Karlheinz Weinberger left an indelible mark on the fashion world with his decades-long project of documenting Zurich's vibrant rebel youth culture. These postwar working-class teenagers renounced the past and literally fashioned new identities by creating looks that fused iconic American pop culture imagery--biker jackets, rock 'n roll, denim jeans, bouffant hairdos, James Dean insouciance--with their own idiosyncratic sensibilities. From the late 1950s through the 1960s, Weinberger captured the defiant glamour of these youth with a keen eye for their provocative hand-made designs, such as a zipper fastened with industrial bolts and an outsized belt buckle emblazoned with a portrait of Elvis. This book serves as a beautiful document of a vital era in the history of fashion and as an indispensable guide for those seeking to emulate the rebel youth's timeless style.
