Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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1 . Elegance in clothing and jewelry were popular to insure investments in an unstable time. 2 . A variety in earrings and pins were popular for those who could not afford the soaring prices of gold. 3 . Roller skates and roller disco offered a new type of entertainment and night life. 4 . The newest craze in jackets and evening dresses were those that were down filled. 5 . A casual, easy style of clothing was popular as shown here. Chinos and angora sweaters. 6 . Punk persisted and offered an escape from the problems of the world. 7 . The business woman style of clothing was popular as women sought higher positions. Shown here is the most popular of this style-blazer, boots and skirt. styles 21

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There is a theory that goes something iike this: the harder the times, the wiider the clothing styles. These wiid clothing styies supposedly diverted our attention from the hard times, we were ail going through. The more cheering up we needed, the more intriguing ciothes were. Before the Depression, hem lengths became shorter. There is also a corollary to the theory that says: the worse the times, the shorter the skirts. Rocketing inflation, woria problems in the Middle East, and the imminence of the draft were present in 1980, and the clothing styles suggested the theories were true. Hemiines became slightly shorter. Popular colors became intensely bright: Turquoise, fushia, yellow-ail eye-catching. Women ' s stockings decorated with designer stitches and the popular high heei with the t- strap were certainiy distracting. Gold, with all its glitter was in ; its popularity rose aimost as fast as its price. Dangling golden necklaces, charms, and bracelets that glistened in the faintest light, caught our eye at every turn. Often when we were feeling depressed, we bought ourselves a new dress or a new sports jacket to console ourselves; to take our minds off our probiems. On a iarger scale then, the styles became wilder to offer us solace for difficult days. hard times uiili stijlcs 20 styles

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Holidays in general, are a time of Joy and festivity. They are to students however, the best time of the school year. They bring everything from parties and dances to time off from school. Fall and winter bring holidays at a fast pace. Halloween was marked by costume parties. Thanksgiving brought the traditional dance, football game and two days off from school. Christmas, the favorite. features many annual activities. The seniors sold trees. Key Club gave out candy canes, and the Choral Arts Society filled the halls with songs. After the new year and private celebrations came Valentine ' s Day. Students sent Lov-a-grams for ten cents, ten more to find out who your admirer was. As spring came and winter eft, so did the holidays. Spring offered a time to recover. turkeys, trees pinatas ho ( V»