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
my favorite shirt
lived in
worn to softness
tissue paper thin
color gone
shapeless and frayed
always feels like home.
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“there is a special blessing in old clothes;
that aside from their comfort,
for which especially they are to be cherished.
they confer a certain kind of anonymity on one who wears them gladly;
all their bright places rubbed in a uniform dullness,
they achieve an appearance so nearly nondescript
that only a close scrutiny could learn that ever they held shape at all.’
-maude meagher
fashion fad: mittens are the new shoes.
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“organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.”
-a.a. milne
central casting must have had a hand
in a scene on our neighborhood street today.
while waiting at the corner for the light to change
a mail carrier in his blues came by riding a bike
a doctor in scrubs walked across the street on her way home from the hospital
a construction worker in a bright neon vest held the sign for ‘stop’ and ‘slow’
all crossing paths
all in uniform
I have to admit that I felt a bit left out and underdressed
in sandals and comfy clothes
although I suppose I was in a uniform too
that of a teacher on summer break.
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“I always had a sense that clothes, be it uniform or vintage,
could help to create a character.”
-collier schoor
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book credits: naomi kleinberg, author – joseph mathieu, illustrator, google books, sesame street
fashionable kinder witch mixes up her brew.
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“clothes are just something you put on to cover yourself…
fashion is a way to communicate.”
-dries van noten
I didn't have my glasses on.... 