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My cousin has been knitting since she was 5 or 6, when my favorite auntie first taught her how to make shawls for her Barbie dolls. She started blogging about her yarn fetish a while back (and didn't tell me!), so I'm going to publically out her here on the Goof...;-)
Love this vintage pattern for a knitted bodysuit from the '70s. I hope she digs up more groovy patterns like this for our edification/edu-muh-cation!
[Link: 70s Style]
Jass420punk presents the classic 1977 guide to New Wave couture, How to Look Punk, created by illustrious fashion maven, Marliz, in conjunction with L.A. punk in-crowders, Jenny Lens, Helen Killer, and Pleasant Puss. It's chockablock with helpful fashion tips that show you how to use chains, wrist-wraps, neck thongs, and garbage bags to look "punk pretty"...just like your favorite punk-rock superstars, including the loverly Alice "Douche" Bag, and the dreamy Bobby Pyn!
It also helpfully explains exactly how to "pogo":
"...the Pogo is a highly energized dance form, a theatrical and emotional reflection of today's society. Frenzied movements tell a story of confrontations and frustration....The Pogo is composed of an alternation of moving and holding stances, freestyle, move and hold, move and hold, and on and on."
Whew. All these years I thought it was just jumping up and down in one place. Who knew that it was such an art form?
[Link: How to Look Punk]
[Link: Men's magazine ads from the '60s]