I have again been blessed by random flickr.
Look at this photoset of black and white portraits and candids taken at an English school in the late seventies. So beautiful. Would that kids still dressed so innocently, were still so un-self-conscious in their appearance. And yes, I do realize that they are probably wearing uniforms, but I still get that low-maintenance feel from the photos.
This is the best picture, obviously.
And then, same photographer, four years later:
ilu, flickr
Unselfconscious and innocent-dressing kids? In the late ’70s? Dude, were you alive back then? I seem to remember roughly millions of self-conscious teenagers, and an explosion of feathered hair and tube tops and tight jeans.
You had slutty friends.
All I remember was bell bottoms and plaid shirts buttoned to the throat and long skirts and corduroy jumpers. Oh and those knee high socks with loafers. God.
And don’t make me direct you to the “Bratz” web site. We now live in a world where seven-year-olds aspire to be both strippers AND princesses.