{"id":515,"date":"2010-12-25T13:04:03","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=515"},"modified":"2011-12-26T10:33:09","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T10:33:09","slug":"1950s-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/1950s-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"1950s Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Vintage 1950s fashion<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1950s Fashion<\/strong> is certainly a topic\u00a0that&#8217;s\u00a0gained popularity here on Skooldays in recent months. Today we find out why it proved such a strong decade for fashion.<\/p>\n<p>In 1949 clothes rationing came to an end for Britain, and fashion was now ready to hit the big time. This is one of the reasons why 1950s fashion is still so dearly loved 60 years on.<\/p>\n<p>The early fifties saw new labels aimed at the younger generation. The dificulty was few had any money after the war to take advantage of this new fashion. Christian Dior&#8217;s new fashion lines were given the names &#8216;Corolla&#8217; and &#8216;Eight&#8217;, and were characterized by a large bust, tiny waist and full skirt, not to mention controversially using up to 20 yards of expensive fabric. But unless you had money to burn the new look wasnt seen on the average teenager at that time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_516\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/1950s-fashion\/1950s-fashion\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-516\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-516\" class=\"size-full wp-image-516\" title=\"1950s-Fashion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1950s-Fashion.jpg\" alt=\"Ladies of 1950s Fashion\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1950s-Fashion.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1950s-Fashion-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1950s-Fashion-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1950s-Fashion-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1950&#39;s Fashion for women<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the mid fifties a greater range of influences were coming in to Britain from all around the world. With an increase in entertainment and cinema movies as well as rock music, fashion was high on the agenda<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Fifties Fashion<\/strong> included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ankle bracelets,<\/li>\n<li>Baby doll dresses, Baseball caps, Bikinis, Bobby socks<\/li>\n<li>Capri pants, Chinos,<\/li>\n<li>Duck tails \/ D.A. haircuts<\/li>\n<li>Eton suits<\/li>\n<li>Flannels \/ Lumberjack shirts<\/li>\n<li>Greasers<\/li>\n<li>Hush Puppies<\/li>\n<li>Italian cut suits<\/li>\n<li>1950&#8217;s Jumpsuits<\/li>\n<li>Levis jeans<\/li>\n<li>Neck scarf<\/li>\n<li>Pencil dress, Pedal pushers, Polo shirts, Poodle skirts<\/li>\n<li>Roy Rogers Western Wear<\/li>\n<li>Sloppy joe sweaters<\/li>\n<li>Teddy Boys<\/li>\n<li>White oxford shirts and Winkle pickers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8216;Pencil dress&#8217; was very slimming and accentuated the waist and curves of the body back in the 1950s, whilst the &#8216;Full skirt&#8217; needed a petticoat and lots of net to achieve the exaggerated effect. Nylon was often used to create the desired look, from a light swirl to a huge round spread.<\/p>\n<p>By the late fifties fashion was now part of everyones vocabulary and everyones wardrobe. The need to fit in with peers was stronger than ever and retail fashion new just that. From the 50s through to the 90s fashion almost hit a full circle. But 1950s fashion still stands as revolutionary compared to any other decade.<\/p>\n<p>For the complete list of 1950s fashion enjoy the <a title=\"Fashion in the Fifties\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/fashion-in-the-50s\/\">Fashion in the 50s<\/a> link list here<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/1950s-fashion\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1950s-Fashion-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ladies of 1950s Fashion\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1950s-Fashion-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1950s-Fashion-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1950s-Fashion-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1950s-Fashion.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Vintage 1950s fashion 1950s Fashion is certainly a topic\u00a0that&#8217;s\u00a0gained popularity here on Skooldays in recent months. Today we find out why it proved such a strong decade for fashion. In 1949 clothes rationing came to an end for Britain, and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/1950s-fashion\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion","tag-57"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1950s Fashion - Discover the Fifties Fashion Trends for men and women<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1950s Fashion is so cool. 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