Vintage store brings together leather, mohair
By Julie Naughton
Senior Reporter
Looking for a ’50s prom dress for a party? A
rust mohair cardigan to dress up your ward
robe? For these items, plus much more, try
Rialto Extra, Lincoln’s latest addition to the
vintage clothing scene.
Owners Kimbe Ross and Demetrios Mearcs
decided to open the store last May after realiz
ing that Lincoln’s vintage clothing scene could
use a new addition.
The store, located at 1725 O Street, features
vintage clothing of all types. Items ranging
from ’50s jewelry to leather jackets are avail
able; a pink “Jackie Kennedy” suit hangs next
to a mohair sweater. Each piece is unique,
Meares said.
“It gives you the chance to be your own
person,” he said. “It’s a more interesting way
to dress than say, preppy.”
There are other benefits to buying vintage
clothing, Ross said. Vintage clothing is easier
on students’ budgets than new clothing, and
often is better made, she said.
Meares and Ross, former UNL students,
took a year off to open their store. Both said
that they hope to return to school eventually,
but this year they will try to make a go of their
store. Both have other jobs besides running
their store.
‘ ‘The student support has been great,’ ’ Ross
said.
Ross and Meares travel to New York City
often to check on new trends. Vintage clothing
shops are much more common there, they said.
There are vintage clothing “supermarkets” in
New York City. Examples include the Canal
Jean Company and the Antique Boutique, both
on Lower Broadway in New York.
While it’s considered hip and fashionable to
dress in vintage clothing in New York, vintage
clothing is something different here, Meares
said.
Meares said that one of the reasons he and
Ross decided to open their store was because
vintage clothing was just beginning to become
popular here.
“it usually takes something a few years
after it’s popular in New York to make its way
here,’’ he said. “It’s something different here.
They have a lot more of it in New York.
Meares and Ross have buyers in Omaha that
obtain the clothes they sell. The shop also
accepts items on consignment, Ross said.
Ross and Meares plan to add a few newer
items to mix in with the vintage clothing.
Meares said the store soon will sell tights and
leggings. Eventually, the store will sell some
newer jewelry, such as crystals, he said.
Future hopes for the store include a hair
salon in the back part of the store, Meares said.
Rialto Extra is open Monday through Sat
urday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Latest trends in 90s hair styles
show nostalgia for days gone by
By Jennifer Johnson
Senior Editor
In the ’50s and ’60s, hair was cool,
and hair was big (or ironed extremely
flat). Hair was just plain high-mainte
nance.
It’s hard to understand today what
it must have been like to make a
weekly trip to the hairdresser for a
new ‘do.
The beauty parlor was a social
club; a place where moms and other
women could get away from their
kids or their lives for a while to gos
sip, relax and get beautiful.
Until the ’50s, women mainly wore
hats and and only washed and ironed
their hair once a week. In 1955 the
first major change in years came with
the “Italian cut,” that had 3- to 5
inch layers all around.
The “Italian cut’’ evolved into the
“bubble,” the same haircut with roll
ers. As the “bubble” grew out it
became the ever-famous, “ Jackie O”
bouffant.
Even the bouffant had two rendi
tions: ends curled under while layers
were growing out, and flipped up
when layers reached one length (Tracey
Tumblad-style in the John Waters
movie “Hairspray”).
The bouffant grew bigger and bigger
with the help of (easing and hair spray.
“Hair-Hoppers,” as John Waters
called them, had a hair spray bill
comparable to the cost of a cigarette
habit.
Then came the beehive, the cousin
of the bouffant - a big, teased bouf
fant with a French twist. This is proba
bly the most memorable hairdo in
history.
High school girls were sent home
because their hair blocked the chalk
board. Marge Simpson-lypes had
trouble walking through doorways and
silting in cars.
As hair grew bigger, it became
more of an accessory than a bodily
growth. Women would base a whole
outfit or look on what shape their hair
was coiffed into. Effects such as fake
birds, jewels and even lights were
added for interest
The ’70s brought us the evcr-attrac
live. Rod Stewart shag cut and Farrah
Fawcett gave a gift that never will be
forgotten - FEATHERED HAIR.
Legislation is still pending as to whether
feathered hair and blue eyeshadow
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So what’s up for the
’90s? There seems to
be a bit of longing for
the past. The beehive
has come back on the
high-fashion scene in a
less sprayed, less
teased form. Models
who chopped their hair
and then needed it long
again have resorted to
using wigs. After a few
runway and fashion
layout shoots in maga
zines used wigs, the
Idea caught on and
wigs are selling well in
large cities.
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will be outlawed in the United Slates.
While Mohawks and other
punk cuts started in the late ’70s,
new wave bi-level and asymmetrical
cuts dominated the early 80s.
Then, in about 1985, the “bob”
came back. Women (and men) jumped
on the bandwagon to grow out their
multi-layered hair to the sleek, one
length look of the 20’s.
In 1989, supermodel Linda
Evangelista cut her hair into a boyish
short cut and started a trend. “Bobs”
were chopped off all over the world
and a more androgynous look set in.
So what’s up for the ’90s? There
seems to be a bit of longing for the
past. The beehive has come back on
the high-fashion scene in a less sprayed,
less teased form. Models wlio chopped
their hair and then needed it long
again have resorted to using wigs.
After a few runway and fashion lay
out shoots in magazines used wigs,
the idea caught on and wigs are sell
ing well in large cities.
Wigs are the answer for the ’90s
woman who wants that high mainte
nance look without the hassle. For
that matter, many women and even
hair stylists don’t know how to achieve
those looks of the past because wash
and-wear has been the trend for 20
years now.
It has been a long time since women
have been willing to use such tortu
ous tools as soda cans and clothing
irons to heighten or flatten their hair.
Tom Ficke, a Lincoln hair stylist,
can and is willing to cater to the
“era” looks. Tom opened a fun and
funky shop at 1417 O St. in June
1990. The shop is cal led Lincoln Hair
and is in the space of the former
Hanna’s Barber Shop.
With all of the original fixtures in
place, Fickc’s shop still has the at
mosphere of a true barber shop; Ficke
can even be seen some days in a
barber’s uniform. Adding to the funky
atmosphere is a huge, green ’60s lamp,
antique furniture and some period
knick-knacks. Times definitely have
changed since the hair-hopping ’60s.
With more than 50 percent of women
working today, there isn’t much time
to sit in the beauty parlor and gossip -
- but at least women have the option
of haying some fun with their hair by
experimenting with some old, but
classic, hair styles.