PATRON + How much have cheerleader costumes changed since the 1950s?

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AuntWendy Craft July 21, 2016

Sherri Rhodes, fun old days!
Yvita Luckie July 21, 2016

A lot and NOT for the better!
Kearney Hall July 22, 2016

My wife Barbara dressed just the same from 1957-61 in Birmingham’s West End HS!
Melissa Thomas Lankford July 16, 2018

I remember my aunt’s cheerleader skirt from the 1950s, it was corduroy lined in satin, and very heavy!
Lynn Evans Sullivan July 16, 2018

Lol, for one thing we don’t call them costumes any more. Or at least they didn’t in 1973. My cheerleader costume was called a uniform.
Nina Ann Johns Nalley July 16, 2018

In the 60’s, our Cheerleader and Majorette uniforms we’re modest. Today, the uniforms look like stripper outfits. Too many boobs and hineys showing, too many sexual explicit moved in the routines.
Denise Upton Marcus July 16, 2018

The skirts look to short for 50’s. The hairstyles caught my attention too!
Pat Ross Ballard July 17, 2018

And no obesity in the group, what has changed in the last 4 decades? Fast food , drive through s , no physical exercise and etc.