Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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The Art of Personality What is bold, witty, original, daring, explosive, impulsive, personal, and as individual as a set of fingerprints? That’s right: STYLE! You can’t buy Style. You can’t earn it, learn it, or forget it once you’ve seen it. Style is invented, not inherited. It is the art of personality. Style exists for its own happy sake. It may offend you or amuse you—Style doesn’t care. Style is adventurous, unlike Taste which is merely pleasant. Style is provocative, answering questions like: “Isn’t this fun?” “Don’t I have Nerve?” “Who’d have thought of this?” Style expresses individuality, “Look at it this way.” Style demands. Style is rebellious but never undisciplined. It takes careful aim to achieve an effect. Too much or too little and you have tacky or dowdy instead of Style. Style requires risk and its possibility of failure. Style explores and is unpredictable. Style is always creating new ideas. Taste is the censor. Style starts with a notion, say “punk.” Fashion picks it up, waters it down and passes it by Taste, which mutters a doubtful, “Maybe without glitter and the crooked stripes.” By the time punk has become “punk-inspired” Style has become bored. Most of us believe style is created by the clothes we wear and how we wear them. Clothing is important but accessories distinguish your look more effectively. They are the real style-shapers, helping to create a total effect. They add up to give you the unique look you desire. Style is something worth wanting and having—if you know what you’re doing you will succeed at finding your own. Finally, in all matters regarding Style, choosing a particular style depends on the type of person.

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1. Larry Pizza stalks Jennifer DeGeorge as he rehearses his part as the evil villain. 2. With determination, Domenic Perriello and Marion McCarron struggle through a rehearsal. 3. Acting out a play within the play, the case stumbles through a scene of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. 4. Playing the part of a director, Sharyn Thompson tries to maintain her sanity as her cast ruins a “rehearsal”. 5. On the night of the show the lights glare upon Domenic Perriello, Jennifer DeGeorge, Sharyn Thompson, and Larry Pizza. 6 . Michael Gallagher and Helene DiCesare watch from backstage as they anxiously await their cue to perform. Senior Play 17

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1. On those chilly winter mornings many girls could be found wearing their brightly colored leg warmers. 2. Duck shoes were a necessity for snowy, rainy days but they also became very fashionable. 3. Senior Karen Freker displays a touch of two styles: “new wave” glasses and a “preppy” shirt. 4. Most girls had at least one pair of “baggies” in their wardrobe. 5. Punk was one of the boldest fashions of the year. Seniors James Goodwin and Jessica Wright hang out in the halls before class. 6 . “Walkman” radios were officially banned from the school but still managed to show up everywhere. Senior Joanne Goodwin remains oblivious to the world as she listens to her “Walkman” in her homeroom. Style 19 !