A grape covered Schiaparelli cocktail hat, Fall-Winter 1939.
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A group of very stylish girls with coordinated outfits of mini-dresses, long necklaces and amazingly cool mod tights, from Life magazine photographer Arthur Schatz’s 1969 photo-essay on high school fashion.
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A girl in a very cute mod mini-dress from Life magazine photographer Arthur Schatz’s 1969 photo-essay on high school fashion.
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A high school band practice gathers for Life magazine photographer Arthur Schatz’s 1969 photo-essay on high school fashion.
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A group of high school girls wearing a variety of colorful mod styles in Life magazine photographer Arthur Schatz’s 1969 photo-essay on high school fashion.
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What we think of as the standard frilly prom dress, with layers of gauze and tulle, developed in the mid-1950s. This picture of the 1958 Prom at Mariemont High School in Cincinnati show a lovely variety of these dresses as well as the very dapper white jacket/black pants combo that was the pinnacle of men’s formal evening wear in the late 1950s.
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A stylish young lady photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois in June of 1950.
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The dress code for boys was radically relaxed from the standard suits of the 1940s to the jeans and t-shirt worn by this stylishly modern young man photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois in June of 1950.
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A very fashion-forward harem jumpsuit from Bill Gibb’s Spring-Summer 1977 collection.
I’ve seen quite a few similar pieces walk down the runway in recent seasons.
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A flowery ensemble by Chloé, Spring-Summer 1977.
