UK teen style

[elady25]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Sarah" <plungy116 at a...> 
wrote:
> 
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "elady25" <imamommy at s...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > I haven't noticed very many American teens sporting shaggy dog 
come 
> > Beatles hair (Rupert Grint, Matthew Lewis, the Phelps Bros.), nor 
> > side ponytails or parts way over on the side of her head, as Emma 
> > Watson wears.  I also never seem to like what Emma's wearing, and 
I 
> > wish Ruperts mum would tell him to put on at least a real T-
shirt, 
> > and not something that looks like an old undershirt, for premiers.
>  
> > 
> > So, somebody tell me, is this what the youth of the UK are really 
> > into?  
> 
> 
> Um...yes.  We are deeply stylish nation at times but teenagers in 
> particular seem to have no pride in themselves.  My son is 15 in 
> January (so, same age as Daniel)and his dress sense just does not 
> exist.  the grungy look is still very in and gives the impression 
> that they are just way too cool to bother with having their hair 
cut 
> or repairing holes in garments.  having said that i think Emma, 
> Rupert and Daniel are by no means the worst dressed.  Compared to 
> many, they are quite smart really.
> My Mike wears jeans that are far too big for him (waist width, not 
> just baggy).  To me they look ridiculous, but he's happy.  i 
suppose 
> if he saw me 20 years ago in Ra Ra skirts and leg warmers he may 
have 
> laughed too!
> I think POA was good in terms of outfits because I didn't notice 
what 
> they were wearing - it was so ordinary and typical of British 
> teenagers.  One of the comments on the DVD extras was from (I can't 
> remember who), but he said they gave the cast their school uniforms 
> and told them to do with them what they would their own uniform.  
Now 
> most schools here have some kind of uniform, so again it wasn't 
> jarring for me.  It was refreshing to see shirts hanging out (as 
> Mike's is permenantly), ties of different lengths, scuffed shoes 
and 
> messy hair.
> They were easier to relate to as typical teenagers.  I know some 
> people have said that POA lost the magic of the 2 earlier films, 
and 
> maybe the clothes thing was part of that.  I have said before I 
liked 
> this film the best.  Yes, the magical element is more subdued, but 
> Harry is getting more used to it and accepting his limited 
knowledge, 
> and adapting.  Principally he is an ordinary boy.  He wears 
clothes, 
> he listens to music, he plays sports and supports a team.  He has 
> friends, enemies and teachers he considers mentors (and ones whose 
> lessons he dreads).  He wants to meet girls, he wants to be cool, 
he 
> wants to do well in his life, but he also wants to avenge the death 
> of his parents and rid the world of evil.  How much more typical 
can 
> you get?
> Sarah xx

imamommy:

I liked the movie costumes, it's more what the kids wear out of the 
movies that bugs me.  Somebody commented that it's refreshing they 
don't look like Hollywood cookie cutters, and there is truth in that, 
but sometimes it looks as if no one advised them at all.  

And a big "I Agree" to whomever posted that Emma's hair gives them 
eighties flashbacks!

imamommy
who wonders if Rupert's mother didn't say something like, "But it's 
the premier, honey, don't you want to wear a shirt?" (not theat she 
expects teenagers to listen to their mothers)