>Stilyagi (Russian: cтиляги; IPA: [sʲtʲJˈlʲæɡʲJ], lit. "stylish, style hunters") was a derogatory appellation for members of a youth counterculture from the late 1940s until the early 1960s in the Soviet Union. A stilyaga (Russian: cтилягa; IPA: [sʲtʲJˈlʲaɡə]) was primarily distinguished by snappy clothing—preferably foreign-label, acquired from fartsovshchiks—that contrasted with the communist realities of the time, and their fascination with zagranitsa, modern Western music and fashions corresponding to that of the Beat Generation. English writings on Soviet culture variously translated the term as dandies, fashionistas, beatniks, hipsters, zoot suiters, etc.
>Their apolitical views, neutral or negative attitudes toward Soviet morality, and their open admiration of modern, especially American, lifestyles were key characteristics that slowly developed during the 1950s. At the dawn of the phenomenon, the stilyagi look was rather a caricature, inspired by movies from abroad of recent years. It resembled the zoot suit but combined different bright colors. By the late fifties, the look had evolved into something more elegant and stylish. Typical stilyagi wear included narrow pants, long jackets, narrow tie, bright color shirts and thick soled shoes.
>The Swing Youth (German: Swingjugend) were a group of jazz and swing lovers in Germany in the 1930s, mainly in Hamburg and Berlin. They were composed of 14 to 21-year-old boys and girls in high school, most of them middle- or upper-class students, but with some apprentice workers as well.[1] They admired the British and American way of life, defining themselves in swing music and opposing the National-Socialist ideology, especially the Hitler Youth (German: Hitlerjugend).
>During the Nazi regime, all of the youth considered Aryan in Germany (ages 10 to 17) were encouraged to join the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens. The leaders of this organization realized they had to offer some attraction in the area of social dancing in order to recruit new members.[2] Instead of adopting the popular swing dance (because it was viewed as degenerate and tied to the "damnable jazz"), they resorted to the new-German community dances.[2] This proved to be unsuccessful, because instead of embracing the Hitler Youth pastimes, city girls and boys crowded the swing dance joints.[2] This seemed to be the case particularly in the town of Hamburg, where the swing scene was huge.[2] These teenage hoppers were known as Swing-Heinis, a name the authorities called them.[2] The Swing Youth disparagingly called the Hitler Youth the "Homo Youth" while the League of German Maidens were called the "League of Soldiers' Mattresses".[3] The Swing Youth used their love of swing and jazz music to create their sub-culture with one former Swing Kid Frederich Ritzel saying in a 1985 interview: "Everything for us was a world of great longing, Western life, democracy – everything was connected – and connected through jazz".[4]
>The zazous were a subculture in France during World War II. They were young people expressing their individuality by wearing big or garish clothing (similar to the zoot suit fashion in America a few years before) and dancing wildly to swing jazz and bebop. Men wore large striped lumber jackets, while women wore short skirts, striped stockings and heavy shoes, and often carried umbrellas.
>During the German occupation of France, the Vichy regime, which collaborated with the Nazi occupiers, had an ultra-conservative morality and started to use a whole range of laws against a youth that was restless and disenchanted. These young people expressed their resistance and nonconformity through aggressive dance competitions, sometimes against soldiers from the occupying forces.
>The Zazous were to be found throughout France, but were most concentrated in Paris. The two most important meeting places of the Zazous were the terrace of the Pam Pam cafe on the Champs-Élysées and the Boul’Mich (the Boulevard Saint-Michel near the Sorbonne).
Jonathan Sullivan
>The Swing Youth disparagingly called the Hitler Youth the "Homo Youth"
top bantz
Jordan Perry
>These young people expressed their resistance and nonconformity through aggressive dance competitions, sometimes against soldiers from the occupying forces. Wow, so brave, and Veeky Forums told me the resistance was a joke.
Eli Cook
>through aggressive dance competitions, Dance off Hitler, you and me!
Daniel Flores
>homo youth How can Hitler ever recover
Jason Wilson
>Homo youth Hitlerjugend and nazis eternally BTFO
Cameron Wilson
>Homo Youth
Eli Perez
>League of Soldiers Mattresses Fucking brutal
Jack Young
>fartsovshchiks
Jacob Nguyen
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscadin French Dandies who wore extravagant clothes and loudly espoused catholic and royalist ideas in public in the wake of the Thermidorian Reaction, as a reaction against Jacobin's hardline republicanism, atheism, and austerity.
Luis Hernandez
>Homo Youth >League of Soldiers' Mattresses Fucking ruthless
Austin Nguyen
They made a movie about this. It starred lil' dubs man and the other doctor from House.
The dramatic little kid and Christian Bale just yelling
SWING HEIL!! SWING HEIL!!!
in the rain too? I might have made up the rain part
Dylan Ward
>The Swing Youth disparagingly called the Hitler Youth the "Homo Youth" >while the League of German Maidens were called the "League of Soldiers' Mattresses >mfw there were still real Chads in Germany
Mason Turner
Up in til the point where they were rounded up and turned into pizzas.
Justin Lee
>the virgin Homo's Youth >the Chad Swing Youth
Zachary Sanchez
Related, Incroyables and Merveilleuses, a subculture during the Directory (1795-1799) that developed from the Muscadin movement.
They were a social reaction to the stresses of the Revolution and in particular the Reign of Terror; almost all of them were people who were themselves imprisoned in the Terror, and/or who had lost family members and friends to the guillotine. They lived a loud, visible you-could-die-tomorrow-live-it-up-today lifestyle with countless balls and parties, some of which had macabre themes. Pic related, a collection of images related to the "victim's fashion" that some Merveilleuses women wore. Red ribbons and straps represented blood and the guillotine blade, combined with the cropped hair "a la guillotine."
Women in this subculture primarily wore gowns inspired by ancient Greek and Roman dresses, usually white and with no room for anything but a simple chemise underneath. Greek/Roman inspired patterns, robes and wraps were also popular. Short cropped hair, "a la guillotine" (pic related)," was seen, and wigs primarily blonde but some of unusual colors like blue or green, were also popular. Men wore exaggerated "dandy" outfits, similar to the earlier Muscadin subculture, with large earrings, huge hats, and outfits with striking colors and patterns. They usually grew their hair shoulder length.
Jonathan Torres
bump
Wyatt Martinez
beatniks were fucking idiots
Grayson Wright
Very cool
Christopher Ward
here's a slightly caricatured fashion plate of some Incroyable & Merveilleuses styles. Note they are lifting their skirts (and showing off their stockings) because very long skirts and trains were a popular Merveilleuses trend for a time. People stepping on the skirts features a lot in satirical drawings aimed at this group.
Easton James
>The anti-Nazi youth movement was homophobic and slut-shaming WEW
