TEENAGER APPAREL
There is no definite set of lavys as to what teenagers are supposed to wear.They
dress according to fad, so if the !dang is Wearing'burlap sacks, your teenage dar
ling wants to wear burlaps* This is only natural for teenagers, hate to be labeled
as different. Even so, there are a few who dress differently, and you can usually
determine a person's individual tastes and personality by the way in which he or
she dresses. We are her'e to tell you about all of them and we 'hope you aren't too
shocked.
You may think teenagers dress like beatniks but you're wrong. They do copy them
in'some ways, but they combine these with their own imaginative inspirations" to
create what they call "Tuff Clothes". From the Beatniks, they got their tennis
shoes, but I bet you'll never see a beatnik with autographs on their teanis shoes.
This is where the imaginative inspiration comes in. I mean, aft’er all, .it takes
a teen to come up with the idea of having all his friends sign his sneakers! Then
o'f course, we have the teenage set that wears black motorcycle jackets, tight -
fitting blue jeans, and black leather boots and gloves. These are commonly known
as hoods. A person's clothes tell a lot about them. You can tell e- quiet, sincere
girl by her plain and simple clothing, and likewise you can usually tell the loud- W
moutned wise guy by his bright, plaid sports coat.or multi-colored shirt. Speaking
of colors, this is another good way of determining a lot about a.person. For ins
tance, the girl who wears a lot of black or brown' is usually the. sophisticated
type-maybe even a bit on the snobish side. The girl who wears a lot of pinks or
blues, or light pastel colors is generally the sweet and shy type. Then there’s
the full-of life, gay, miss who favor's a bright yellow, or green shade to fit her
personality. Now, that we have covered (pr uncovered as the case may be) colors,
we shall go into the style of the teenagers clothes,, and how you can determine
their personality by this factor. As for girls, you will usually find that the
same miss who goes for those' dark sophisticated colors will most likely tend to
wear sheaths, or boxy jackets, and clothes with straight lines. The "pink and
blue girl" will usually prefer full skirts with lots of petticoats, and lacy ruff
led blouses. While our "bright yellow and green girl" will usually go for sweaters
and skirts, and sporty outfits. 'Now for,the boys. Since, we are both girls, we
aren’t exactly expert's on boys clothing (for that matter, we aren’t experts on
girls clothing either, but that’s entirely beside the point) but we shall do our
best. It seems to us that there is not really much difference in the way in which
boys dress, but we are well-aware of the fact that we are sticking our necks out
in making this statement and will probably, never hear the end of it. Off-hand,
without even trying very hard we can think of at least two young men whom we know
vdry well that will not appreciate us saying what we did very much. Nevertheless,
this cannot bp helped. To us, either a boy looks neat or sloppy (and most of the
time the latter we must admit) and that is about the extent of our knowledge or
notice of boys clothes. We are probably in for a long lecture on the appreciation
of ivy-league and continental clothes from a certain (prejudiced) party, I know.
In trying to summarize what we have said on this topic, it's rather difficult to
put our finger on a few articles (such as blue jeans and sneakers for example) and
say: "This is the accepted uniform of all Teens. This is the type of clothing they
wear-. Because as we have already stated, they dress as according to fad? and there
is no definite set of laws as to what they are supposed to wear. One month -the
latest fad is the chemise and sack dress, and the next month everyone is wearing
black slacks, and white autographed tennis shoes simply because that is the thing
to wear..........this month. Well, that's a teenager for you.
CATHY AND ZELDA