University of Wisconsin Platteville - Pioneer Yearbook (Platteville, WI)

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Above: Punk Rock clothing has replaced fhe wide leg poms of the early 1970's. CLOTHING , X

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conTinued from page 6 ThroughouT The decade, improvemenTs in dorm life have affecTed us Today. Dur- ing The 4972 - 73 school year, beer be- came legal in The dorms. refrigeraTors were allowed in The rooms and beds be- came moveable. Dorms now had all The comforTs of home! In 4976, 24 hour visiTa- Tion became an opTion allowed in The dorms. Boebel Hall held ITs firsT classes in The fall of 4977. The building was named afTer Leo E. Boebel, Dean of The College of ArTs and Sciences for 47 years, unTiI his deaTh in 4968. The pedesTrian mall on campus was buiIT in 4977 and allows an easier access To an of The buildings on campus. Before The mall was buiIT, a sTreeT running pasT The STudenT CenTer and Brigham Hall was The Main STreeT of The campus. The mosT recenT physical change on our campus was The desTrucTion of The Old Main Building To make room for The con- sTrucTion of The new Fine ArTs CenTer. Old Main Was The firsT building on The presenT campus, and opened in 4907. The final day of classes in Old Main was December 46, 4980. The Fine ArTs CenTer is To be compIeTed and ready To open by De- cember of 4982. . As our campus keeps changing, iT will make way for fuTure sTudenTs who de- cide, Ten years from now, To furTher Their educaTion aT PIaTTevilIe. CAMPUS 7

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Fashions AITer Over The Years IT was only 0 decode ago when nhigh fashion consisTed of Thigh oner ponTs for men and mini skirTs for women. Men couldn'T find ponTs long enough To cover Their ankles, while wom- en couldn'T seem To find dresses shorT enough To uncover Their Thighs. Times have changed, and so have fashions. By The mid-sevenTies, females had Troded in Their dresses for hip-hUgger jeans and boggy blue farmer's shirTs. Men who enjoyed leg onching were under The ThreoT of exTincTion because 0 female wearing a dress was sel- dom seen. Perhaps This is why men reverTed To wearing eye coTching ponTs wiTh bold plaids or brighT sTripes. WiThouT o doubT, These years also become leisurely os jeons replaced dress- es and leisure suiTs replaced The TrodiTionol cooT and Tie. The years ThoT followed were marked by much The some sTyle of cloThing; buT by The IoTe sevenTies foshions'begon To Take onoTher Turn. Dresses and suiTs were dug ouT of The for cor- ners of The closeT while people and poiiTicions were digging Themselves ouT from The econo- my Toword 0 new conservoTism. Fashion mog- ozines porTroyed women in Toilored Three piece dress suiTs, comparable To The some Type of suiTs ThoT men were wearing ch The Time. On The college scene, cowl neck sweoT- ers replaced TurTle necks, down jockeTs re- placed Tweed cooTs, and bell boTTom pants were replaced by sTroighT leg jeons. By The end of The decode, T-shirTs no longer were worn under onoTher shirT. RoTher, They be- come 0 form of odverTising; from rock groups, To business esToblishmenTs, To fovoriTe beers, and even The besT bars in which To drink Them. The eighTies opened up onoTher decode, and along wiTh H, 0 new sTyle called The preppie look . This new look consisTed of plaid skirTs To The knee, sTyIish blazers, ond booT-heol shoes. For The men, sTroighT-Ieg ponTs Tcover- Tng The onkley norrower Ties, and Three piece suiTs become 0 complemenT To The woman's cloThing. And, of course olligoTor shirTs be- come The fovoriTe casual wear for boTh men and women. BuT for Those who couldn'T afford such sTyle, The eighTies remoin 0 Time for blue jeans, T- shirTs, and Tennis shoes. Even ofTer Ten years of changing foshions, These old sTond-bys never seem To go ouT of sTyie. CLOTHING 9