Nowadays, according to Ted Polhemus, cutting edge street-style is defined by individuality and pastiche.
Street Style
Series: Teen Reads
What were your favorite books and magazines when you were a teenager? Here are some of ours.
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Fighting the Debauchery of Our Girls and Boys
According to Reverend Philip Yarrow, author of the self-published title, Fighting the Debauchery of Our Girls and Boys (1923), 1920’s Chicago was a den of sin, full of ruinous propaganda and evil activity.
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Jaboni Youth
Brassland Records co-founder and Chk Chk Chk manager Alec Hanley Bemis started the fanzine Jaboni Youth after high-school in 1993.
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The Conservative Teen
The Conservative Teen is a magazine that seems at first glance like a snarky spoof by liberal comedians, but is actually a 100% serious publication run by mostly middle-aged dudes.
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Paperback Pelicans
Dull, downer modernist book covers about adolescent social issues, primarily focused on the UK.
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DIY Teen
We recently acquired a goldmine of teen-ager cartoons thanks to Ed Halter.
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Henry Parland: Nordic Rimbaud
My lies:
large, red balloons
that I buy on the street
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Street Snaps
Prolific photographer Martha Cooper captured the gritty culture of New York City streets during the 1970s and ’80s.
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Come On Killer
Cut, paste and glitterfy—Come on Killer zine is inspired by a stack of ’90s girl mags CoK inherited from a cousin.
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Teen Bronte
Years before Jane Eyre was bestselling, 13 year old Charlotte Bronte amused herself making miniature books, complete with stories, poetry and imagined literary criticism.