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Ed Wenn

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Teddy Girls? What's a Teddy Girl?
« on: January 08, 2014, 01:48:03 AM »
This is a great little article featuring some fantastic photos from film maker, Ken Russell:

http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/02/10/the-forgotten-1950s-girl-gang/



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Teddy Girls? What's a Teddy Girl?
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2014, 04:49:56 AM »
Those were awesome pics and I never knew there were teddy girls. Remember: youths wearing Edwardian dress will not be admitted ;-)

I did not know the young ken Russell was a photographer.


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Re: Teddy Girls? What's a Teddy Girl?
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2014, 02:59:56 PM »
Mmmm... their description of the style of the Teddys sounds very hipster-like to me...
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Re: Teddy Girls? What's a Teddy Girl?
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2014, 11:14:42 PM »
Great link, Ed.