We couldn’t wear pants to school, until the early ‘seventies. That’s when dress really started breaking down.
It’s been a long time since I worked in an environment where it would really be appropriate to ‘dress up’; and I honestly don’t miss it much. I like being comfortable, and can’t believe that as a young person I wore stockings, garter belt, girdle, and all that stuff.
But I like to see people looking neat and stylish, it’s another art to admire; and especially if they’re representing me on a world stage.
“We couldn’t wear pants to school until the early ‘seventies...”
The school officials figured pants covered more than the rolled-up micro-mini skirts. The teachers got tired of lining up the girls to measure their skirts with a ruler. They had to measure boys’ hair length, too, so the boys took to wearing short hair wigs over their shoulder-length locks.