Although why children going to an upper class school like Oscar would aspire to be farmers and truck drivers...
Perhaps the Pop Art alphabet gives us a clue: the Sixties - the period just before VG's timeframe – was a time where England's class structure took a serious beating, and music was one of the greatest levelers in this regard. Working class musicians became millionaires and boys from rich families slummed it in Tangiers. Marianne Faithfull was promoted as "The Baroness' Daughter" while her boyfriend Mick Jagger – along with the rest of the Rolling Stones – were giving the Establishment a heavy case of the jitters. Part of the Beatles' A Day in the Life was written about Tara Guinness, an aristocrat friend who died in a car accident.
Before the Sixties it was unthinkable for the classes to mingle so openly; afterwards it became commonplace (if more muted in certain circles).
It's often said that Glam was a literate and intellectual phenomenon. Without the breaking of boundaries between social classes that came before - and the mutual sharing of information, inspiration and communication that came along with that – Glam would probably never have happened.
Re: Truck drivers and barristers....
Perhaps the Pop Art alphabet gives us a clue: the Sixties - the period just before VG's timeframe – was a time where England's class structure took a serious beating, and music was one of the greatest levelers in this regard. Working class musicians became millionaires and boys from rich families slummed it in Tangiers. Marianne Faithfull was promoted as "The Baroness' Daughter" while her boyfriend Mick Jagger – along with the rest of the Rolling Stones – were giving the Establishment a heavy case of the jitters. Part of the Beatles' A Day in the Life was written about Tara Guinness, an aristocrat friend who died in a car accident.
Before the Sixties it was unthinkable for the classes to mingle so openly; afterwards it became commonplace (if more muted in certain circles).
It's often said that Glam was a literate and intellectual phenomenon. Without the breaking of boundaries between social classes that came before - and the mutual sharing of information, inspiration and communication that came along with that – Glam would probably never have happened.