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How To Scare The Grandparents
You'll know when it happens. Your child turns from a child into something virtually unrecognisable overnight. Gone are the Barbie dolls and pretty dresses and in comes the attitude and endless sleeping marathons. All those times when you were teaching them how to talk have gone out of the window and been replaced by caveman grunts. Their arms become too heavy to do anything other than hang at their sides.
Of course, I am generalising here. This is a sweeping description of teenagers and it's not meant to be a bad thing. It's simply very difficult for parents to remember the emotional roller coaster that you're on at this age and all that our young people have to cope with. They are subjected to more peer pressure today than ever before and expected to conform to either parents or friends wishes, the two never match!
As a strike against conforming, while our in-betweenies are trying to find their individual style and place in life, they often revert to what they see as extremism. Fashion for youngsters is today, often seen as an anything goes culture. From punk clothing to emo clothing to goth clothing to your average high street chav.
What they don't realise is that this is not a new trend. These styles have been around since the Victorian era and have always been seen as a bit way out, a bit strange and a bit non-comformist. However, things have changed somewhat and people are getting used to seeing people in emo clothing out and about. It's not so strange nowadays.
The people who like to wear emo clothing are fans of black hair dye so this is the start that you can look out for. Hairstyles often consist of ones that cover the eyes. You see, the emo reputation is one of dark, depressing moods but this isn't always so. They simply like the fashions that accompany the emo style.
Tight trousers, normally black, will be found in all emo clothing stores - nothing new there! They are also fans of bright colours. I mean, really bright luminous colours but these are normally worn either as hair streaks against the black or as accessories to the clothing rather than larger pieces.
These are slightly different from the fashions of goth clothing. All still fans of black but there are slight differences that you need to research because god helps anyone that calls an emo a goth and vice versa.
However, if you child comes home declaring he or she is a goth, don't fret. Goths and emo's are simply those wishing to express themselves in different ways. This has long been a trend. Goth fashions were very popular during Victorian times and a large element of the styles from back then are still prevalent today.
I guess, at the end of the day, we have all had our moments of self-expression as youngsters. I'm sure my trousers that were so flared they would have made great ship sails were enough to scare my grandparents and no doubt by time today's emo's have grandchildren, things would either have come full circle or there will be some other horrific trend for the older generation to tut-tut at.
About the Author Shaun Parker is a leading fashion expert with many years of experience in the childcare industry. Find out more about emo clothing at http://www.subculturewear.co.uk |
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