Ness Rowlah
Norwegian Wood
Read about these in Metro a few weeks ago and The Times had a full
piece on the Teddy Girls this weekend. Quote from the Teddy Girl/Girls site
I know I'm getting old - but weren't the youth tribes of yesteryear (from teddies, to rockers&mods, punks, goths, new romantics, casuals and so on) more stylish than in the last decade or so (ehh - chavs?)
More Teddy Girl pics here.
piece on the Teddy Girls this weekend. Quote from the Teddy Girl/Girls site
These photos were taken in January 1955 in Walthamstow, Poplar and North Kensington: solidly working class areas of London. The girls photographed embody three of the great issues of the time; class, gender and youth. They are rejecting the drab costumes of class conformity and post-war austerity. They are pioneers for women looking beyond home for a place to be valued. They are young girls blazing a trail that will be followed by youth cultures for decades to come. But somehow Teddy Girls as a group remain historically almost invisible. The June 4th 1955 Picture Post article, which featured some of these shots, is the only one specifically about Teddy Girls published in the 1950s.
I know I'm getting old - but weren't the youth tribes of yesteryear (from teddies, to rockers&mods, punks, goths, new romantics, casuals and so on) more stylish than in the last decade or so (ehh - chavs?)
More Teddy Girl pics here.
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