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

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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.
ID Number: 2006.31.4
Date: 1968
Creator(s): Fitzpatrick, Lenore, Maker
Physical Description: 1 Dress; polyester; 29 in.H x 21 in.W
Place Made: United States of America, WASHINGTON, Tacoma
Credit: MOHAI, 2006.31.4