1950s Fashions

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1950s prom dresses in ‘crisp cool nylon’(VIA) theniftyfifties:Dress fashions by Teena Pa

Hat Fashions, 1952Gordon Parks

1952, When A Slip Was Almost a Dress: McCalls 9027More than once I’ve been asked, how did they keep

The Perfect Shirtwaist Dress for Summer? Vogue 8013 I was paging through my notebooks of vintage pat

The Great Side Placket ExperimentOften when a 1930s blouse or dress pulled on over the head, side pl

Springtime Spunkiness in the 1955: McCalls 3354I don’t know for sure if we always broke out the jump

Designer Spotlight at FIT: Charles JamesJames was a 20th Century American designer best known for hi

fashionsfromhistory:Evening DressHall Ludlow1954National Gallery of Victoria

fashionsfromhistory:Evening DressCristobal Balenciaga for Hattie Carnegie1950Museum at FIT

fashionsfromhistory:“Odile”Howard Greerc.1951Museum at FITEvening dress

fashionsfromhistory:Evening DressJohn Cavanagh1959The METOkay, this is awesome. Let me tell you why

Before There Were Tweens: Simplicity 4540This sub-teens set of separates has all the marks of the ea

Clothing Fads, “Suse” Sweaters- 1940s-1950sHollywood stars like them for their distracti

Springtime and Teens: McCalls 3695There are signs of spring near me, so I thought I would feature th

Don’t Forget To Cut It Larger! Sew-Rite 8953My own sewing pattern instruction sheets often have some

Back to the Future, 1985I always enjoy the story of how Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, goes

Cardigan Fashions, 1949Nina Leen 

The Souvenir Scarf: Niagara Falls I am not sure when souvenir scarves first showed up, but I suspect

Lana Lobell 1954

Lana Lobell 1954

fashionsfromhistory:“Swan”Charles Jamesc.1954 Among James’s many allusions to hist

fashionsfromhistory:“The Rice Bowl Dress”Carolyn Schnurer 1952During her twenty-yea

1950s Swimsuit Glamor from Augusta Auctions Were Fifties swimsuits glamorous or what? Yes, that is

Stripes Gone Wild: BurdaStyle Twill Dress 121 07/2021This is a modern dress with some vintage detail

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