A centerpiece of Vogue's February issue, Growing Up In Style is a series about the connection between fashion and local life in America, past and present. In "The Cool Crowd," writer Dana Spiotta recalls the social makeup of her Orinda, California high school—from the popular prepsters to the edgier, artsier kids who played by their own style rules.

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