Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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LYNETT WIGGS AND Tim Powderly model popular Winter styles. Monogram wool sweaters, pleated skirt, tweed blazer, straight-leg jeans and cowboy boots combine for a comfortable look. KEEPING WARM WAS easy for John Erlinger and Cheryl Combs as they make their way to class. lVIountain coats and stadium jackets were common cold-Weather cover-ups. Photos by John Learman 2' .1 f Fashion

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Hr 'Q 'wi Robertson IVI ' IS EASY I ommzs BUT coonms Despite whims of fashion trend setters, there was always room in most students' drawers for under his or her bedl for perhaps the most avant garde items of clothing. Whether it was big brother's football jersey, five year-old threadhare jeans, or those God-forsaken Keds from high school, students usually found themselves in them before the day's end. Sweats seerned to be a wardrobe staple. They were the thing to pull on if students, woke up 10 minutes before class or if they'were playing a game of tackle football. Generally the items, were anything but tailored. Fashionable loungewear for girls was a t-shirt three sizes too big. Guys found refuge from GQ in a pair of gym shorts stolen from high school track meets as they searched for the t-shirt their sister confiscated. The main requirement was comfort. That meant the apparel allowed ease of movement while playing sports and catered to most any position during intense studying, telephone conversations or slumber. The best thing about them was that they were easy to come by. They hung around year after year accumulating those treasured holes and stains. They were hand-me-downs students never seemed to mind gettingg and in days when it costs so much to look nice, made those oldies but goodies very affordable Fashion. DONNED IN A Mickey Mouse sweatshirt, sweat pants and tennies, Less Bowsher settles down in a dorm floor lounge to do some homework. AN ARRAY OF' t-shirts, football jerseys, gvm shorts and sweats allowed easy movement during a fun session of aerobic dancing. Ron Robertson Student Life

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if Et TYLES FOR E ERY TI-I0 , DICKI AND SPERRY Depending on your own assessment of the styles your parents wore 25 years ago, you may have snickered or thought they looked kind of neat. Your mom's cashmere sweaters, blazers with boxed shoulders and pleated skirts along with your dad's skinny ties, button-down collars and narrow lapels were real finds for your junior high's 50's Day. But in 1982 you may have found yourself digging around in the cedar chest once again - this time for everyday apparel. No new fashion crazes swept the market this year. With the advent of the preppie look of the 80's to the Cape Girardeau area, it seemed to leave the fashion market content with a look to expand on. Monograms, flats, pleats and lace collars completed the coed's wardrobe. Men were dressing smartly in tweed blazers, wool sweaters and loafers mixed with Levils, Dickies or wool pants. Humid fall days and pleasant spring days had girls in lzod sports shirts and Calvin Klein walking shorts. Izods, Dickies and Jansen tennis shorts were the style for guys. Footwear varied from Sperry topsiders to white Nike tennis shoes and Bass thongs. A carry-over from last year was the country-western look. Lee straight-leg jeans, S100 Tony Lama boots, snap plaid and denim shirts, mountain coats and, of course, the ever-popular Stetson remained part of the fashion scene. The best thing next to being in style about the look was its practicality and wearability. They were styles that seemed to touch everyone on campus, even if you just owned a single button-down or an old cowboy hat. And probably for the first time in years, your parents thought you were dressing sensibly. MICHELLE FRASER AND Brian Dalton wear Warm-Weather styles for a dance or just looking extra nice for class. Light cotton blazer, oxfords, slit skirt and Dickies were the look for fall and spring. MIKE HARGENS FINDS coaches shorts and a sports shirt perfect for humid days on campus. Walking shorts from the past paired with a button-down oxford-cloth shirt keep Stephanie Daniel cool and in style. Student Life