BLAST FROM THE PAST -1950s FASHION

1950’s period style was a lot impressed from the late ’40s, the ‘New Look’ by Christian Dior. The model and silhouette of the Fifties could be recognized as female and structured. To provide the outfit an outlined form Ladies wore cone-shaped bullet bras for a protruding bust to steadiness the hip curve, web petticoats for enhancing quantity in skirts, and girdles for a flat tummy and outlined hip-shape for an ideal hourglass determine. Couture designs had been now changing into in style with girls, as post-war Ladies developed extra love for buying and searching trendy always.   

DAYWEAR  –

Ladies within the early ’50s continued of their voluminous skirts and attire. 50’s swing costume was a standard model worn by girls at house and sometimes for working gentle errands however with matching equipment on like jewellery, gloves, hat, or purse. The traditional 50’s skirt, Circle skirts had been worn over fluffy petticoats so as to add quantity. Within the late ’50s, voluminous skirts had been getting changed with slimmer skirts, the Sheath costume or Pencil skirts which outlined an hourglass form with a girdle worn beneath. Ladies additionally wore sack attire and shirt attire through the day. The 1950 period was well-known for polka dot prints and geometric patterns.

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BOTTOMS –

Within the early ’50s, wide-legged pants had been nonetheless in model, however later Ladies began embracing slender kinds like cigarette pants as much as ankle size, Capri pants as much as mid-calf size, and pedal pusher pants as much as knee size. Capri pants had been cuffed typically in the identical material as the highest.

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EVENING WEAR –

Eveningwear within the ’50s meant extra class and class. Ladies wore knee-length ball robes for a special day and full-length ball robes for a proper event. These Ball robes resembled very a lot the Cinderella robe fitted from the highest, voluminous beneath waist, strapless or off-shoulder model. Wealthy materials like satin, web, silk, and taffeta had been best decisions for night put on outfits.

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ACCESSORIES –

A girl within the ’50s was all the time dressed her finest. She liked styling herself from hair, make-up to equipment matching with the outfit. Ladies matched hats in accordance with the event and elegance of the costume, coolie hat, pillbox, image model hat, or ballerina hat. For some informal events, a girl would use flowers as a hair accent. Hobo purse product of plastic, straw, material, or mesh for the day and clutch to go together with night put on. Cotton gloves had been worn within the ’50s, quick gloves for the day and lengthy gloves for the night. Excessive-heeled courtroom footwear, kitten heels, ballet flats, or stilettoes for footwear with ornamental choices like bow or crystal clips. Pearl, gold, and beaded necklaces had been well-known jewellery decisions within the ’50s.

HAIR AND MAKEUP –

Audrey Hepburn’s Gamine haircut was highly regarded amongst girls within the 50’s. Some Ladies appreciated to model their hair in Poodle minimize. Make-up was easy and pure, pale pores and skin, vibrant lips, and doe-eyed eyeliner.

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