Video: Stylish "boys": Teddy Girls - a forgotten British subculture
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Pipe trousers, double collar frock coat and western-style bow tie are familiar look teddy boys, representatives of a subculture popular in Britain in the middle of the 20th century. They were rebellious dudes, hooligans, about whose "exploits" were often written in the press. However, few people know that among these daredevils there were girls, teddy girls, in their liking and appearance, were not inferior to like-minded guys.
Teddy Girls are considered one of the first "female" subcultures to emerge in prim Britain. The surviving retro photographs were taken in Notting Hill by then aspiring photographer Ken Russell and later a successful filmmaker. He was friends with Josie Buchan, one of the ideological "leaders" of the youth movement. Russell's photos were published in 1955 in one of the small magazines, but they did not make a splash, but after half a century they became a real revelation (Ken Russell's archive was republished in 2005).
Speaking about the clothes of teddy youth, it is worth remembering that the style standard for them was the era of the reign of Edward VII. In the post-war period, the markets could buy the slightly worn outfits of yesterday's dandies, and the working class guys took advantage of this. Imitating American rock and roll idols, they combined velvet collars and thin ties with shoes with thick and soft soles and special styling of hair, "licked" back with a gel.
Teddy fights were constantly written in the newspapers, girls were spoken of less often, although their appearance was no less original. Women of fashion wore skinny jeans (always rolled up) and stylish jackets, put on espadrilles, loved straw hats and elegant clutches, and often complemented the look with vintage brooches. Accompanied by gentlemen and they could be seen in the movies, at dances and music concerts.
Negative opinion took root about the "teddy" subculture, they were often credited with adherence to racism, vandalism and hooliganism, although, of course, for most fashionistas, their appearance was already a protest, and they avoided other forms of violence. Teddy hipsters have remained in history, although rockabilly is alive and, apparently, is not going to die. Confirmation of this - a photo project about Americans who still live in the 1950s …
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