Middletown High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Middletown, DE)

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MHS Discovers Fads And Fashions “Don’t look now, but your shoes are untied” If styles follow the same path in years to come, mothers will not have to teach their children how to tie laces anymore. As far as fashion goes, the “in things were high topped sneakers left untied or shoes fastened with vel- cro bands instead of shoestrings. Col- orful shorts reaching just above the knee (commonly called jams ) were very popular, as were stirrup pants worn with a long sweater shirt. Fash- ion was more and more tending toward long, ankle-length clothing. Clothes were adopting some of the styles worn in the late 60’s. The fashionable colors were shades of blue, purple, and pink. Designer clothes seen frequently were Forenza sweaters, Coca-Cola shirts, Reebok sneakers, and good ole Levis blue jeans. Girls' hairstyles were becoming less radical. Geometric shapes and short bobs were faded out. While the male population seemed to favor a mohawk or a buzz” during football season, the females chose softer, more accentuat- ing looks such as longer versions of the bob cut or a mild perm with long hair. Some of the more popular celebri- ties included Bill Cosby, Cybill She- perd, and Don Johnson. In the world of music, Peter Cetera, Madonna, and Van Halen were often in the limelight. Pop music tended to be remakes or remixes of past tunes such as the New Edition's Earth Angel and Run DMC’s Walk This Way. Well- watched movies were “Top Gun, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and The Fly”. Each day at MHS brought a new variation on many fads and fashions. People tended to wear whatever they felt was appropriate for each particu- lar occasion. They even developed their own fads—ones which can be termed Classic Cavalier fads and fashions. Fads that are in: Cropped pants Paisley prints Over sized shirts 6

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What advice can you give the un- derclassmen that could make high school easier? Give school your all. Do your school work, and it will be a breeze Don’t complain or it will get worse. ’ 8