In the late 1950s in one of the poorest cities in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Léopoldville (modern-day Kinshasa) a subculture emerged.
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Series: Threads Ahead
Youth style from the past meets fashion on the street today.
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Gangs of Brooklyn
“Crew [of teen gang members] is shown in jiffy wagon as they were transported to Adolescent Court.”
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Raggare Finland
A greasy mix of redneck and teddy boy, the Raggare are a subculture that began in Sweden and spread to other Nordic regions.
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Football Casuals
Group of young men rocking the classic Casuals style.
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Bathing Buds
Sweetest swimsuits you ever saw! Photographer Harry Mellon Rhoads set up a beachside photo studio to capture bathers in their expressive costumes.
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Confederate Cap
It was the early 1950s and young people sported a new look—the look of a Confederate solider.
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Lo-Lifes
Lo-lifes were a late eighties and early nineties New York gang movement with a cultish dedication to Polo by Ralph Lauren.
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Traveler’s Wedding
Rockin’ the taffeta and trailer style. Photographer Bobbie Hanvey visits with an Irish Traveler family—inside their caravan and all glammed up for big sisters wedding near Downpatrick in 1993.
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Uganda Uniform
These bright, young Masindi Senior Secondary School students wear crisp white short-sleeved collared shirts emblazoned with their fire red school emblem.
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Wrong & Right
Wrong: Siren effect produced by slinky black dress and up-hairdo is inappropriate.