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An, exploration of 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s pop culture, featuring lots of scans, movie reviews, books, magazines, vintage fashion and nostalgia.
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I'm a big fan of Archie comics; I've been reading them for nearly forty years. Recently, I got a hold of a bunch of Archie's Girls: Betty & Veronica comics. What leapt out at me was how wonderfully in tune with teen culture they were - specifically the fashion and styles of the day. Bell bottoms, platform shoes, hot pants, Mork suspenders... they were all in Betty & Veronica comics. Take a look at these "pin up/fashion" pages which were a regular feature in the comic during the late sixties and seventies..
I certainly don't pretend to know the back story on all these photographs, so I won't claim these are all actual romantically involved couples. I can tell you that most of these images are from the early seventies, and a mere ten years earlier, pictures like these would have been scandalous - romantic or not. I'll spare you a long discussion on interracial dating. I've already touched on it before, and it's a really sensitive subject for some - In fact, I'm sure I'll get complaints on the title of this post. I couldn't come up with anything better. I remember seeing an article in LIFE when I was a kid about Jim Seals (of Seals & Crofts) and his black wife. It was shocking to me then - not in a bad way, just a "new" way. I'd never seen any 'mixed" couples at that point in my life - I'd lived in Massachusetts, Spain and Ohio by that point. But I have a feeling, no matter where I'd lived, that LIFE article would have been no less jarring. So, let's check out some miniskirted babes and their partners of a different race. I also think it wouldn't be wildly inappropriate to raise a glass in honor of John Seals and his Diamond Girl. Cheers! Okay, this isn't a miniskirt - but it's close enough.
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Meet the guys from CHiP's!
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I'm a big fan of Archie comics; I've been reading them for nearly forty years. Recently, I got a hold of a bunch of Archie's Girls: Betty & Veronica comics. What leapt out at me was how wonderfully in tune with teen culture they were - specifically the fashion and styles of the day. Bell bottoms, platform shoes, hot pants, Mork suspenders... they were all in Betty & Veronica comics. Take a look at these "pin up/fashion" pages which were a regular feature in the comic during the late sixties and seventies..
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Harper Valley PTA earns a special place in the miniskirt hall of fame because the song was about a woman wearing a mini, much to the dismay ...
We've talked before about the prevalence of the miniskirt in our Nation's schools during the early seventies - and how distracting it must have been around the "poor" male students (note the quotation marks). We've also discussed how the male teachers must have had to douse themselves with cold water after each class. Times were tough back then. Well, the last post on the subject was back in August 2011; so we're due for another. All I ask is that, as you look at these photographs, you say a silent prayer for those male students and teachers who had to live through this very testing time. I was but a young lad and immune to their struggle. Posting images of the hardships they had to endure is the least I can do. 1 2 - Where's the teacher? Takinhg a much needed (ahem) "bathroom break". 3 4 - This poor teacher appears to be conducting, but I'm guessing he's actually having some sort of mental breakdown. 5 6 7 - "Okay, okay. I'll change this to an 'A'. But next time you sit on my lap AND I get a back rub." 8 9 10 11 12 - "Must focus on learning. Must not look to my left. Stay focused - can't afford a bad grade. Must not look to left. Must..... not..... look.... AAARRGGH! Why God why?!?...." 13 14 15 16-17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - "Must not fap. Must stay strong. Just stare blankly at the empty seat in front of me and think of something really sad and depressing. Must not fap.... must not fap...." 32 33 34 And finally, the only place on the web you'll find not one, but two Miniskirts and Van der Graaff Generators! 35 36
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