Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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Jennifer Peppe, a sophomore, displays her ESPRIT sweater and popular stirrup pants. Matt Sandonato and Bobby Harris display their unique hairstyles, paisley prints, pins, and the basic look of baggy clothes. Gucci pocketbooks, real and fake, were a popular accessory to the outfits of many people. 12 student life

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Jennifer King, Claire Kelliher, and Anita Slayton were among the hundreds of students participating in one of the three fundraisers on Valentines Day. for sharing holidays If one were to ask an adult to list the holidays in order of importance, guaranteed Halloween and Valentine ' s Day would come at the end of the list. Not so for most teens. While Halloween gave kids of all ages the opportunity to dress up, tell ghost stories and collect candy, Valentine ' s Day was the one holiday that youths shared with their boyfriends and girlfriends, and gave everyone a chance to give cards, flowers, and candy to those they cared about most. Both holidays gave us a chance to celebrate, and celebrate we did. On October 31, the junior class sponsored a Halloween dance, for which a good part of the turn out dressed up. Some of the more original costumes included Ronald Reagan, Little Red Riding Hood, The Big Bad Wolf, Moses, Elvira, mistress of the dark. Prince, and a bag of potato chips, just about everyone had a good time. The freshman class planned a Valentine ' s Day dance, but unfortunately it had to be cancelled due to unforeseen circunstances. However, the spirit of Valentine ' s Day was not lost. For weeks preceding Valentine ' s Day, the Senior, junior, and Freshman classes sold lollipops, carnations and luv-a-grams, respectively. It was a pleasure for people to walk into their homerooms and collect their items. Although these holidays are not considered particularly important, adolescent interest in them is not likely,,to fade. It seems that there is something that appeals to everybody about love and horror. student life 11

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doing your own thing Fashion played a large role in school life. Each student had his own original style. Labels such as prep , punk , geek , and trendy were often used to describe clothes, but these labels were rarely used to descibe the person. Paisley prints were just about everywhere. This unique shape was found on stirrup pants, sweaters, shirts, socks, and scarves. Floral prints in the boldest colors also made quite a statement. In shoes, the most popular was Reeboks, whether black hightops or white aerobic shoes. Lace- up shoes, cowboy boots, penny loafers, and spikes were an important part of fashion. Usually, the shoes were worn with colored socks and nylons. Large corporations such as Polo, GuCti, Bennetton, ESPRIT received free advertisement by designing rugby shirts and swe atshirts which prominently displayed their logo. A great variety of hairstyles was seen. More and more people showed their scalps with the help of shaving. The popular ducktail of the 50 ' s and go ' s, along with wiffles, were back. Many girls defied the laws of gravity by training their hair to stand straight up with helpful tools such as gel, mousse, and hairspray. Overall, the students showed just how creative they were by wearing the most outrageous outfits imagineable. Individuality was shown even by those people whom everyone had always considered shy and quiet. Juniors Michelle Horkan and Jim Jordan model the untucked shirt look along with wild boots and