New Wave
to be exact...
New Wave! New Wave! It’s being tout
ed as the latest in a long succession of
trends: New Wave hairdos — New Wave
glasses — New Wave clothes — New
Wave bands — almost everything is being
swept up on the crest of the New Wave
But what is New Wave? Where did it
come from'’ Can a trend that is mostly
visual and musical be defined
adequately?
New Wave, like so many previous
movements in style and sound, originat
ed in Europe Americans have a pen
chant for watering-down, adopting and
then exploiting to destruction the trends
of European youth. New Wave has
become the stuff of television commer
cials and video games
New Wave is an outgrowth of late '70s
Punk and the Neo-Mod movement in the
United Kingdom As with '60s trends
there, music and clothing are all a part of
the style Punk (and its precursor, Eng
lish pub rock) was a refreshing antithesis
against the backdrop of boring old farts
like Fleetwood Hack, Elton Hack, Jethro
Hack and Rod Hack The relevance of
Punk music to the social realities of
youth in the United Kingdom can't be
i overlooked If they were good it was
worth a complimentry gob
Punk was clothes and accoutrements
— zips, razors and rips The longstanding
obligatory flows of Beatle-like mops were
rendered passe with spiky and multi
hued Punk hairstyles Like clothing
styles, Punk hairstyles were purposely
anti-style
Paralleling the rise of Punk was a
resurgence of the '60s Mod movement
Mod then and now, is exemplary of the
fusing of music and fashion Mod styles
are sharp
Well, Townshend said it best: “My
jacket’s gonna be cut clean and
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Seven of the Delta Gamma sisters pull off as many great mini looks with panache.
Mini Skirts! A short new wavet
Again?
Evidently, no one completely buried
high-rise hemlines 12 years ago
This time,the new mini wave is rushing
in with fullblown pizazz The skirts are
soft and full, new wavish and old-timey
They're swishy, kick-pleated, slung
waisted and flattering to a number of
legs
Their greatest asset this season is
adaptability
The mini skirt can rise 3 inches, 5
inches, even 10 inches above the knee It
can be dressed up or down, act like
r
shorts or a dressy dress It can be worn
with tights, leg warmers, neon anklets,
knee socks or sheer-seamed stockings
Any low shoe — strapped flats, shiny
tuxedo pumps, tennis shoes, sandals,
cuffed boots — looks great with one All it
needs is a little proportion
It’s funny the way mini skirts have crept
back Hints popped up last spring when
they began to appear in bright jersey and
striped, sweatshirty fabrics Then the
California girls went home for the sum
mer and returned with trunkfuls
Meanwhile, New Wave trends have
gained momentum, hemlines have gone
awry and no one s taking fashion advice
from anyone in particular No doubt,
people are deciding what's hip, and
comfortable, on their own
Around campus, nobody appears
especially nonplussed by them Certainly
some notice the legs more than the skirt,
but the initial shock and not-again dread
have given way to some skepticism, mild
acceptance and noted expressions ol
three-martini enthusiasm
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