Ladies In Menswear
The Teddy Girls, also known as Judies, were inspired by their more famous male counterparts as goes the case in female vs male perspective history. The Teddy Boys were a unique 1950′s (British) phenomena, but the love of androgyny including female androgyny has existed in humanity’s culture forever & was never exclusive!
Like the flappers & factory girls, like the gamines & pachucas, women with masculine charm or aesthetics has been around since the Greeks & always seen as alternative & a unique blend of beauty! And the spectrum of androgyny really does vary! It’s never purely 50% 50%. And so were the teddy girls, who didn’t only dress like the boys but wore circle skirts too. These styles would echo back in 70s british punk movement too.
Teddy Girls were another group of people who rejected the gender binary in terms of expression. Often associated with the economical climate as well of the time period, fashion was determined by what was available. An especially teenage rebellion they were part of the rise of the youth culture in post WWII: because being a “teenager” wasn’t always a thing! You were a child, then you were an adult. I’d love to go on about 50′s youth culture, your sock hops & rock & roll & drive in movies & all the media created for this early counter-cultural movement. I ADORE history. Why do you think I run a vintage-centered fashion blog? :)
Teddy Girls had a specific look about them, & if you’re particularly interested please dive in to what you can read! I’m happy to just exposure you to these pictures (Ken Russell famously documented the teddy girls)! They too were inspired by what was considered vintage fashion to their time period: the dandy Edwardian look (which I love ever since i read Dorian Gray!) , with combined american fashion trends
It’s funny, fashion. How we all originally wore unisex, loose, open clothing like tunics or exposing clothing. To masculine fashion deciding to be comfortable & practical, and women’s fashion restrictive/ objectifying/ impractical. Aside of course for the more fun decadent & posh moments. In my opinion both pants & skirts are necessary depending on the day regardless of whats under there!
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