A few days ago I taped a fun segment for radio show "KUOW Presents" about teen fashion, the bottom-up theory and two films that demonstrate the evolution and growing influence of street style versus designer style. The piece just aired, and it's always kind of wild to listen to the edited down conversation. (There's also nothing weirder then listening to myself talk about teenagers and my students like I'm a hip old lady who's down with "kids these days." I've no doubt that every 13-year-old who is forced to hear this segment while trapped in their parents' car will label me an out-of-touch nerd.) Still, I feel like there's so much more I can say (and clarify, natch) about this topic! Host Jeannie Yandel did an awesome job, as always, catching the core ideas behind the films, as well as my own gushing reaction to one of my favorite films when I was a teenager: Valley Girl.Click here to listen to us chat about James Dean's cool style in Rebel Without a Cause and how Nicholas Cage stole my 12-year-old heart in Valley Girl.
