A History Of Tween Fashion Icons
LatestNew York Magazine talks about the new trend in tween clothes: “adult-girl fashion,” in which, inspired by girls like Noah Cyrus and Lourdes Leon, pre-teens dress like tiny women. Which prompted us to look back at tween fashion!
Kids have always taken inspiration from adults: from Madonna and older sisters and movies. Back in the day, you weren’t a tween: you were a kid. You wore kids’ clothes. And then you got older and were a teen. But while “tween” may be a modern term, there have always been pre-teens looking to fashion icons. And, just like now, some of them have been youthful. Here, a look back at a few tween fashion icons of a gentler time:
Shirley Temple. The biggest star of her era, Shirley Temple cast a spell over adults and kids alike. Who didn’t want her curls? And her influence is enduring: our own Dodai says Shirley was her main fashion icon as a child.
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose. QE2, fashion icon? You bet: during World War II, the princesses were regarded as romantic and popular figures gallantly facing down the Blitz. Even during wartime rationing, American manufacturers made princess-inspired matching outfits, paper dolls, and books of their looks.