Fashion and the Outsiders

The Greasers

The outsiders was set in the 1940's or 50's, so as you can imagine, their sense of style is as different as night and day. The greasers were wearing jean or leather jackets, plain black or white t-shirts and blue jeans. Their hair was greased back, hence the name "greaser". The modern greasers would be kind of like gangsters. Their attire would be baggy blue jeans, chains hanging from their pockets with messy hair. They'd probably still wear the plain t-shirts and the leather jackets.

The Socs

The Socs obviously had more money than the greasers, so their attire would be more preppy. The Socs were wearing knee-length skirts, cardigan sweaters and blouses with a Peter Pan collar and probably wear Mary Jane's as shoes. The modern day Soc girls would be wearing mini skirts, tight-fitting shirts and Converse or Vans. The Soc boys from the book wore madras jackets, tight-fitting jeans, and polo shirts. For shoes they wore tennis shoes. Modern day Soc boys would wear polo shirts, skinny jeans, and Vans.