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Anti-yuppie graffiti criticizing the gentrification of Austin, Texas. Yuppie, short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional", [1] [2] is a term coined in the early 1980s for a young professional person working in a city. [3]
Curiously, however, the paninari did not wear the typical clothing of American yuppies, the young in career, but typical clothing of the American working class such as Timberland boots, Levi's jeans, checkered shirts, boots and belts typical of woodcutters, but all strictly branded and very expensive.
1980s and yuppies fashion [ edit ] Another example of trickling-up in fashion is given by the revival of some iconic 1980s yuppie -inspired pieces of clothing like kitten heels , pastel colors, white commuter sneakers, power shoulder and high waisted pants with skinny belts by major fashion houses like Ralph Lauren, Tory Burch , Dr. Martens ...
Young, upwardly mobile, and professional described the trajectory for many Americans in the 1980s, and caused us to coin the word "Yuppies." But today, in the 2010s, the trajectory is the opposite ...
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Jerry Clyde Rubin (July 14, 1938 – November 28, 1994) was an American social activist, anti-war leader, and counterculture icon during the 1960s and early 1970s. Despite being known for holding radical views when he was a political activist, he ceased holding his more extreme views at some point in the 1970s and instead opted for a successful career as a businessman.
Traditional Native American clothing is the apparel worn by the indigenous peoples of the region that became the United States before the coming of Europeans. Because the terrain, climate and materials available varied widely across the vast region, there was no one style of clothing throughout, [1] but individual ethnic groups or tribes often had distinctive clothing that can be identified ...
Women employees of the Aluminum Co. of Kingston, Ontario wear knee-length skirts with blouses or sweaters (often with a string of graduated pearls), 1943. Women's fashion in Europe (Hungary, 1943). Singer Peggy Lee wears a pompadour hairstyle and an evening dress with a "sweetheart" neckline in the film Stage Door Canteen , 1943.