Fads come and go; often returning under a new guise.
Calling back long-forgotten memories is like tackling a puzzle, searching for pieces that fit, and what a triumph when it all falls into place!
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Which fads did you embrace growing up?
I spent my teenage years during the tumultuous and groovy 1960's.
RevolutionThe Beatles
The world was going through a revolution, socially and politically.
Here in South Africa, people from the Anti-Apartheid movement were fighting for racial justice; the same was happening elsewhere in the world.
Feminists were fighting for equal rights
Anti-Vietnam War slogans like 'Make Love, not War' and the Peace symbol were seen on graffiti, on artwork, in our books, and on posters stuck on our bedroom walls, even though the war did not affect us here.
The Twist
I learnt to twist when I first hit the tweens; I was told to pretend I was drying my back with a towel, and using my foot to stub out a cigarette, it was such fun!
Hippies
It was the hippie era, everyone flocked to Woodstock; we had to be content to watch the movie.
Psychedelic Drugs
It was not uncommon to see drug addicts having DT's on the beachfront. It's quite scary now to think just how easy it was to be pulled into the world of drugs back then.
Music Explosion
The music scene was alive with rock and roll, and folk music.
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys (everyone was surfing); Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Leonard Cohen, all part of a music explosion!
I've cheekily thrown in a couple of songs for Three Tunes Tuesday
The Iconic Twiggy
The British teen model Twiggy was a fashion icon, every girl wanted to look like her. I had the same haircut for a while and copied her make-up.
The 'Look'
We all wore bell bottoms, just like Sonny & Cher, and Abba.
In my intro post, I shared the story of how I made a pair of bell bottoms with Mom's leftover psychedelic upholstery fabric, and made a blunder when I invited our dates for the night into the house for a cup of coffee. My pants blended in with the couch;)
Mini skirts became shorter and later went to longer midi skirts.
Hot pants and long white go-go boots were really groovy!
We went through a phase of dressing up like hippies; we had faux leather fringed jackets and fringed suede armbands.
We wanted dead straight hair so we literally ironed our hair between brown paper on our Moms' ironing boards with an iron used for linen; hair irons did not exist back then! Of course, we had to help each other with that task!
I was tie-dyeing my clothes and that of my friends, as my Mom was more lenient than theirs. Everything was tie-dyed for a period.
My bestie Melanie reminded me about my tie-dyeing expertise on bell bottoms .....the circle started bang at the root Chakra ;)
I wore John Lennon glasses, and cut my hair into a shaggy dog style; short on top and long at the back and sides. I was called into the headmaster's office when I arrived at school with that hairstyle. Fortunately, he was more curious and amused, wanted to see what the teachers were talking about, and asked if a lawnmower had walked over my head.
I'd forgotten that I later cut my bestie's hair in the same style using a razor blade, remember the old-fashioned blades?
I can't remember what Melanie's Mom said about it, but before long, most girls in the school had the same hairstyle;)
Forgot to tell you the pic in the middle was taken in my final year at school at the debs (debutante) ball. No hippie outfit for this 'grand' occasion where we were introduced to 'society' and were given a handshake by the mayor:)
As you've read, my fads were all about fashion, something I still have a keen interest in.
I had a good old chuckle with my best friend from school days who I've reconnected with; we were hooked on all those fads;)
Fads no longer worry me like they did back in the sixties, I'm mostly a jeans and sneakers gal in my silver years, comfort now has become the name of the game!
As you've noticed, the common thread throughout my post is 'I forgot', but this is what I appreciate the most about #memoirmonday, as it tickles the brain, and brings back long-forgotten memories. When I share it with friends or family, they often remember other stuff, and we end up chuckling away as we reminisce on times gone by.
This has been my response to fads in my heyday!
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