HOW CLOTHING AND HAIR

STYLES COMPARED TO THE

OUTSIDERS.
By: Patrick Nagy
S.E. Hinton was raised in the 50s so she was
influenced by many of the clothing and hair styles of
gangs in order to write her famous book, The
Outsiders.
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/s-e-
hinton/
Gangs were very common and popular when S.E
Hinton was growing up.


http://www.stonegreasers.com/
greaser/halsey_bops.html

S.E. Hinton was born in
1948.





Was also the time when the
Greaser look was born.
http://twistedrockabilly.blogspot.com/2012/01/greasers.html
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/762707.S_E_Hinton
The setting in The Outsiders takes place in the
1960s, which was when the Greaser and biker look
was still continuing.


http://www.gradesaver.com/the-outsiders/study-
guide/section10/
Many of the characters in The
Outsiders had the long and
greaser hairstyle.
Much like in The Outsiders, the boys liked to have
that tuff or bad boy look.

http://www.60sgarageband
s.com/bandbios/pecksbadb
oys.html
Most gang members in The Outsiders and the 60s
like to wear T-shirts, muscle Ts, jackets, jeans and
have long greasy hair.
http://zodiacbeauty
andfashion.blogspo
t.com/2013/06/fashi
on-greaser-
girlies.html
Many boys in the 60s used gel, tonics, pomade
and other hair products to give it that grease look.
http://twistedrockabilly
.blogspot.com/2012/0
1/greasers.html
Much like what Greasers in The Outsiders wore, jean
and leather jackets were very popular.
http://sunsetgun.typepad.co
m/sunsetgun/2011/03/
Wearing muscle Ts, leather jackets and having
long greasy hair represented toughness and
rebellion like the Greasers in The Outsiders did.

http://www.charlielemindu.
com/mag/hair/how-to-do-
the-grease-hairstyle/
Cigarettes were a big thing in the 60s and The
Outsiders.
http://importanceofbeingvintage.blogspot.
com/2011/07/rock-my-billy-modern-take-
on-greaser.html
http://www.freewebs.com/the-
outsiders-web-
site/apps/photos/photo?photoid=64
2861
Ponyboy Curtis was one of the most well known
greasers of all time since the 1950s.
http://reportersvintage.com/vintage-
fashion/did-you-know-facts/198-the-
greaser-yesterday-and-today.html
The greaser look today is not as common as it used
to be in the 50s and 60s.
http://coolmenshair.com/2011/10/1950s-mens-
greaser-hairstyles.html
http://singersroom.com/conte
nt/2013-01-10
BIBLIOGRAPHY
S.E. Hinton. S.E. Hinton, Mar. 2007. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
<http://sehinton.com>.

Ssense. Ssense, n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. <http://ssense.com/news/
hitory-of-the-leather-jacket>.

Reportersvintage. Reportersvintage, 29 July 2013. Web. 23 Jan.
2014.
<http://reportersvintage.com/vintage-fashion/did-you-know-facts/
198-the-greaser-yesterday-and-today.html>.