Rockin' Women - Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde
One of rocks legendary women

Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde - born 

September 7, 1951 in Akron, Ohio.  

Yep, 1951!  Chrissie as most know was one of 

the band members in the rock/new wave group 

the Pretenders.  One of my favorite bands in 

the 80's which dates me...yesssss.   

Legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist.

According to Wikipedia..........

Hynde is the daughter of a part-time secretary 

and a Yellow Pages manager. 

She graduated from Firestone High School 

in Akron, Ohio. She stated that "I was never too 

interested in high school. I mean, 

I never went to a dance, I never went out on a date, 

I never went steady. It became pretty awful 

for me. Except, of course, I could go see bands, 

and that was the kick. I used to go to 

Cleveland just to see any band. So I was in love a 

lot of the time, but mostly with guys in bands 

that I had never met. For me, knowing that 

Brian Jones was out there, and later that 

Iggy Pop was out there, made it kind of 

hard for me to get too interested in the 

guys that were around me. I had, 

uh, bigger things in mind."^[3]

Chrissie's story is pretty interesting. 

Look her up on Wikipedia read the whole story.  

Truly fascinating life!   What intrigues me is 

even though she has aged she is 

still...very cool!

60 years old now and still looks like 

she can rock  your socks off! 

 I love that she always had her "look".  

Didn't matter what fashions were

happening...she rocked her own look. 

Chrissie still has the same style she 

started out with and can pull it off.  

Too many women give up and 

start dressing like their friends and what 

so-called fashion for their 

age says they should wear. I say if 

you can still rock it, do it.  Don't 

give up and in.  You are only as young 

as you want to feel.  Who cares

about the laugh lines or the grey hair 

(you can color that!).The great thing 

about growing older...is you are much

 wiser and confident....this 

older gal (me) isn't gonna 

give up....not for a long time! 

Now check out some of Chrissie's 

styles through the years........

Of course the band!

With another rockin' woman...Debbie Harry - Blondie!

No matter who she is around....she is
still...Chrissie!

Thanks Chrissie for all the great years of 

music and style you have contributed!