Teen's two-piece outfit with shorts, 1968-1970

Teen's two-piece outfit with shorts, 1968-1970

1968/1970

Local high-schooler Lynn Fitzpatrick wore this matching tunic top and shorts outfit in the late 1960s. Her mother Lenore sewed it out of trendy double-knit polyester. Lynn proudly wore the outfit to school but was promptly sent home. Shorts were not allowed under the school dress code at the time. 1 Dress; Materials: polyester; Dimensions: 29 in.H x 21 in.W

Vietnam War era

Clothing, 20th century

Northwest Digital Heritage

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