UW-Stevens Point: Home Economics Timeline: Past To Present (1902-2002)
A celebration of 100 years of dynamic change in Home Economics
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A student in Home Economics examines dresses in a class on clothing selection and construction. Fashion in the 60�s didn�t trickle down from Parisian designers. It was drawn from the street to the salon and then to stores where the over 30 crowd bought it with a designer label attached. Picture (150x219, 6.5Kb)
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Contestants in the Miss Stevens Point Pageant wore a variety of the fashions of the period. Short and long hair styles were both popular and the ladylike look of the 50�s was still evident. The second girl from the left wears a suit which had the �Jackie Kennedy� look. The flat collar lies far from the neck and the sleeves are � length. Picture (150x95, 3.1Kb)
"One Hundred Years of Stevens Point Style Vol I-V,"
Exhibition by Patricia Williams in Agnes Jones Gallery, UWSP, 1995.
Photographs were reproduced from University materials and the Portage County Historical Society, as well as family albums.




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