This is your mother's Rush! What we wore 1960-1990

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Originally Posted by Kazekuro

While my time was in the early 2000s the reason I am putting this in is because my sister went threw the same thing 8 years before me. She in my mind was my personal fashion model at 6'0'' with blond hair and blue eyes she was a drop dead beauty (now compaire to kid sister barley 5'6'' with black hair and grey eyes I didn't feel on par with her glamor) but I remember watching her pack for school with a special bag to hold all her clothes for rush in 1996.

When I went to rush in 2004... I modeled my look after my sister which could have gone TERRIBLY wrong. Thankfully I Tim Gunned that! (Made it work).

Round 1- 1996(sister) had worn a soft grey colored loosely tailored suit with a vibrent blue blouse that brought out her eyes and a pair of grey and blue kitten heels with her hair in a French Twist and small hoops.

Round 1- 2004 (me) thank you men's fashion! A tailored, well groomed dark grey pinstripe suit with matching vest (before these were super in but I'm VERY curvy so it worked) but no shirt under the full vest. So when you took off the coat it was chic, but I wore dark purple high heeled boots. My hair was in a chignon with a purple ribbon running threw it and amethyst earrings.

Round 2 (1996) Oh, the Gap. Brown suade boots over a pair of eggplant colored cords and a short sleeved blouse in eggplant with brown stitching. [I sniped this outfit in 2001. I thought I was soooo cool... worst day of High School Fashion EVER!)

Round 2 (2004) A pair of dark green well fitting cord slacks and a rose colored blouse with a strand of rose colored and green faux pearls with matching earrings and I'm pretty sure the same boots Kerin wore in 1996.

Round 3 (1996) a brilliant turquoise velvet dress with boat neck but short short sleeves and a white cardigan left open with a pair of white pearls, a white head band and turquoise boots with white tights. Ooooh yeah. The Hilary Clinton Headband!

Round 3 (2004) dark sapphire blue wrap dress with a cream colored chiffon scarf with sapphire water like splashes painted onto it. Navy blue heels and nude stockings. It should be noted I say stockings. These were silk stockings my mother bought in London in 1972 and a garter belt that was my Nana's in WWII (navy lace). It flashed a little when I sat down and one of the alumnae noticed and complimented me on my ability to keep my seems straight.

Round 4 (1996) Black dress with a small amount of soft pink piping in a very classic Audry Hepburn sort of way with a pair of pink tights and black shoes with a pink and black handbag.

Round 4 (2004) Same dress. On me it was tea length with a pair of black open toe pumps and nude hose and a pink ribbon in my hair.

What a difference 8 years makes.

BTW- we went to different colleges and are with different organizations.

Seriously, you remember everything you and your sister wore that long ago? And since I was there: by 1972 everyone was wearing pantyhose made of nylon. And if you wanted stockings, they were nylon, in the USA or in England. (Remember Carnaby Street? They made stockings obsolete.)