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50s Fashion Trends

Celebrity Icons

Outfits for Men

accessories

Examples:

  • Sleek and slender.
  • Teenagers began to stop dressing like their parents and start their own unique trends.
  • Poodle skirts.
  • Variations of waistlines .
  • Channel made clothes comfortable.
  • Use of transparent fabrics for over-skirts and for coats.
  • Fur on clothes.
  • tailored clothes
  • pleated coats/skirts
  • ankle length skirts
  • cropped pants/Bermuda shorts
  • focus on comfort
  • more dressy
  • Designs on the back of garments were common(buttons all the ways down)
  • Marilyn Monroe (actress)
  • Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy)
  • Elvis Presley
  • Frank Sinatra (actor and singer)
  • Queen Elizabeth II
  • Martin Luther King
  • Rosa Parks
  • Audrey Hepburn

  • taller hairstyles and shoes
  • basic and classy shoes. tried top make the skinniest heel. men wore plain black or brown shoes. slippers were common in the house.
  • spectacles, which were glasses with pointy wings at the top. (butterfly glasses)
  • hats were decorated with many ornaments such as berries, and leaves.
  • matching bracelets, necklaces, gloves, bright lipstick and handbags were expected to be worn with each outfit.

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1950s to Today

Outfits for Women

Both

  • outfits exaggerates silhouette
  • teenagers have unique sense of style
  • Tv affected style

Today

  • show more skin
  • shorter lengths
  • casual and more freedom in how you dress
  • more brand names

1950s

  • clothing was a lot more formal than today
  • more conservative
  • women mostly wore skirts and dresses

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Historical Events of the 50s

  • Colored T.V. was invented. this allowed people who watched TV to see the makeup and colors of outfits. now actors can have more of an effect on fashion.
  • civil rights movement. more freedom for African Americans choosing what they want to wear.
  • Men returned from the war and women focused again on their role as homemakers, so they wore clothing that was easy to wash and keep neat.
  • World War II is over.

Fashion In The 1950s

By: Anusha, Sydney E., and Abby J.

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