1950s

Women's wear

hourglass silhouettes.
Women in the fifties dressed smartly.
tailored, feminine look was prized.
accessories- gloves and pearls.
older women opt for narrow skirts called pencil skirts.(was very tight.)
younger girls often wore wide, ‘swing’ skirts.
-poodle skirt.
-Peter Pan collars.
-shirt dresses.
-bolero jackets.
-short haircuts .
-towards the end of the decade large, bouffant hairstyles.

Men's wear
the suits became narrower.
hats were losing.
plaid, khaki pants.
short, post-military haircuts.

Teenage fashion
Girls usually wore flary dresses with frills.
worn high up jeans and petticoats.
Bobby socks were especially popular with girls.
Their hair was usually permed.
sometimes with a hat.
Boys wore straight legged jeans or suits.
Their hair was greased back.
White snickers were popular for both genders.
never went anywhere without their leather jacket and comb.
they were never worn with the collar down.
The girls’ hairstyle - the 'poodle-cut.'
The Men’s hair styles where very similar but it was called the 'ducktail' which used a lot of grease and hairspray; only rebels or teenagers did this.
Men's hair fashion favored the wet look, achieved by the use of products such as Bryl cream.
a pony tail andbeehive was also very popular among women.

Maternity Wear
Most of the maternity dresses were two pieces with loose tops and narrow skirts.
Stretch panels accommodated for the woman's growing figure.
The baby boom of the 1940s to the 1950s also caused even international designers create maternity wear.
maternity panty - patented, provided expansion in the vertical direction of the abdomen. The front panel of this maternity undergarment was composed of a high degree of elasticity so in extreme stretched conditions, the woman could still feel comfortable.

Children's wear
Due to the babyboom there was a high demand for clothing for children
wearing jeans to elementery school.

Foot wear
Saddle shoes
loafers
oxfords