Greasers Wear In The 1960's

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S.E. Hinton had written the novel, “The Outsiders”, which takes place during the 60’s in Tulsa Oklahoma. The story demonstrates part of the 60’s culture through fashion, language, and education. Hinton was a teenager herself when she wrote this story, making it lean toward a young adult audience. The plot revolves around the main character, PonyBoy, and the relationship within two groups, the Greasers and the Socs. PonyBoy was a Greaser, along with his brothers, and the Greasers and Socs did not normally get along. The main character takes the reader through the 60’s and what was going on in that time. The audience learns more about the 60’s culture through Hinton’s writing. The author based her novel off of the Greasers in real life and what …show more content…
In “What Did Greasers Wear in the 1950’s & 1960’s?”, the article describes the fashion choices that were made by Greasers. According to the text, they usually wore tee shirts with blue jeans, a leather jacket, and “...white tennis shoes such as Converse All Stars or black boots” (What Did Greasers Wear in the 1950’s & 1960’s?). The Greasers had their own unique look that made them a Greaser. Socs had their own too, which was a more clean and neat appearance. Hinton accurately portrayed the look of the Greasers in her novel because Ponyboy tells the readers that they liked to wear the same things that was said in the article. Their clothes did not just make them stand out among others, it was their long greasy hair that gave them their name. In “Greasers Youth Culture”, the text explains how Greasers came to be and this includes their hairstyle choices. The true sign of a “...Greaser was in the hair, which was always nice and long in the front; long enough to be styled in the pompadour manner, all shiny and greasy” (Greasers Youth Culture). Almost all Greasers had long hair and according to Ponyboy in “The Outsiders”, it was their
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