
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.
Youth style from the past meets fashion on the street today.
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.
“Crew [of teen gang members] is shown in jiffy wagon as they were transported to Adolescent Court.”
A greasy mix of redneck and teddy boy, the Raggare are a subculture that began in Sweden and spread to other Nordic regions.
Group of young men rocking the classic Casuals style.
Sweetest swimsuits you ever saw! Photographer Harry Mellon Rhoads set up a beachside photo studio to capture bathers in their expressive costumes.
It was the early 1950s and young people sported a new look—the look of a Confederate solider.
Lo-lifes were a late eighties and early nineties New York gang movement with a cultish dedication to Polo by Ralph Lauren.
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.
These bright, young Masindi Senior Secondary School students wear crisp white short-sleeved collared shirts emblazoned with their fire red school emblem.
Wrong: Siren effect produced by slinky black dress and up-hairdo is inappropriate.