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FASHION IN THE 1950'S

In the 1950's you would have probably seen women in dresses. Back then it was uncommon for a woman to be wearing jeans or shorts. The dresses came in so many different styles that some of these styles became fads. For example one common fad was the sailor look which consisted of a sailor dress paired with a matching hat.

Everyday wear was different for boys and girls. Girls usually went in a less formal style with a dress and maybe a hair ribbon and dress shoes.

Girls usually spent a lot of time curling, setting, perming their hair. The hair style for women in the 1950's was softer and a lot curlier than hair in the previous generations. At this time women didn't often wear their hair long or tie it in a ponytail.

There were many accessories for women in the 1950's. Some popular accessories were gloves, scarves, and hats. Scarves could be worn in many different styles. You could wear it as a belt, or wrap it around you as a halter, or just wrap it around your head as a headband. At the time it was the style for women to keep a pair of white gloves, though they were very hard to keep clean. Swim caps were also a common accessory during the fifties. They came in all sorts of wild styles.

In the 1950's men wore a lot of suits with hats. Suits and hats were so common and the colors were around the same shades (black, grey, and navy blue). Not a lot of men dressed like the well known "Fonz" from Happy Days. Even if they did it wasn't as common as the suits. In the later fifties, men began to wear a larger variety of styles. A style that later became a fad was the Western style. At this time it wasn't only men who began to pick up on this style, the children also started to wear Western styled clothing.

Fashion was a very important part of the 1950's. Without it we wouldn't have that sense of feeling you get every time someone mentions this decade. It also paved a way for women to become more independant, later on women would start wearing jeans, no longer having to wear skirts or dresses all the time. Around this time fashion was really getting noticed, not only in the U.S.A but in other countries too. For example, the famous designer Christian Dior from France not only started showcasing his fashions In France, but also in the U.S.A.

Bibliography: "Fifties Web." Fashion. 13 Feb. 2007 , 13 Feb. 2007 <[|http://www.fashion-era.com/1950s>.], Fashion's of a Decade: The 1950's By: Patricia Baker

By: Mari