1950s in Fashion

- Woman preferred  casual, relaxed clothing over formal dress rules/ ready to wear

. button-up sweaters with simple necklines, fitted blouses, full knee-length skirts

. suites- high,notched lapel, narrow sleeves,high armholes

- "fragile femininity"

. Soft shoulders, stiletto heels, wrist-length gloves, pencil-slim skirts and little hats with veil and feathers.

 




 - Dresses (casually)

. Circle skirts, halter straps, small collars

. Evening wear- pastel hues, bold ruffles, tulle trim, velvet bows

. Nylon petticoats create fullness

. “trapeze dress- triangular, swinging dress (example: CD’s H-line of 1954- slender tunic-style suit with a slim skirt)

. Hubert Givenchy- the Sack - the trend of straghter-waist dresses

. Coco Chanel’s completely straight silhouette

. Empire line- teenagers

- Erotic focal point: hips (through clever cut over the figure beneath)

 - Men’s Fashion- Elvis Presley

. wild pegged pants and zoot suits

- Accessory

. pillbox hat, stoles, gloves, fur trimmings and adorned collars, brooches


- Emilio Pucci