Really amusing article on back-to-school shopping for a tween girl

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by 3894

Popular culture has been tarting up young teens since the 1950s.

But those are actual teens. Tweens are girls between 9 and 11.

[3894]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

But those are actual teens. Tweens are girls between 9 and 11.

You're right and, as a mom of two girls who were tweens not that long ago, I'm aware of the challenges. (My daughters are now 15 and 17.) The examples I chose were teen stars who set fashion trends for tweens of their era. Hilary Duff and her Duff Stuff and the Olsen Twins and their merch are much older than the tweens to whom they market.

This goes back at least to the 1950s. In the 1960s, I went to the Beatles' last concert, Candlestick Stadium, San Francisco. Want to know what I wore: a tight white sweater, almost midrifted and hip hugger bell bottoms (red with giant white polka dots). I wanted to look as Carnaby Street as possible. I was 9 and no more precocious than the average 9 year old in my neighborhood.