Miami Dade College North Campus - Falcon Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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That's Their Style The biggest problem of her day could be how to sit down. If yogi can't find a scarf of your own, just borrow your sister s. 163

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Q' Qgsgaame.wrsg,,f-L'....'i ar' -f-s..,...- Q , x I. You can tell a bag by her bag. Fashion An array of clash colors, contrasting styles and a strong taste for the spectacular have marked the fashions seen around campus during '68-'69. With the exceptions of the much worn Nehlus, bell-bottoms and the ever present mini, the irend in fashion has been connected with a sort of uanything goes attitude. Therefore, everything goes, and the idea has been to create, invent and Wear whatever grooves you. For the boys, this may mean striped pants, a pastel shirt, and a wild print scarf tied loosely around the neck. For the girls, it could very well mean the same thing. Fur vests, silk bell-bottoms, Indian print Ponchos and sunglasses a-la-Peter Fonda have been adopted by both sexes. Fashion Freedom... This new, freer attitude toward clothing.has had some strange results. For one thing, it is almost impossible today to shock, even with the most singularly shocking garb. No one rule presides over the individual's dressing habits. Comfort and freedom take precedence. This nonconformity, stereotyped as it may be, is often an unspoken form of defiance. Boys are growing some fantastic crops of both head and face hair. After all, if it was all right for Lincoln, Shakespeare, Van Gough and Ginsberg, why not them? Girls hair, too, is worn without concern for the polished, ceramic look of a fresh beauty parlor setting. Straight hair, long and short, pig-tails and curls merely blend into the crowd, with no thought of the incongruity of the two. The word incongruous has disappeared from the fashion world. What's showing?

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1,'?95 :vi ' f .k'a11, .. jawaharlal Nehru, whose dress is a personal sign of dignity. The name of Nehru has adopted present day connotations which cloud the feelings the name was once capable of evoking. Nehru is the name of father and song two of the most vital and dynamic figures in India's proud history. The son, Jawaharlal, first Prime Minister of India was, interestingly enough, the inspiration to the father. And the higher inspiration to both father and son was found in the devotion for restrained civil disobedience of Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi. Motilal Nehru, the father, was an aristocrat, born into the high caste, and he possessed a keen sense of position, this in a country where position is, from birth, static. He was greatly influenced by Western ideas and ways. His manner was stern, his humor great, and his dress impeccable.. Motilal, as a young lawyer, was extremely aware of the responsibilities which accompanied his high posi- tion. When his son was first imprisoned for acts of civil disobedience in the British dominian of India, fa form of government which met with the approval of Motilal at one tlmej the father suffered great disgrace. But Gandhi's ideas greatly moved Motilal and with the strong persuasion of his son, he altered his once unchangeable conviction against rebellion and sought Nehru... Then independence for India. Motilalis future from that time forward meant prison terms, often with his song the two now close, sharing the same urgent cause. In prison Motilal, who had a love for all the finer things in life, including fine foods and splendid clothing, was compelled to wear the uniform of a common prisoner. When his son Jawaharlal was imprisoned with him he would Wash their uniforms daily, with great concern for neatness even in a jail cell. When Motilal was released, he kept the promise he had made himself, that the grim prison uniform would become the object of pride and dignity. In the pattern of that uniform, he had expert tailors make him suits of the most expensive, high quality mater- ial, such as brocades, heavy silks, etc. 'After his death in 1931, Motilalis son Jawaharlal continued his quest for the freedom of India, and continued, too, wearing the modified prison uniform that had come to signify a tremendous dignity for the name of Nehu. ...and now Nehru Ifor the young! gets the offer of an umbrella from an admirer. a--iv