In 2002, bookstores began to stock their shelves with Blue Latitudes by Tony Horowitz. That book, about the travels of Captain James Cook, gave readers a closer look at island cultures where the wearing of gold anklets did not represent a deviant behavior. As the world grew smaller, and as more people read about the cultures in far-off lands, women the world over began wearing gold anklets. Information on such jewelry can now be found on the Internet. The following observations will add to that ever-growing pool of online
information.Throughout the 1950s, young girls often spoke about anklets, but not gold anklets. In the minds of those young ladies, the term “anklets” referred to white sox that covered the feet and ankles. During the first half of the 1960s, those anklets gradually became a less popular form of footwear.
By the middle of the 1980s, fashion tastes had begun to pave the way for the appearance of gold anklets. Still the media at that time seldom focused on women’s ankles. Sometimes it displayed pictures of their hair; sometimes photographers zeroed-in on their knees or breasts, but not their ankles. How then did young women of the U.S. develop a fascination with gold anklets?
During the 1970s and 1980s there was a general de-emphasis on dress codes in the public schools. Only in the 1990s did some public schools choose to mandate use of a uniform. As young girls enjoyed that lack of dress codes, some chose to sit in the classroom very scantily clad. The tale on one young boy underscores that fact.
In the mid-1990s, one California boy sat two to three rows behind a female classmate, one who, from the back, appeared to be wearing nothing at all. The boy could see only her bare back and her bare legs. The girl’s long hair hid the strap of her halter top, and her chair hid her exceedingly short shorts.
That young fellow faked a reason for going to the front of the room. He walked up there so that he could see what that girl was wearing. That same young man knew many students (male and female) who decided to have one or both ears pierced.
As the amount of clothing worn by young women in trend-setting states such as California declined, those same women developed an increasing interest in jewelry. They began to look more closely at the male attention received by those who wore items such as gold anklets. By the start of the 21st Century, gold anklets had become a “hot item.”
That fact shows clearly in the amount of information on gold anklets that can be found on the Internet. By going online today, one can locate a source for both standard gold anklets and white gold anklets. Those anklet chains come in different shapes. Some have a twisted shape, and some have a popcorn shape.
The women who purchase the gold anklets have an opportunity to select the item that they want to see dangling from those anklets. Some women select the butterfly design; others elect to have heart-shaped objects dangling over their ankles. Of course, not every woman of the 21st Century can be found wearing some sort of gold anklet.
In fact, one can find online comments from some women who picture “anklets” as a pair of white sox.
information.Throughout the 1950s, young girls often spoke about anklets, but not gold anklets. In the minds of those young ladies, the term “anklets” referred to white sox that covered the feet and ankles. During the first half of the 1960s, those anklets gradually became a less popular form of footwear.
By the middle of the 1980s, fashion tastes had begun to pave the way for the appearance of gold anklets. Still the media at that time seldom focused on women’s ankles. Sometimes it displayed pictures of their hair; sometimes photographers zeroed-in on their knees or breasts, but not their ankles. How then did young women of the U.S. develop a fascination with gold anklets?
During the 1970s and 1980s there was a general de-emphasis on dress codes in the public schools. Only in the 1990s did some public schools choose to mandate use of a uniform. As young girls enjoyed that lack of dress codes, some chose to sit in the classroom very scantily clad. The tale on one young boy underscores that fact.
In the mid-1990s, one California boy sat two to three rows behind a female classmate, one who, from the back, appeared to be wearing nothing at all. The boy could see only her bare back and her bare legs. The girl’s long hair hid the strap of her halter top, and her chair hid her exceedingly short shorts.
That young fellow faked a reason for going to the front of the room. He walked up there so that he could see what that girl was wearing. That same young man knew many students (male and female) who decided to have one or both ears pierced.
As the amount of clothing worn by young women in trend-setting states such as California declined, those same women developed an increasing interest in jewelry. They began to look more closely at the male attention received by those who wore items such as gold anklets. By the start of the 21st Century, gold anklets had become a “hot item.”
That fact shows clearly in the amount of information on gold anklets that can be found on the Internet. By going online today, one can locate a source for both standard gold anklets and white gold anklets. Those anklet chains come in different shapes. Some have a twisted shape, and some have a popcorn shape.
The women who purchase the gold anklets have an opportunity to select the item that they want to see dangling from those anklets. Some women select the butterfly design; others elect to have heart-shaped objects dangling over their ankles. Of course, not every woman of the 21st Century can be found wearing some sort of gold anklet.
In fact, one can find online comments from some women who picture “anklets” as a pair of white sox.
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