Surfeit Of Style

The University of Colorado was a veritable hotbed of fashion in 1955, teeming with a plethora of clothing and accessories. (I did it! I used three vocabulary words in a context sentence.)

Here you see Olde Dick in a foxy graphic print, guaranteed to lure the ladies.

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Next, Cat’s-eye Cathy sports the popular seashell skirt, purchased when she summered in Nantucket.

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And what woman wouldn’t like this lovely pixie cut to bring out her cheekbones and dark, manly caterpillar eyebrows? My advice? First, grow the hair out. Then buy the flatiron.

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Punished pledges donned straw hats.

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Stepping outside of the box (and back into it, and then back out) were members of Calico and Boots, in barn-dancing regalia.

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Aloha!

 

 

 

 

How To Scorn A Woodwinder

UPI/Bettman Newsphotos, Illustrated History of US
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The bare-chested, bead-donning Pied Piper here was captioned as a member of the Yippies. I confess I know nothing of Yippies (only the later Yuppies), but wikipedia says:

The Youth International Party, whose members were commonly called Yippies, was a radically youth-oriented and countercultural revolutionary offshoot of the free speech and anti-war movements of the 1960s, founded on December 31, 1967. They employed theatrical gestures, such as advancing a pig (“Pigasus the Immortal”) as a candidate for President in 1968, to mock the social status quo.

Pigasus the Immortal? I don’t get it.

Dogs Watching Football

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The dogs had a front-row seat to a father-son football game in the backyard last night. They witnessed the passes and fumbles.

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As usual, the male seemed more interested in the game. Jemima paused briefly from her latest goal of digging a hole to China while Tonto looked enraptured.

Football 043But then again, he’s an outdoor dog who was saved from the pound, has no responsibilities, and his life is endless bliss.

What You Talkin’ ‘Bout, Easter Bunny?

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Check out these basket-toting cuties during an Easter egg hunt, and the boy’s priceless expression. That suspicious gaze brought to mind shades of Arnold Jackson from Diff’rent Strokes–except in much more fashion forward overalls.