To: flickerful who wrote (8872 ) 3/24/1998 6:29:00 PM From: Gauguin Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Well, thank you , but no gushing. Praise equals embarrassment which equals no more doggone stories hide under desk. o:) And yep, tie-dyeing the tees was learned right after crumple-bleaching of Levis (done in a bucket, "outside", with terrified mothers crying over the waste inside). We had sort of "monkeys working independently" developed the low-tech bleaching process from a bleach spot on someone's jeans. "Created quite a stir." Official tye-dyeing came as a chromatic revelation. do that?") We still have a collection of MJ's minidresses. Unbelievable. I won't let her throw them out. Guys didn't wear much jewelry or necklaces where I lived, for some reason; just decorations. We were pretty much "trim" Levi's, occasional belt, and rough-out boots. (Is that a common term?) In case it's not, rough-outs are high "cowboy" boots with the plain leather inverted, I believe; I should know, as I lived in them, many pair, but maybe someone does. Our first horrible "dress code" indiscretion was to let the hem at the bottom of the Levis out, so that they would fray ever so smoothly, slip over the boots more easily, and extend their life; (we were "growing", you know, taller); Neal's poor dear lovingly perfect Mom practically saw his bright future disappear over that one. ("Desert Boots", a kind of natural suede, beautiful shoe, they were there; wore lots of them too.) Naturally faded blue 501's ONLY, please. And, it was the only color they came. Thank goodness, I say, matey. Plain white tee shirts, clean and soft. Usually tucked in. Some dyed. Real Pea-coats (no field jackets, but some great and dramatic Civil War-type longcoats). And, of course, hair. Everywhere. (Mostly clean-shaven, though.)River Dance kind of remind me of then - shorten them up to a foot, at will. (BTW, MJ and her friends and families were the first class to force and win the issue of women/girls wearing pants to school...!)great time, no? Engaging, colorful, and exciting. Kind of innocent. And pleasant.
