More Hollings Fashions - 1988

 

Another chance to see what the Fashion Students of Hollings College of Stuff have for show at their Degree End Show.

Bonus - 

Graduation Day

 

Oh Happy Day !

Bonus - 

Obviously

Debbie, Leaving College For The Last Time.

 

Having avoided hard work for five years, she now has to find a use for her Masters Degree in Floral Arranging.

Bonus - 

Photography - The Old Fashioned Way

 

Before iPhone's 99 Terapixel camera...

Before Sony Mavica digital cameras

Before Kodachrome

Before 35mm film format.

THIS is how photographs were taken. And No, that's not a pair of iPhones at the photographer's foot.

Bonus - Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years

Wilbur, The Unhappy Graduate

 

( Reposted. Something done gone wrong.)

This world is a great big melting pot

 

It looks like this image and blog post might be the only one to document the International Student Goodwill? Association of Lycoming County. Which is a pity, and they look like a fine bunch of kids.

Let's just listen to their song.

Bonus - Mystery of Waterloo’s dead soldiers to be re-examined by academics

Bonus 2 - I suspect that the fear of clowns is just an over-played exaggeration. Oh. Wait.

Where Did You Get That Hat?

Browsing for a slide to post today, this slide seemed to be ideal. Why? Here's why?

Written on the slide was "Edinburgh Anthony and Sheila 16-6-72".

Hey !   It is fifty years to the day !  Nice.

Bonus - Gouverneur Morris, the author of the final draft of the US Constitution, died from internal injuries after inserting a whale bone into is penis in an attempt to clear a urinary tract blockage.
 

...and the Lint Roller is awarded to....

Hi there.

Actually, this slide is labelled

Edinburgh Anthony and Sheila 16-6-1972

...so that' rather answers your next question.

Bonus - Leaf Raking - Advanced Level.

Bonus 2 -

The Serious Graduate

Not a happy chappy.

Tough luck, dude.  You're an adult now - go and get a job.

Bonus - You've probably seen this already, but Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap

Bonus 2 - How a Woman's Donated Body Became a Digital Cadaver

Sassy !

This Sassy Lassie is clearly a happy graduate ! Well done Sally.

Bonus - Taxidermy done so horrible it is beautiful.

Bonus 2 - The remarkable career of Thomas Abernethy

A Bevvy of Beauties

Or is it a Trio of Tarts.

It's been too long since I posted something from the Hollings College Fashion Show, so let's correct that now. As fashion pundits will instantly spot, this is from the 1980s...1987 in fact. And fashions perfect for the typical Sloane Ranger.

Fresca and Do-nuts

The cornerstone of any balanced breakfast - Sugary donuts and Sugary Fresca. I'm guessing that Duane is a student - there's that "awake at the crack of noon" look about him, and the kitchen cupboards look a little sparse. But hey...maybe it's a Saturday and he's earned that lie-in.