Generational project
- 1. Generational Project HOW MY MOM INFLUENCED ME
- 2. 1966 My mom was born in East Orange, New Jersey in 1966. Growing up in the sixties and seventies, she always wore an interesting mix of materials and colors. (Q) Did you go shopping for most of your clothes growing up? (A) No, my clothes were often given to me by another girl in the church who was a couple of years older than me. (Q) So your clothes were always slightly worn and a couple years out of style? (A) Yes (Q) What kind of hair style did you have? (A) My dad would cut my hair, and because I did not like the way he cut it, I would wear it in two pigtails or a ponytail. (Q) Did you fall for the fads of the day such as bellbottoms or tie dye? (A) No, I usually wore a t-shirt with a pair of jeans or shorts. (Q) Did you often wear the hideous color combinations we often associate in this era? (A) Of coarse! (Q) Wow, what a cute picture! (A) One year for school pictures I was sick, so my eyes were pink, the back round was pink, and the dress that I was wearing was pink. Everything was pink!
- 3. 1992 • I was born during a cold night on December 13, 1992 in Livingston, New Jersey. It is fitting that I am holding a football in my baby picture, because as I was being born my dad was busy watching Sunday Night Football.
- 4. The Golden Years Parents are the biggest influencers of a child’s development, and our development and what we wear go hand-in-hand. Growing up as child our family did not have a lot of money. So, like my mom before me, most of my clothes were given to me by boys who were a couple of years older than me. Since my parents were very much into sports, it made sense that most of the clothes I received were athletic in nature. (I still have a sweet pair of size 1 original Air Jordan’s I was given). My mom would get the clothes from the moms of my friends, and new clothes would periodically appear in my drawer. I loved it, but sometimes I got a pair of jeans from my friends, and I quickly figured out that I could not play sports that well in them. So in 4th grade I wore jeans for the last time, and I have not put on a pair since.
- 5. The Golden Years Continued Most parents try to regulate their kids dress in some form. In a way my parents did, because they sent me to private school, and there, I was forced to wear a uniform. When I was not wearing a school uniform, I was wearing the uniform of whatever sport I was playing at the time. Clothing is one biggest things that teens use to identify themselves and since I was an athlete, I mostly wore athletic wear. As you can see I also have no hair in this picture. With the exception of when I was really little, I have had some variation of a shaved head. My mom would not want to spend money taking me to a barber so she would take a razor and buzz my head.
- 6. Today • Today, you can still see me wearing a pair of shorts and a t- shirt with my favorite teams logo on it. However, any clothes I wear have to be brand new. Even though it was fine when I was young, I guess hand-me- downs gave me an aversion to used clothes.
- 7. Sources • My Mom <3 • Wilson, J. D., and M. S. Macgillivray. "Self-Perceived Influences of Family, Friends, and Media on Adolescent Clothing Choice." Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 26.4 (1998): 425-43. Web. • Shim, Soyeon, Lisa Snyder, and Kenneth C. Gehrt. "Parents' Perception Regarding Children's Use of Clothing Evaluative Criteria: An Exploratory Study From the Consumer Socialization Process Perspective." NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 22. N.p., 01 Jan. 1995. Web. 28 Feb. 2017.