Stage One
By LEE O’CONNOR
Of the Emerald
Mona Sturges bubbles. So
does her store.
It is unique, like its own
er, in that it has “a mood for
every occasion,” no matter if
you feel up, down, sad, mad or
scholarly.
Mrs. Sturges can’t be put in
to a mold. She just' doesn’t fit
iato one of the “little boxes
that are just the same.” Her
store doesn’t qualify as one of
the sterile look-alike downtown
store emphasizing the Bobbie
Brooks label either.
To summarize, Stage I, which
is located on 11th and Hilyard,
by the Mayflower Theatre, comes
across loudly, and with a vivaci
ous personality that asks, Do
you dare to be you?
“I probably know more about
the Sigma Nu’s than anyone
else on campus,” Mrs. Sturges
said. She watches people a lot.
“It makes me mad,” she said,
to be classified, so she doesn’t
do it to other people. Her store
reflects it.
Store Offers V'ariety
"We’re not trying to compete
with downtown,” Mrs. Sturges
said. “Fashion is fun and our
store is for people who want to
express themselves. It is for
those people who have enough
confidence to wear what they
want,” she pointed out.
Stage I does this quite suc
cessfully. It’s not the place
where you go to get your basic
black dress. However, unless the
other fashion stores have caught
onto the idea, you can count on
getting something there that
sets you apart from 5,000 other
Betty Co-eds on campus.
Big Bikinis
What does Stage I have ex
actly? That depends a lot on
what you want. Clothes-wise,
Stage I, like about every other
clothes store in town, features
clothes ranging from the sporty
to prom wear. Bikinis are still
big this year. Shorts and cotton
and knit slacks in bright yel
lows, pinks and blues are shown
on the racks. The so-called Ro
mantic look, with its full skirts
and yards of ruffles on the
sleeves, the hemline, the neck
line and down the front can be
seen in both the maxi and the
mini dress lengths. The Bon
nie and Clyde look is also shown,
for examples of the kind of
clothing you’re likely to find.
Perhaps Stage I differs most
from other Eugene stores in
the accessories that it offers.
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pink hats, poison rings, a great
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conversation piece by the way.
and stacks of tights in all col
ors, and in basic black and white,
are shown in the store.
There is hand-made jewelry.
Stage I is the designer’s only
Oregon outlet. The rest of his
merchanise he sells in Califor
nia. Of course, there are also the
over-the-knee boots, and all
sorts of leather purses. To make
the merchandise more varied,
there are also suntan lotions and
creams.
One of the nicest things about
Stage I is that the store, its
owner, and its customers take
life kind of easy. There isn’t
any big rush about anything.
No pressure is given. You can
come in and look without buy
ing. If you're not in a rush,
and just stopping in for only
a moment, you might even take
the time to have a cigarette and
talk to Mrs. Sturges. You will
probably like her, most people
do. Maybe you’ll find something
just a little bit different on the
racks that says You. That is,
if you dare to be different.
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Steal Show
While Diahnn Carroll topped
oil' her evening gown with
nearly nothing, the male sex
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demy Awards.
"Oscar’’ nearly went unnotic
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the stage in turtleneck sweaters
without ties, turtleneck sweat
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beards.
It took Sammy Davis, Jr.,
singing the Academy Award
winning song "Talk to the Ani
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Suit with a string of beads
around his neck, and spiced
with a beard, Sammy “socked
it” to an otherwise dull eve
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