Women’s fashions at the University of Michigan/University of Minnesota football game
midcentury fashion – October 1954
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big rivalry game day in ann arbor
university of michigan vs. michigan state
dressing for the game has changed a bit since the 50’s.
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go blue!
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“anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.”
-alexander wang
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Reminds me of my childhood, when everyone wore their best clothes at weekends. (My grandfather used to wear a shirt and tie when digging his garden!)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Wow!
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Pete, that’s kind of cute, isn‘t it? But in my childhood too, Sundays were for ‚best dress, clean unblemished shoes,‘ and best behaviour!
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2 out of 3 was my goal )
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Wonderful photograph – how times change!
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Amazing, isn’t it?
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Gorgeous!
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❤️
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I suspect the stadiums were cleaner back then. There’s no way I would wear my best clothes to a sports stadium now.
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And your heels -)
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Look at those heels! Treacherous, today.
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Absolutely!
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Oh my goodness! I never thought about football fashion for women way back then. What a pic…and the quote from Wang? Gah. If that’s true, no one should see me now. 😜
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same!))
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I can’t imagine what they’ll be wearing in 2054!
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great point!)
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Heels, a dress, gloves and pearls…seems totally appropriate for a football game, Beth. Or not! It’s always interesting how fashion changes and how we utilize it for social or sporting events.
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it is fascinating, isn’t it?
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Fashions change and then change to what they were before
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that’s true, and luckily, some do not )
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Yes indeed 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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It definitely feels like a different era for people to be dressed up on their days off. I’m all about the sweats and crocs now. 😆
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Comfort rules for me
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Wow! At least one adult female was smart enough to wear flats and not heels! I think that might be far less comfortable than the wool band uniform to sweat beneath!
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Right!
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Times have certainly changed. Nowadays, it’s ratty jeans and ink. I’m okay with both eras.
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Each had its time
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Oh, how times have changed! One thing hasn’t: I would still be rooting for Minn to upset Mich!
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Luckily about the dress!
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Heels to a football game? Thank goodness that times have changed. My feet are forever grateful!
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There was a time, and I so agree
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That’s very much like I remember my mom looking … almost all the time, no matter the occasion. Imagine clambering up and down stadium steps in those heels!
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Wow!
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Wow – so fancy – just like what people wore to fly in the 50s!
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that’s true
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How times have changed.
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indeed
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I just finished watching an Italian limited series on Netflix called “Deceitful Love” (fabulous!) and I couldn’t help think that I wish people made more of an effort in their dress. Maybe not heels and skirts for a ball game but still. :)
We have all (most of us) chosen comfort in casual.
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I get that, but at a game it’s probably not quite the best plan )
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No, definitely not. Time and place ;-)
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love the glam!
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<3
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hahaha! oh, you’ve noticed that? ;-)
~David
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)))
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It must have been bloody cold in a skirt / dress when it got late in the season! LoL
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yes, I’ve been through many freezing games and fully dressed for winter and still cold
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Those were the days when people dressed up for just about anything. Women dressed like that to go to the store, for heaven’s sake…
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I can’t imagine it -)
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Go for it, Beth. You are sure to turn some heads with the retro look. 😊
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I’m sure it would be a surprise to all )
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So dressed up. Climbing the bleachers must have been a lot of fun.
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I can’t even imagine –
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Tight skirts and heels on bleachers. A disaster waiting to happen.
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what could go wrong?)
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I remember dressing to the nines to go on an airplane! Glad times have changed.
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I remember that as well, but at a game, not so much
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When I was in my teens, we had a minor league hockey team that played in our town. My girlfriends and I would get all dressed up — heels and all! — to go to their games. Looking back, it just might have been on the off chance that we’d meet one of the players…
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Motivated!
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Yes, indeed! 😁
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I refuse to believe that anyone dressed in high heels and a fur is an actual football fan!
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odds may be rigged on this one
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What a flashback. Stockings and heels, never pants. I was not allowed to wear pants through college. The only jeans were for farmers, sold at Sears. My first football game was watching the Baltimore Colts. Johnny Unitas was playing. I remember the beautiful pale blue suede coat I wore to the game, albeit the end of the era of dressing up for football games. My mother would probably not approve of how I dress today. Thanks for the memories, Beth.
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what amazing memories, Jennie. you have a great memory for detail
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If only my short term memory was the same!
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I so get that )
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😀
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That is quite the fancy attire for a football game. Did your team win?
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far from what I would wear and they did, indeed
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Just look at those heels. I’m pretty sure I would have been in severe pain after walking around in those heels. How the times have changed indeed.
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oh, absolutely
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They look gorgeous…for the game? Wow. Time has truly changed things
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That it has !
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I love older styles as a teenager! I think there was an emphasis on dressing nice everywhere due to the new commodities’ being introduced to the public after ww2.
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I think you’re exactly right
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