๐๐๐๐๐ฌ Women's fashions of the 1950s reflected a complicated mix of conservatism and glamour as well as alluring femininity. Women who had lived through the privations of the Great Depression and World War II were now able to afford new styles and embraced them all, from the elegance of grand, sweeping skirts to shorts and trousers. Hallmarks of 1950s Fashion : โข An hourglass figure predominated โข Skirts were big with crinolines or slim pencil skirts โข Women increasingly wore trousers โข Shirtwaist dresses were popular and shorts โข Hats and gloves always worn for dress or business Christian Dior introduced the New Look in 1947. With its tight cinched waist, billowing skirt, a...
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Women's fashions of the 1950s reflected a complicated mix of conservatism and glamour as well as alluring femininity. Women who had lived through the privations of the Great Depression and World War II were now able to afford new styles and embraced them all, from the elegance of grand, sweeping skirts to shorts and trousers.
Hallmarks of 1950s Fashion :
โข An hourglass figure predominated
โข Skirts were big with crinolines or slim pencil skirts
โข Women increasingly wore trousers
โข Shirtwaist dresses were popular and shorts
โข Hats and gloves always worn for dress or business
Christian Dior introduced the New Look in 1947. With its tight cinched waist, billowing skirt, a...