Hi Kate (Sweetbriar) and Catherine (Radford) I was at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia from 1964-1966. Then I went to Northwestern. Because I was there such a brief time and because new clothes were bought for college, I have all sorts of snapshots of my friends and myself that I can nail to a short period of time. I do wish we could post pictures here.
Absolutely NO pants of any kind allowed on front campus or in class. For 8:00 AM French class we rolled up the legs of our pajamas and hid them with our London Fog raincoats. The most popular footwear was Bass Weejuns (Scotch grain). Weejuns were spiffier than Old Maine Trotters. In high school we put pennies in the brown loafers and nickels in the black ones. By 1964 this was uncool. We wore our loafers with knee socks or with panty hose. Keds were good for summer. They were white canvas and had a blue label on the back of the heel. I had a few real Villager outfits, but mostly copies. The popular style was an A-line heathery skirt with a matching cable-knit sweater. You wore this on a casual date and to "mixers." The appropriate length was mid-knee. Everyone wore printed cotton blouses. These were often floral, but sometimes whimsical. I had one with eggplants. These usually had Peter Pan collars and roll-up sleeves. They were worn with solid-color skirts. Cardigans were worn, unbuttoned, over blouses. Many were hand made. We were all busy knitting. Fair Isle sweaters were greatly admired. Everybody had a yellow slicker with a hood. Hoods in general were popular, but garments with them weren't called "hoodies." Madras was everywhere. My Madras dress had a hemp belt. In fact, I had hemp belts in all colors. The front part was always leather and the buckle was metal. I had a Granny dress made out of a mustard-colored cotton with a tiny print. It was empire waisted and almost touched the floor. It was trimmed with rickrack. This style was a new concept in Virginia in the mid-60's. Very daring. For church, and for the President's Tea, we wore little white gloves. Our purses matched our heels. We wore pantyhose and always wore a slip. Pettipants were around, too. There were no tattoos. Not much nail polish. Ears were not pierced. We all smoked - absolutely everybody. Martha PS By 1969 I was working at Actor's Theater in Louisville and buying myself 1930's velvets at the Salvation Army. ************************************** _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
