Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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I .1 l From daringly short to femininely long skirts. Rocky girls make a statement with anything they wear. It wasn’t easy for Paul Peterson to sell cologne as an accessory to Todd Petersen and Joe Lawrence. Maybe he was giving them a subtle hint. 8

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The Varsity Cheerleaders show teeth and spirit at all times, especially riding in the Homecoming parade. Senior spooners competing in the pyramid building at the assembly are: Bottom row: Todd Petersen, Jeremy Foy. Curt Wilson. Middle row: Mike Carter, Sean McMillan. Top row. Paul Peterson. Senior Chuck Stropes shows the pain he risked for the glory of beating the Moline Maroons at the Homecoming parade. These girls proudly show off their Homecoming mums the guys traditionally get the girls for the game.

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Heather Powell. Amy Doran. Saleta Vesey. Allyson Waddell. Claudia Villereal. Chris Nielsen, Jenny Gan¬ non. Tammy Westerlund. Mitzila McCleary and Krista Troll flaunt the key fashions of fall ’88. It has not interested Josh Christiansen that this is one of those hairdo’s his kids are going to mock our generation for. i Unlimited Fashion: you can’t avoid it, even if you try. Fashion conscience or not, all of us had to wake up every morning and make that excruciating decision — what to wear. Whether it was Benetton or Trash Can Annies, students found their own forms of expression with what they had. At Rocky, wide variety (and often bizarre selections) could be spotted in the halls from t he shortest of shorts in early September to the biggest and baggiest of winter wear. Misfortune or Mademoiselle? Surely teachers and parents were confused by all the holes in the clothes of almost every student. Aside from these casual ensembles, preps, punks, and everything in between were fully decked out and setting trends while strutting down the hallways. The fashion “musts” for 1988-89 remained Style 101 acid washed jeans, cut-off jeans, colorful slacks, casual loafers, the color black, sweaters, (oversized or cut-off) moddish high necks and casually collegiate sweat¬ shirts. Of course, style did not stop with just clothes. Accessories had the power to make or break an ensemble. Male acces¬ sories were dominated by none-prescrip- tion John Lennon glasses, occasional ties, and various forms of jewelry includ¬ ing earrings. Female fashion showed a wide variety of scarves, skirts (femininely long or daringly short) and huge jewelry. Belts, shoes, and lots of color rounded out unisex ensembles. Hair, as always, made the final state¬ ment. Ponytails occasionally showed up on guys, and some girls had short spiky “do’s”. Except for bouffants and bell bot¬ toms, anything was in. Shoes are meant for dancing, dating, kicking, shop¬ ping. loafing, and just looking fashionable. Tracy Schneider, the earring queen, finds her sub¬ jects turning on her as she is attacked by her favor¬ ite earrings in a fashion accessory revolution.