Thursday, December 4, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Thursday, December 4, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven ...and tyle C immediate approval, in fact, the changing fashions did not catch on for many centuries after that original idea. When the change came, not only were the styles changed, but the materials as well. Romans wore sandals, before them the Egyptians wore san- dals, and before the Egyptians shoes were a piece of skin wrap- ped about the foot, probably tied with a strip of the same skin. Shoes today are unique, each part of the shoe, toe, heel, top and material is a separate fash- ion. There are high and low heels, round, pointed (which are out) and square or blocked toes. On the top of the shoe one can find chains, buckles, beads and metal bands. Interesting aspect of shoes is that they have become a fashion tothemselves. Almost everything you can imagine can be found in shoes. Not only are there shoes but there are boots, knee high, ankle boots, boots which reach up to the mid- thigh. With zipeprs,ziepephesthetr thigh. With zippers, pull ons and buttons the boots come in all colors and materials; from leather to vinyl and almost everything in between. Of course there are the old standbys, loafers and ten- nis shoes for casual wear. Actually, all the styles h a v e been around for a number of centuries. Sandals and moccasins have been with us since the early Egyptians and Romans; boots are an offshoot of hunting .and riding boots, still nothing new or original here. The French kings had the patent on buckles long before we did and square toes came over with the men of Chris Columbus. Most of t h e shoe fashion and some of t h e clothes fashions have b e e n brought from the past. Neat thing about fashions from the past is that they were good then and they are even better now. I wonder if the woman who dis- covered that all the shoes looked the same knew what she w a s starting?! ommentary f I s Thinking About Christmas Gifts? ,GWell Then Come on in and See Us at the Uan uren We carry the finest in Lingerie, Foundation Garments, Girdles, Brassiers, Hosiery, and House Coats _.. .. _.. ' j rF _ _._. _ _ . n -fl Fashion Letter TO: the dedicated follower of fashion I have been reading your page for about a month, what I have to say is not a criticism, but more of an opinion. Most of the ar- ticles on the fashion page are interesting if not helpful. I won't say that I always dress according to the latest styles from aPris or London but I do alright. Like I mentioned before the selections offered on your page are some- what enjoyable to read, but I often wonder how you get your information on the clothes It seems that all you write is straight fashion articles, while Debbi (or Debby however you spell it) writes the editorials; she does a good job, but I would like to see you jump in with an opin- ion on fashions. Your writing is good and I should know, I'm an English major graduating this semester. Both of the other writers come across well, Debbi and Barbel. My only criticism is that I would like to see more opinions directed towards the Ann Arbor campus fashions. -Brent Bradely - -r 8 NICKELS ARCADE 662-2914 OPEN Monday through Friday til 9:00 P.M. V' KEEP WARM in our SCANDIA HATS MITTENS GLOVES and SCARVES (Keep others warm for Christmas) Flitin4 ino the egiiings of Chrisiuumas spirit is raci ini a dress b G6a ,Gibson. The lircss, fine for after-f ivc and the h/olida); ;aItherinis is u is t mighlt be termedit a "small party drss." The dressis ilu/ilc w it/hIii itti- colored, /m e/allic, braided / rim, and i as nmadc atailable courted.) of Mary Dibble. the dedicated follower of fashion-james flynn ON SHOES-A Foot in the Mouth Back in the prehistoric timlies no one had the idea to cover and protect their feet from the cold snow or theie mnuid and ra in. [hen some ancestor of mankind stm - bled upon a grCat idea, whyi not use animal skin to protect our Icet? '11tis the birth of the presei I dal shoe. Things were Probably going great for a couple of centuries until some observant woman noted that every other W0om.an1 was \ Wearing the exact same kind of shoe. Thus the birth of the shoe fashion era. E en so, the idea did not attain 5~ary Pibble ANN ARBOR 1121 S. UNIVERSITY I i! ______ ____ , _ ___ _, 500 E. Liberty Phone 761-6212 Paraphernalia f I WISHES YU FONDEST SALUTATIONS FOR THE COMING I HOLIDAY SEASON Paraphernalia 215 S. State ........ a . r R 4 l-\ tG .' y 41 e x t. 4 \ ell X t. f < A + F r " r s / r 1 i z f T 3 b 4 Y <' sy tJ -*- 1 } - R ' a. I c' $s 3 M'Afis 9 .4 4 r t N A vtu, 0A ci. i that gt e\jq v ",=r........,,,. q' s : r . g i ; s 5; i sQ 's Y d p -. ,, : J f '. y. T y. k 1 : .- .. coordinates V.Ufa L~roc~,P _' C 7.m r 4/ / i/i vt7 , CI b60 r'1 1 CtI '6f 41. A. Corg ribbed car FQ t 4. 1 of > S2lr' 0 p -if I aC % ; s 0 Q ,/ 1'h / V 00 '00 '