Looking at the faces of teenagers in the yearbooks, they could easily pass for a 40 or even a 50-year-old. Despite the signature angst and knack for bending the rules, teenagers have always played it cool when it comes to fashion; setting new standards and ousting outdated trends. In honor of their exquisite tastes, let’s take a stroll down memory lane of seasons past, looking back at the adventurous styles lived by teens through the decades.
The teens have certainly changed over the past 100 years, but let’s find out by how much.
Algeria
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Germany. The photo on the left shows the sisters Gertrude and Ursula Falke.
Nepal and China
England. Left: a schoolgirl from Kensington, London, accidentally caught in the lens of a photographer. Right: a group of children and teenagers heading for Lake Serpentine in Hyde Park to go fishing.
Scotland and Ireland. The photo on the right is one of the very first color photos of Ireland taken around 1913. It depicts a 14-year-old girl in traditional dress.
Romania and Albania. The photo on the right shows two Albanian girls, 13–14 years old. One of them (the one on the left) will become known in the future as Mother Teresa.
Japan. Left: Maiko girls (future geishas) are relaxing on the balcony. Right: students of the Fukuoka school - this is where the well-known "sailor" school uniform first appeared.
Argentina and Mexico. The serious girl in the photo on the right is 13-year-old Frida Kahlo.
Spain. Left: Infanta Maria Cristina and Beatrice.Right: 16-year-old Federico Garcia Lorca.
Poland and Estonia. Estonian schoolgirls in the photo on the right seem to imitate the film “Roaring Twenties”, trying to look like a “cool” adult.
Greece and Cyprus. Left: young Greek partisan Konstantinos Murikis. Right: Maria Cristodoulus School.
Hungary
Austria and Luxembourg. Left: Prince Ernst von Hohenberg, one of four children of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Right: Princess Anthony of Luxembourg.
India
Australia and New Zealand
USA. Left: 16-year-old Walt Disney. Right: Oi bi Kiow.
Belgium. Brother and sister: Prince Leopold and Princess Mary Jose of Belgium.
Netherlands
Sweden and Finland. The photo on the left depicts Princess Ingrid the Swedish.
Russia
France. In the photo on the right are the young Rene Lacoste, the future tennis player and the founder of the Lacoste clothing brand.
Philippines
Italy
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