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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1981)
MONDAY & TUESDAY NIGHTS BEER & BONES Mug of Beer (Under 21 gets Pepsi) Barbeque Beef Ribs Baked Potato Tossed Green Salad OREGON ELECTRIC STATION SERVING FINE FOOD & SPIRITS 5th AND WILLAMETTE' (503) 485-4444 DOWNTOWN EUGENE f WE CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER .fit YOUR EXPERi*, *% The Student University Relation Council asks you: ★Are you interested in promoting the University to Alumni, University Community and Students? ★Would you like to establish programs of direct and immediate benefit to students? ★Do you have talent to stimulate the interest and participation of the student body? If you would like to have fun in promoting the university we invite you to become a member of the Student University Relation Council. Applications are available at Rm 111 Susan Campbell Hall or telephone x5555 Apply Now, deadline is April 24th. OLD TAYLORS Weekly Special - i •a*?' ■»* — 3 Egg Cheddar Cheese Omelette, Texan Style French Toast and Homefries Served 7-11:30 Luncheon Special Barbecue Beef Sandwich $1.00 Served ll:30-close Weekend Entertainment Friday & Saturday Xplorers Serving the U of O since 1930 We 're Taxlored to serve. 13th & Kincaid ‘Stylish ’ clothing adorns walls of bizarre boutique By SHEILA SCHMITZ 01 the Emerald "Sorry, We’re Open,” admits a sign outside the yellowish house behind Poppi’s in the 13th Avenue Courtyard. A mannequin on the porch displays a feather hat and in vites a quick peek inside. The peek becomes a gape. Mirrors, lights, signs and cos tumes line the narrow stairway. A Judy Garland tune filters down and lures the tentative explorer upstairs to discover the cartoon-like world of the Street Merchant. Day Rogers owns and runs this second-hand clothing carnival and variety store. Rogers can provide an altar boy’s shirt from Holland or the metal shawl Rosalind Russell once wore. And that's just for starters. Interested in a black, pink and turquoise leotard-shoe? Or how about the mermaid on-crutches suit? Filling the sequined tail requires both the wearer’s legs, so Rogers graciously provides crutches for easier locomotion. Practical things for both men and women from many fashion eras add to the inventory, but Rogers prefers specializing in various forms of the ugly. Uglies are ranked into five categories: • Dawn of Ugly. The polka dot gloves epitomize this group. • Pre-Ugly. The aqua dress with sequins and the purple pants are good examples. • Ugly In its Purist State. A member of this class is the collar made of two minks biting each other’s faces. • Son-ot-Ugly. The plaid peddle-pushers have a subtle flair but still rank in this fourth category. • Beyond Ugly. Only a select few are worthy of this distinc tion. The monkey-fur-trimmed evening gown sets a good example. The trend toward bizarre and older fashions began in the 1960s with the beatniks and bohemians, Rogers says. The sub-cultures wore wild, second-hand clothes to estab lish group identity. Only in the last four or five years has the trend become fashionable for anyone with the nerve. Today, Rogers says, "Sorry, We're Open," reads the sign outside Day Rogers’ second hand and ugly clothing store. people wear older clothes bec ause of a desire to go back to a "cleaner” day. The quality of the clothing produced in the 1930s and 1940s is appreciated by today’s buyer, Rogers says. Ingenious color and style combinations result from thinning wardrobes bolstered with prize finds from agents like Goodwill. The com binations become hip, and the designers capitalize on them, she says. Street Merchant stays with the originals, however — Rogers collects her inventory mostly from trade with customers and other individuals. “I buy anything I like,” she says. “I especially go for loud colors.” I Rogers sits behind her toy cash register in the middle of it all: the Bogie hats, satin dresses, parasols and tap shoes. Each month a new local artist is featured. This month, hand made masks by Carrington are displayed among the other cur iosities. But ideas don’t stop at the walls of the store. The outdoor courtyard also lends itself to displaying Rogers’ wares. She hopes to prove it by putting together a fashion show to be presented in the courtyard this spring. The Street Merchant also runs contests when the mood arises. Currently, the first per son who tells Rogers what a Cotton-Eye Joe is will get a $5 discount on anything in the store. “If you can show me what it is, you get a $10 discount.’’ Leaving the store, don’t forget to check out the brown, armadillo-skin purse complete with claws, tail and head. The football-shaped purse has sequin eyes and a shoulder strap. Though it has gotten a lot of attention, it has yet to find a home. Says Rogers, “I will sell no armadillo purse before its time." Human Sexuality Symposium May 15-17 Specialists in sex therapy, gender identity and family life will be featured at the 6th Annual Pathfinder’s Symposium. Speakers Robert Stoller, Psychiatry professor - University of Washington Lonnie Barbach, Clinical professor of Medical Psychology - University of California Medical School Richard Green, Psychiatry professor - State University of New York at Stony brook. UO Students $25/General Public $65 Daily fees: UO Students $10, Friday Night/UO Students $5 General Public $30 UO credit available. For registration and more information contact the Continuation Center, 1479 Moss, 686-4231. Co-sponsored by the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology and the Continuation Center. Tuesday. Anril 21. 1981
