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| Back in the day freshmen dressed up for orientation as they wanted to make the best impression on the upperclassmen. Those were the days! |
Posts filed under "vintage"
It's That Time of Year - Orientation Week!
It's one of our favorite times of the year, when freshmen everywhere step on campus and start the best 4 (or 5 for some) years of their lives. We'd like to acknowledge all the new college students and we can't wait to see some great style from orientation weeks!
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| Duke University Orientation Week - 1965 - Can you imagine coming to school with just a bag over your shoulder? |
Rompers, Skirts and Dresses - Rhodes College 1970
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| These three Rhodes College students showcase the "match everything" trend of the 1970s by wearing a gingham/checkered romper, polka-dotted matching skirt and top and a teardrop/paisley patterned dress. |
Preppy Shorts and Androgyny - Princeton
High School Campus Style - Hippie Culture - 1969
We happened to stumble upon this wonderful album that showcases high school campus style in the late 60s and even though we haven't posted pre-college style before, we saw no reason why not to.
View more photos here. All photos by Arthur Schatz via the Life Archive.
Androgynous Style - 1949 - Vassar College
One of the staples of preppy womenswear is androgyny and these "dapper" Vassar ladies are doing it right.
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Princeton Summer - 1983
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| While we do not deplore the lack of white tennis shoes nowadays, we do wish shorter shorts would come back to campus instead of baggy long shorts |
Drinks On the Quad - 1983 - Harvard University
