Though I enjoyed Take Ivy and some of the nerdier points of classic prep style, I’m happy to see the trend coming to a close. If I was born in the 50s or 60s, I most definitely would have been born on wrong side of the tracks– smoking cigarettes from a young age, greasing up my hair, and getting my nose bloodied from fist fights with area preppies. Really, these things happened during my childhood anyhow in spite of the fact that it was the 90s. So, now its time for the next phase of the Americana saga, the representation of ‘those kids,’ greaser, rocker style.

Interestingly, those who are doing it best are the young Latinos in East L.A., usually high school aged or so. When I was out west I witnessed a few who really put the Harajuku guys to shame– perfectly cuffed tees and 501s, and literally the best example of hair grease put to use I’ve ever encountered. In stark contrast, they would usually be walking with “normal” looking teenybopper type friends.

One thing that also separates these ‘Graseros’ from their seeming caucasian, Japanese, or random Europeancounterparts, is the fact that they have that thing behind it– they can really strut. I wish there was an east L.A. style blog, I was seriously so intimidated by the swag of some of these 16 year olds that I shied away from asking to take their picture.

Here are a few pretty classic greaser photos, and a few I stole from kids on myspace !