Greaser (subculture)
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Greasers are a youth subculture that emerged in the 1950s and early 1960s from predominantly working class and lower-class teenagers and young adults in the United States and Canada. The subculture re
North American greaser of Quebec, Canada, c. 1960
Greaser revival look in 1974
Valentino evening gown for Audrey Hepburn
John Waters
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John Samuel Waters Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, and Female
Greaser (subculture)
…Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman played clownish versions of greasers on the American sitcom Laverne & Shirley, a spin-off of Happy Days. The 1990 John Waters film Cry-Baby is a camp reminiscence of Baltimore greasers during the 1950s. In the Fallout video game franchise (1997–present) gangs of greasers are…
Waters in 2025
Waters signing a fan's jean jacket sleeve at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, 1990
Waters with historian Jon Wiener in 2010
Waters in 2007