Di Justo Family Album
Pimp, 1974
Me. 1974. Age 10. All dressed up and no place to ho.
We didn't dress like hippies in 1968, but we sure dressed like pimps in 1974.
I don't know what strange force drove my family choose to dress me in this Superfly getup. At age 10 one could and should start exercising some choice over one's own clothes. I can attest that that didn't happen in this case. I didn't know what knickers were before I was presented with this outfit, so it's highly unlikely I would have asked for them.
This ensemble was purchased at the Lord & Taylor's on Route 22 in Scarsdale, NY. Don't hold it against them. Also, we really can't blame my parental units. I mean, this WAS hip in those days. How were they to know that the only 20th century clothes that would never go out of style were jeans and a T-shirt? Nowadays, any parents who dress their kids like this could be brought up on multiple child abuse charges. But in 1974, this was the way to be seen.
Also, burgundy?? Burgundy??? Ok, granted, burgundy was the color of the 70s, but jeez Louise!
This photograph was taken in a studio on South Broadway in Yonkers in April 1974. We were probably going to celebrate my 10th birthday later that afternoon.
Pimp, 1974
Me. 1974. Age 10. All dressed up and no place to ho.
We didn't dress like hippies in 1968, but we sure dressed like pimps in 1974.
I don't know what strange force drove my family choose to dress me in this Superfly getup. At age 10 one could and should start exercising some choice over one's own clothes. I can attest that that didn't happen in this case. I didn't know what knickers were before I was presented with this outfit, so it's highly unlikely I would have asked for them.
This ensemble was purchased at the Lord & Taylor's on Route 22 in Scarsdale, NY. Don't hold it against them. Also, we really can't blame my parental units. I mean, this WAS hip in those days. How were they to know that the only 20th century clothes that would never go out of style were jeans and a T-shirt? Nowadays, any parents who dress their kids like this could be brought up on multiple child abuse charges. But in 1974, this was the way to be seen.
Also, burgundy?? Burgundy??? Ok, granted, burgundy was the color of the 70s, but jeez Louise!
This photograph was taken in a studio on South Broadway in Yonkers in April 1974. We were probably going to celebrate my 10th birthday later that afternoon.