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Show f UNIVERSITY " NEWS THE THIiOW HACK fashion trends all over the world have lately been leaning toward Western ranch life for inspiration. The cowboy and his tradiitional garb have inspired designs in everything from furniture furni-ture to women's hats, and that is a lot of inspiration. Universities are no exception; dress has been showing the western west-ern influence for several years. University of Utah students have picked up the fashion only within the last two months and have thrown a good scare into in-to campus "oldsters" who re- member stories of the way stu- dents dressed to attend the University Uni-versity of Deseret, ancestor of the I present "U." I Western boots and plaid shirts began reently to crop out among I the English riding habits of wo-i wo-i men's riding classes. Men began to wear "levis," tooled leather belts, and flannel shirts around the campus. Finally someone took the last step and wore high-heeled cowboy boots under his smooth 1 fitting "levis." The majority of the men on the campus still adhere ad-here calmly to loose comfortable sportwear, and the traditional conserative dress of the University Universi-ty is in little danger of being totally tot-ally abandoned in favor of Western West-ern costume. Neverless, the type of masculine mascu-line dress popular in the early days of higher education in Utah is being recalled, and the following follow-ing excerpts from the "Deseret News" of 70 years ago indicates the old style trend: "We perceive a great change in our young men of late years. The riding of wild horses with outlandish saddles, the wearing of long spurs, leggings, (chaps) and sashes, and that sort of thing, Co not occupy tleir attention as' they did once. A young man may be . thought a pretty, good fellow by his associates nowadays, and yet not wear a very "broad-rimmed hat and long tiair and wide legged pants, without suspenders Our young men cultivate higher Pastes than they' formerly did. and seek knowledge with avidity. |