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Article: Student fashion trends: in the school of fashion, student wardrobes often come from army/navy stores. The trick is knowing what they'll be wearing.
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- May 15, 2006
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Forty-five years ago, a bewildered dad in the musical Bye Bye Birdie asked the musical question, "What's the matter with kids today?" Along with contemporary parents, army/navy merchants hoping to cater to this age group might well be asking the same thing, if for different reasons.
They would share the bewilderment a North Carolina newspaper columnist recently expressed as he wondered in print why his 13-year-old daughter had taken to wearing jackets and T-shirts adorned with the logos and visages of rock stars who were popular in his own teen years. One possible explanation might be found in the popularity of TV's That '70s Show, but the truth is probably more ...