University Daily Kansan. November 18. 1983
Page 9
Stars created '50s fads, Lawrence retailer says
Campus fashion of the '50s perhaps were influenced most by movie and singing stars. Although Jimmy Stewart, James Dean, Grace Kelly and Kim Novak were picked as the most popular actors and actresses in a 1957 Jayhawk yearbook, Marilyn Monroe's influence on fashion also was great
Movie and singing stars of the 1960s influenced fashion in America probably more than fashion designers in Paris and New York, Charlotte Dart, owner of Barb's Vintage Rose, 918 $½. Massachusetts St., said recently.
By GINA K. THORNBURG Staff Reporter
A student survey published in the 1957 Jayhawker Yearbook lists some favorite movie stars that might have survived a way KU students dressed in the 1958s
AS THE ACTRESS became more popular so did the clothes she wore. Soon many women were wearing capri pants, the tight-fitting, ankle-length pants. Monroe wrote on her first version and availored it to Murray's Murrow, "person to Person."
"Marilyn Monroe did a lot for women's fashions in the '50s," Dart 86.
According to the 1957 poll, the most popular actors were Jimmy Stewart and James Dean; the most popular musicales were Grace Kelly and Kim Ninovk
Skirts and pants fit tightly at the waist to emphasize the waistline and
"We wrote a really corseted look in the 150s," she said.
The corseted style of the 1950s is evident in Jayhawk yearbook photos of the time. Residence hall photographs show rows of women wearing tight-fitting sweaters trimmed with white cord, dollars, or a scarf tied around the neck.
KU women in the 1950s usually wore calf-length pleated skirts, pooled skirts and full circle skirts with saddle shoes and booby socks on campus.
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The skirts were so full that getting around town was sometimes difficult. Dart said with a laugh. "The skirts had three buttons." About two people could get in the car.
MEN AND WOMEN rarely wore blue jeans to class, she said. Blue jeans, which women usually rolled up, were for picnics and other outdoor activities.
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Contrary to the image promoted by Fonzie in the television show "Happy Days," men who wore dark leather motorcycle jackets and who greased back their hair were exceptions in the 1950s, she said.
Men at KU usually wore cuffed khaki pants with plaid or white Oxford shirts that had button-down collars. Pink, green and brown are the most popular colors (or裤, bart said).
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Men would often toop off their outfits with letter jackets or letter awners, shearing them.
And, the shoes that most men liked to wear for casual occasions were the shoes that Elvis Presley and Pat Boone made popular.
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"Everybody wore blue suede or white buck shoes." Dart said.
FOR EVENING DANCES on campus, men would wear three-button suits that had very narrow lapels. Skinny ties would help dress the suits up, and if the suit did not have any pink in it, the tie probably would, she said
The men's dates would stay with the corseted look but would be a little more sophisticated.
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Tom Stidham, assistant director of bands, said that the alumni band would perform with the Marching Jayhawks and would be part of a band formation toward the end of the show. However, the formation became more complicated because alumni band members have had limited practice, he said.
THE ALUMNI BAND will be directed by Russell Wiley, professor emeritus of fine arts. Wiley was the first member of the band to years until his retirement in 1968.
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In addition to the traditional "I'm a Jayhawk," the alumni band will play a special arrangement of "God and Earth" for Barnes, assistant director of bands.
The band will rehearse its music with Wiley at 8:30 a.m. and practice with the KU band at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Then, the members will meet in Section 32 of Memorial Hall to play and play for team warm-ups.
ABOUT 200 TO 250 ex-band members will play in the alumni band at half time tomorrow as a part of the 11th annual KU Alumni Reunion The Marching Jayhawks will bring this weekend's band reunion
Stidham said that marching in the band was like riding a bicycle.
Formal dresses were strapless so that women's shoulders were bare. Long gloves, rhinestone jewelry and a wide belt completed the formal outfit, Dart said.
Gatewood was a drummer in the band from 1951 to 1955. He is now an attorney in Topeka.
Hensley, who now lives in Wichita, said that she would attend the reunion because she enjoyed playing in the band and seeing old friends.
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Roth Gatewood, band member who will return for the reunion said, "I have a special appreciation. I have to be in a musical organ."
"When I joined, there were not about seven women in the band program," she said. "(Marching) had not been done."
Hensley said that she had marched with the KU band at nine of the past 10 to homecon games as a member of the KU Alumni Band.
"But I haven't been on a bicycle in about 10 years," he said. "I tried to ride, and it wasn't good. I wobbled, but I would lack endurance and I would be sore the next day."
Women weren't allowed to march with the band until 1922. However, they could sit in the stands and play "rah-rah tunes" with the male band members, said Hensley. She was a member of the band from 1940 until 1943.
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"ization. Once a year, I get to strap on a drum and have some fun."
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