard footwear for comfort and practicality. SUNGLASSES. Bought to wear skiing and at the beach, but worn a great deal other times. Espe- cially popular on Sunday morn- ings. BUTTONS. Always small, al- ways pinned to a turned-up col- lar, these buttons reflected favor- ite bands, people and sayings. IZOD. A standard in every wardrobe. Navy blue for the school. Easy to wear and very popular. CONTENTS OF POCKETS. Extra tickets to sold out Huey Lewis concert, ready to scalp. $2 ticket to wrestling match. Combi- nations to shared lockers. S3.65 in unreturned candy money. WALKMAN. Still popular. Re- corded answers to tests could be played back during class or mu- sic during lunch. From mini to waterproof, the Walkman kept the music playing. RAX PARAPHENALIA. A1 though some said the restaurant looked more like a senior class meeting than anything else, the new food chain was extremely popular. By doing 65 mph down Locust Avenue, you could usual- ly make it there for lunch.

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 o» ° O 1 ° o ♦ O 0 4 ° ►o 4 O o • O ♦ O t V ▼ ■ 0 tO 40 04A 21 ± Ralph Lauren took a great rise in popularity this year, coming out of the depths of the “too expensive” arena to even grounds with the Izod, in terms of appeal. Lauren has been around for a while now, so he is not a newcom- er to the scene, and that has giv- en him some time to establish a certain standard of quality. That is probably the best way to sum up all of Ralph Lauren’s designs. There is a lot of attention paid to detail, and quality of the clothing is very important. Lauren was also one of the most wide spread labels on the Challenging the Alligator, Polo Gallops Ahead student body this year. The most common item was the short- sleeved, all-cotton, polo shirt. Al- though rare in this immediate area, the oxfords were also popu- lar. Lauren is probably one of the most creative designers around these days, because he expands beyond the sportswear lines. Not only does he branch into the fra- grance and make-up fields, but he is a true designer by defini- tion. He has done many works for the home, with sheets, blankets and other bed clothes being pro- duced. For the real Lauren en- thusiasts, an entire home plan can be designed, for a nominal fee. So, see ya later alligator? After while, crocodile? Probably not, but Ralph Lauren will be around for awhile. a TO KEEP UP with popular demand. Stone and Thomas has an ample supply in the latest in Polo by Ralph Lauren. With Cotton and Denims, Klein Remains Unique Taking a look inside the fash- ion world can be a pretty confus- ing and bewildering task. There seems to be so many designers with so many different styles and so many different choices to make. But there are always a few who stand out in the crowd for one reason or another. Calvin Klein stands out in this year’s fashion scene because of his unique approach to designing. The style that he implies with his natural fabric (mostly cotton) clothes, youthfully cut, and rug- ged and ready for any sort of ac- tion is free and easy. The whole idea behind his clothing seems to be complete function and easy care. The lines and profiles that he incorporates in his designs are never fussy and rarely frilly, but rather clean and sharp. This stance is probably what makes Klein one of the most pop- ular desgners for high school stu- dents. His creations are usually geared to this age group and are easily affordable, as far as de- signers go. The simplicity that he communicates is also responsible for his popularity among guys. Mostly denim works were found on the guys, including jeans and jean jackets. A Klein original may not be something that the wallet can handle right now, but with the wide range of other, equally pop- ular. designs, there can probably be some claim to fame of his in the closet. ▲ At the root of every ward- robe lies a shirt with such appeal that it becomes a classic to the owner. For some, the .38 Special Tour de Force shirt may be it, while a cotton oxford may hit home with others. But for a lot of people, an Izod is the epitome of a shirt. Izod Lacoste produces a multi- tude of clothing articles from shirts to socks to washcloths, each bearing the familiar reptile. The standard applique gave way to an embroidered one last winter, possibly as a solution to the controversy over counterfeit Izods. In addition to reducing the possibility of fakes, the stitched alligator matched the techniques of other designers. Going Beyond ‘Preppy’: The Cassic Izod Lacoste The designs for Izod are very classic, but usually youthful in taste. “Preppy” sums it up, but that word is too much of a catch- all. Izod extends beyond a stereo- typical prep look to touch on the eternally traditional. Cable knits, cardigans, fully cut trousers, skirts with a feminine look and even eyeglasses reached the population in full force. Part of the popularity behind Izod lies with the price. The pro- ducers figure that the high school group is a major percentage of their market, so they aim for afordability. With Izod on the market, clas- sic lines, tradition and economy will always be in style. A SPORTING ITS OWN ALLIGATOR. Stone and Thomas displays Izod sweaters, shirts and socks Change of Pace: Coming Through Direct from the pages of Inter- national Male and GQ to the halls of Fairmont Senior High come the years best fashions ... for guys. The year actually began with a normal post-summer pace, sluggish return and trouble getting started again, but many of the guys on the football team had taken a daring step and had their hair permed. Whether it was just on the back at the nape of the neck, or all over, curly perms and their new male own- ers kept showing up all year. After the advance in hair- styles, the clothes were next. The usual self-consciousness and inattention to dressing rapidly faded away as guys began to take a lot of pride in their ward- robes. Skinny ties, sharply tai- lored pants, a lot of trendy shirts, and blazers with sleeves up or down hit the guys head-on and the girls were impressed. “I like the new style a lot. I think it looks good,” noted Freshman Kim Ridgway. Many styles became favorites for everyone, such as the striped jeans, denim jackets, upturned collars, even the classics. So girls, move over in the fashion world; guys are coming through.

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The Faster, The Better Fast Foods: An Eating Syndrome Forget a ‘Square’ Meal; A Pizza is Round In a town like Fairmont, being small and predominantly Italian, one would naturally expect to find a couple of pizza places. After all, there are two high schools and a college in the area, and isn’t pizza a universal favor- ite? But seven pizza places in a town with fewer than 25,000 people might be too much of a good thing. Take both Domino’s, for ex- ample. If they produce an aver- age of 440 pizzas a night be- tween them, and there are 180 school days a year, that makes 79,200 pizzas in one school year alone (A whole year would be 160,600 pizzas). And that’s just Domino’s! Now take the daily average of 220 pizzas and multiply by six (for each of the most popular piz- za places). That gives you the average total of pizzas. For Fair- mont, that’s 20 pizzas a year per person. Not bad considering that the average pizza bill (with a piz- za costing about $9) would be $180. What this boils down to is approximately $4.3 million a year generated by pizza! Then there’s the “O Syn- drome. Just take a look around for some pizza. What you will find is something like this: Scott- O’s, Domin-O’s, Mari-O’s and Colasessan-O’s. Even grocery stores are not saved from the “O Syndrome.” Gino-O’s is there. If the pizza places aren’t part of the ‘‘0 Syndrome,” they fall under the ‘‘Home Syndrome” — Pizza HUT, and Pizza HOUSE. Ordering a quick pizza, wolf- ing it down and slurping a few Pepsis was probably one of the most popular pastimes around. But remember, you were just putting food on the Domino man’s table. A DOMINO’S PIZZA for only $4.95 is only part of Fairmont’s $4.3 million. FINALLY ARRIVING in Fairmont. Wings ’n Things was brought to Lo- cust Avenue from Morgantown ON FEBRUARY 6. the doors of Rax opened and Locust Avenue was nev- er the same again. STAYING PUT for a while, McDon- alds was as popular as ever as a place to go after a game of for lunch. ONE OF the many pizza places in Fairmont. Mario’s joined the ranks at the location of the former WUV’S. Once upon a time, Fair- mont Avenue was just like any other street in Fairmont: quaint, tree-lined, peaceful driving from here to the mall area. But then some enter- prising young entrepreneur put up the first fast food restaurant, and that was the end. From then, the Avenue” has been one of the best spots in the area for quick cuisine. These restaurants are also pla- gued with a syndrome of their own, the “replacement syn- drome. Think back, and you’ll realize that once it was a junk food place, it was always a junk food place. Bordon Burger used to be in the same spot as The Golden Gate. (That is probably the oldest replacement.) 1890 Mill was Mister Donut, West Side’s Kentucky Fried Chicken (though still serving poultry) is now the home of Wings ’n Things. And probably the best known is Rax, now residing in the old Burger Chef building. But then there is that restau- rant” on Locust Avenue, near the college, that can’t keep one company in the same spot for longer than it takes to say “where’s the beef?” To trace the history of that place would take access to the geneological ar- chives in the Library of Congress. Originally, the building was con- structed for Wuv’s, which had a pretty good season. Soon after it closed, the ill-fated Durango’s opened, lasting until Wings ’n Thingscame into town. Finally.it has rested into the hands of Mar- io’s, which abandoned its former spot at Marion Square Shopping Plaza. Speaking of Marion Square, there is another restaurant loca- tion that has a knack for keeping new company. Buffet Royale gave way to the school-spirited Tavzelly’s, which soon also closed. If you’re in high school, and you have to eat, then a fast food place seems to always fit the bill: quick, good-tasting and not too expensive. A lot of people spend their time in fast food restau- rants, and if an eating establish- ment is going to deal in food that is fast, then it might as well be able to move around too. ± Eating in the Fast Lane: The Restaurants That Fed Us Up