University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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F A S H I O N Clothing as Architecture and casual—converse high tops pair up with round, wire-rimmed sunglasses (right). the shoulder bags (left) have picked up where back- packs left off. Book toting has never been so stylish. leather, canvas, and rubber bag are refreshing changes from the ever so familiar nylon weave packs. 26 • MICHIGAN ENSIAN

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' Even the most apathetic student has something maize ' n ' blue, even if it is their II of M I.D. card. ' (lulu ' personalities. So they say. Other students do not take their school spirit quite so seriously. These people do not really know The Victors, and they usually scalp their football tick- ets. However. these people still buy Michigan sweatshirts. And then, they make up some story about comfort and warmth(?). They really love U of M. they just do not want to get all emotion- al, especially on a S39 sweatshirt. Even the most apathetic student has something maize ' n ' blue, even if it is just an I.D. card. Then of course, there are the real Mi- chimaniacs. If 1987 graduate Dean Glossup was a worker on the Statue of Liberty restoration crew, he would prob- ably sneak in at night and paint a Michi- gan jersey on The Lady. For this reason. the crews were carefully screened for Michimaniacs. But, these people aren ' t really dangerous, they are just spirited, energetic and dedicated. i Dedication. It is what kept class of ' 57 Richard Pepper Mintz going to all but one Michigan Ohio State game since 1949. It was 1964, and it was not an inflamed appendix that kept Pepper away, it was much stronger. it was his mommy. And he ' s from Ohio! This great rivalry has put Vv ' olverinc Fever in people that never even went to U of M. WJR radio personality. J.P. McCarthy holds a U of M Pcp Rally during his radio show the Friday before the big showdown. This show features celebrity guests and regular folk who display their school spirit, and of course, their good taste. Some of these people are fans, others are Michimaniacs, but they all have one thing in common, that feeling. ■ —JIMMY KOLLIN MICHIGAN LIFE • 25

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It ' s inevitable. We try hard not to place judgement on an object ' s outside appearance but we just can not help it. Flow something appears on the outside, we reason, gives clues about what ' s on the inside. A foreigner taking first sight of the Power Center, for example. can pretty well guess what it ' s used for. Because of its round shape and mirrors, one could tell that this is not an office building or a lecture hall. When the architect created the Power Center, two main things prob- ably influenced his work: His own cre- ative expression and how that expression correlated with the use of the building. When people see the Renaissance Center, they know what it is used for. But how? How do sightseers know that the World Trade Center is a complex of office buildings or that Briarwood is a mall? Three major characteristics of identi- fication are color, texture, and shape. The architect melts these characteristics together. Likewise, we melt these char- acteristics together to form our cre- ations, our covers. We are all architects constructing our own creative expression on ourselves. Clothing is more than just a covering. It is a representation ... a blueprint to our- selves and our own creativity. What is seen on the outside molds opinions of what is on the inside. Our clothing sends a message to others on how we view our selves. What makes clothing fashionable is what your own individualism puts into it. Remember—clothing is not just a cover- ing. It is a representation. A picture paints a thousand words. ■ —SETH FLICKER MICHIGAN LIFE • 2