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The fifties era, maybe the most fashionable era of all!
If you read the post about fashion in the
fabulous forties you'll remember Dior's New Look with long length skirts, wasp waists and an overall very feminine and opulent look. In the fifties women all around the globe started adapting his look, so the term "
nifty fifties" is quite appropriate I think.
Though in the mid fifties ,
Coco Chanel's simple suit provided an alternative and created a much copied fashion that lasted well into the sixties. It was a more simple design, featuring a just below the knee skirt
-Chanel considered the knee as the most ugly part of a woman's body, oh well- and a collarless jacket finished with gold braid.
And then, last but not least, the birth of
ROCK & ROLL shook things up a little bit in the fashion industry, girls stopped dressing like their mothers and went for a more youthful look again! This means colourful patterns and circle skirts, suited to rock and roll dancing. Oh and let's not forget about the
trousers and jeans, they were becoming very popular in the fifties!
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Harper's Bazaar 1950 |
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Harper's Bazaar |
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Peggy O'Connor 1950 |
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1950 |
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1950 |
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1950 Suzy Parker |
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1950 LIFE magazine (Tony Owens) |
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1951 Mike Schulman Coats (aren't they just lovely?) |
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1951 Suit by Irene's |
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1951 Balmain (blue suit) & Robert Pigue (pink dress) |
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1952 VOGUE (March) |
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1952 |
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1952 Tip Hedren |
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1953 MODESS |
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1953 VOGUE (August) |
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1953 |
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1954 SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE (May) |
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Levi's 1954 |
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Nancy Berg 1955 |
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Catalina 1955 |
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1955 |
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1956 VOGUE |
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Ladies Home Journal 1956 |
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1956 VOGUE (October) |
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1956 Bruno Beninni |
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1957 Simplicity Pattern's book (Fall/Winter) |
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1957 Simplicity Pattern Book (Fall/Winter) |
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Dupont 1957 |
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1957 MADEMOISELLE (September) |
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Cerulean Mink 1957 (a mink coat was supposed to be
every girl's dream in the fifties :) |
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Race Track Fashion 1958 |
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1958 |
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1958 |
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1958 VOGUE |
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Butterick Spring 1958 |
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Evan Picone 1959 |
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Norman Hartnell Fashion 1959 |
Go back to the ROARING TWENTIES or the STYLISH THIRTIES, or plunge back in time to the FABULOUS FORTIES.