Courtesy Princeton Class of 1967. Princetoniana Museum use only.
This time the Class came up with a theme and a costume that were unique. Nobody else has done polo outfits before or since. The ensemble turned out to be comfortable (breathable polo shirt), economical ($1 plastic helmets, bring-your-own white pants), and arguably rather handsome. The black diagonal stripe and tapered spandex puttees (boot-tops) even looked, umm, kind of slimming. This costume also came complete with ’67’s first-ever official hand-toy to carry in the P-rade, a lightweight polo mallet.
As usual, costume development went through a couple years of trial-ballooning. Classmates may remember that the Reunion Committee took at least one survey of the whole Class by mail in 1986. This displayed a couple of design proposals that I had mocked up, and the polo outfit got the nod.
This time the Class came up with a theme and a costume that were unique. Nobody else has done polo outfits before or since. The ensemble turned out to be comfortable (breathable polo shirt), economical ($1 plastic helmets, bring-your-own white pants), and arguably rather handsome. The black diagonal stripe and tapered spandex puttees (boot-tops) even looked, umm, kind of slimming. This costume also came complete with ’67’s first-ever official hand-toy to carry in the P-rade, a lightweight polo mallet.
As usual, costume development went through a couple years of trial-ballooning. Classmates may remember that the Reunion Committee took at least one survey of the whole Class by mail in 1986. This displayed a couple of design proposals that I had mocked up, and the polo outfit got the nod.