Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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68 juniors t was the year of individuality and variety in fashion at Lanier. Not only the kickers wore boots and tooled belts. 'lVVing haircuts were not limited to the senior bench and Lone Star Longneck t- shirts to the freak parking lot. Students wore what they liked, and, this year they liked a little bit ot everything. The most noticeable fashion was the western Everybody owned a western shirt and a pair of Tony Llama or Acme boots. Truck sales boomed along with straw cowboy hats. And everybody got a C-B to talk to all those good buddies. Although Levi jeans were worn, variations were made. Gold stitching directed in every direction decorated hip huggers, high waisted, and regular. The look went from pants to shorts and from tight to loose. To wear jeans, students had t-shirts. Beer t-shirts, novelty t-shirts, camp t- shirts. lt you went somewhere you could bet that they'd have t-shirts with something original on it. Female dress took an international twist. The loose Cossack look lengthened the dresses to mid-calf and gave an accent to accessories, like many bangled bracelets and choker necklaces. Oriental prints with Japanese jackets during the cold winter months combined fashion with warmth. The warmer months ot fall and spring let Africa inspire shirts and dresses with square insets around the neck and slits as an opening. Mexican gauze also appeared on everything from skirts to purses. Mexican and Indian woven bags matched these styles well in the late spring. No matter what the price tag, the look was comfortable, casual and so good. How good? So good. Alberta Dickerson, James Wright, and Elaine Dickerson stop for a moment in the small court- yard. Scanfes at all lengths were popular in the fall along with blue jean skirts. I i

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