It's Always Something: Teen Dares Of 1971
posted by Pop Tart at
7:02 PM
In January of '71, Teen dared us to do some radical things, like decorate our rooms, to use Kool-Aid labels to decorate our shoes...
And to braid our hair, Bo Derek style -- in precisely 20 braids.
I did that once. Well, I had my sister braid my hair, using those tiny rubber bands which were supposed to be for our braces; and I don't think we ever bothered to count the braids...
Anyway, while I looked nothing like Bo, I wore my hair thus to the one and only car race I went to. On a dirt track.
I was so bored, and annoyed by being sprayed with dirt every turn, that I busied myself with unbraiding my hair, and soon looked like Roseanne Roseannadanna.
Just imagine trying to wash the chunks of dirt out of that.
Like the two-tone lip freak-fest, I do not advise the braiding of hair; it can lead to drinking the Kool-Aid proffered by cults.
But then, hey, your sister can make some cool shoes.
And to braid our hair, Bo Derek style -- in precisely 20 braids.
I did that once. Well, I had my sister braid my hair, using those tiny rubber bands which were supposed to be for our braces; and I don't think we ever bothered to count the braids...
Anyway, while I looked nothing like Bo, I wore my hair thus to the one and only car race I went to. On a dirt track.
I was so bored, and annoyed by being sprayed with dirt every turn, that I busied myself with unbraiding my hair, and soon looked like Roseanne Roseannadanna.
Just imagine trying to wash the chunks of dirt out of that.
Like the two-tone lip freak-fest, I do not advise the braiding of hair; it can lead to drinking the Kool-Aid proffered by cults.
But then, hey, your sister can make some cool shoes.
Labels: 1970s, beauty, childhood, fashion, retro, vintage magazines, weird
4 Comments:
Braid Girl looks a little bti like Kirsten Dunst. Miss Janye finds her sleepy-eyed, half-dead acting style worthy of those braids.
I want those shoes. I will be scheming to figure out a DIY version of them until I have some!
I believe this very article is how America lost her innocence. Kool-Aid labels on shoes?!
Exactly twenty hair braids?
The baring of the midriff?
I say.
Not to mention there's no going back once you've learned a foreign language!
The Hawaiin Punch shoes rock! I would totally wear those!
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