Penn High School - Bittersweet Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Influences from the outside show themselves in obvious ways. Paris, other young people, and even the Summer Olympics have played a role designing the fashions at Penn, Gauchos were popular with tall top- stitched Frye boots. Gold medal skater Dorothy Hamill created quite a flash of interest with the way she wore her hair. Short “wedge” haircuts started to appear on the scene. Not forgotten, naturally, were the ever-prevalent blue jeans. These, above all, were the symbols of our generation In many styles, blue jeans were stepping out. You could dress to the height of fashion by merely wearing some type of jeans! Jump suits, long skirts, jump: ers, and fashionable blazer and slack suits of denim were available. Bib over. alls, pre-washed jeans, and “painter pants” also walked around for a more casual look. More than just an article of clothing, blue jeans had character and took on some sentimental value. We all remember that first pair. rest of the clothes in the closet might have evaporated, for all the atten and wear we gave those blue jeans Then there were the deep navy blue ones that were simply too blue and too stiff to wear, so they soaked for unlimited amounts of time in bleaching solutions until they reached the desired state. Despite the fact that they lasted about three weeks before the seat and the knees came through, they were the objects of our affection. Blue jeans, shoes, hats, jewelry they all longed to US

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Europe, Olympics inspire gauchos, novel haircuts

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